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| posted on July 30th, 2012 at 01:12 PM |
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lowering a 75 L beetle.
I have a 75 L beetle that im wanting to get as low as possible.
I no you can relocate the spring cup but Im no welder..
Is there a straight strut replacement you can purchase that will get the car as low as i want. I don't want to modify the strut either encased i want
to raise it again later on.
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| posted on July 30th, 2012 at 02:35 PM |
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http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=97944
This will be simple if you have 3bolt front, if not you need a few other bits to convert or just buy new coil overs from vforce, top line,
kwsuspensions...
3bolt struts allow you to go the lowest, flip tie rods to avoid bending, top line & v force sell kits for that.
I could have mine sitting on the ground essentially, adjustable bushes, vforce struts, kmac strut tops & top line flip kit with tie rods from vdub
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| posted on July 30th, 2012 at 06:22 PM |
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The 74 onwards Lbugs can only go down 3" before they strike geometery issues.
As above you can put the 71-73 super front end in, they can get drop a good 6", that's what I ended up doing with mine.
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| posted on July 30th, 2012 at 06:38 PM |
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ok so i had a look i do have a 3 bolt front end. in that forsale thread you linked me to what else apart from springs will i need to get to get my car
as low as possible?
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| posted on July 30th, 2012 at 06:46 PM |
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Are you just looking at the 3 bolts at the top of the strut tower in the boot?
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| posted on July 30th, 2012 at 06:55 PM |
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A 75L should be 2 bolt
this is 2 bolt
http://toplineparts.com/products/maxxextreme.htm
this is 3 bolt
http://toplineparts.com/products/maxxstruts.htm
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| posted on July 30th, 2012 at 07:15 PM |
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ok so novice mistake!
yes a 2 bolt. my bad.
now another novice question.
that strut you linked me to bizarre is that all i need? or do i need other parts?
anyone brought those before from the US and can give me an estimate or what they paid?
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| posted on July 30th, 2012 at 07:20 PM |
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or will this work?
https://www.classicveedub.com.au/cvd_new/part_detail.aspx?parts_id=16934
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| posted on July 31st, 2012 at 10:26 AM |
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They're fine if you wanna stick with stock wheels.
Anything wider though you need the narrow coil overs.
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| posted on July 31st, 2012 at 05:19 PM |
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cheers.
ill be sticking with the stock wheels so ill grab those.
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| posted on August 1st, 2012 at 07:51 PM |
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Make sure when you swap over the springs and crap from your stock struts that you fit the bump stop rubbers or you will be forever bending the tierods
everytime you hit a decent bump.
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