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| posted on April 24th, 2006 at 10:00 AM |
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Lowering of Type3s
Just a quick question, has anyone done anything to retain a reasonable ride quality when they have slammed a type three? coming from a minitruck
background, we do things like make up lower profile bump stops and cutting/welding notches in the chassis + drop spindles. Is there anything similar
or even anything else that anyone suggests when lowering these.
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| posted on April 24th, 2006 at 10:08 AM |
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How low do you wanna go?
Only a small drop, setup well can still ride comfortably (tyre choice is important also)
If you want to go very low, there's limits to how far the wheel can travel, even with mods to suspension and wheel sizes. Loose travel and there's
not much you can do.
Do a few searches, there's plenty of lowered type 3's in old posts.
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| posted on April 24th, 2006 at 11:19 AM |
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Well, i have three stages in mind. First will be a static drop and as low as it can go, this is the stage that will be the worst on the road and am
looking at hints with this one to retain a certain degree of ride quality.
I am thinking about something like this for the first stage, if not lower.
Second will be an airbag set up, no doubt a fair bit of work will be involved to get it to this stage.
Third will be a body drop to get it sitting on sills... but thats way down the track.
I will go digging through some old posts. Thanks Andy!
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| posted on April 24th, 2006 at 11:54 AM |
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Yep, air bags are best that low! The last two, just from the look of them, probably have narrowed front + rears to stay inside the guards and be able
to turn etc, and some clearencing inside the guards. Not sure if a body drop is suitable on a type 3 though?
The first stage is easy, just adjust torsion bars and your there, as for ride quality, how good or what are you after? It will no longer be a plush
stock ride, but it may ne too soft for you anyway? VW bump stops are quite long, so easily removed and shortened or even just ride on them.
I don't know if your likely to hit anything if they are shortened.
You need to consider wheels, tyres and offsets too as I'm sure you already know.
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| posted on April 24th, 2006 at 12:09 PM |
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Basically, this will become my town runabout and used for transporting my mountain bike, surf and snow boards. So I would like it to be comfy for long
trips, but if this isn't possible, then i will just put up with it as my daily hilux is sitting on bumpstops and i am used to the rough ride. Sounds
like the bump stops can be shortened to allow a little bit more travel. When i find one, i will have a good look underneath and see whats going to hit
and sort it out.
Down the track the wheels won't be a problem as i will be getting some custom made billets through the guys at showwheels so i can get the correct
offset and size made up to suit the ride height.
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| posted on April 24th, 2006 at 04:39 PM |
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Mine is lowered but drag the muffler on occasions.
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| posted on April 24th, 2006 at 05:09 PM |
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Nice! If you can forward me some pics, that would be appreciated.
Is it possible to have it raised so that doesn't become a problem? Or even get another muffler or exhaust system that is suited to lowering.
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| posted on April 24th, 2006 at 10:47 PM |
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is the car gonna be driven regularly?
think on practicallity terms
my beetle shits me no end having to always negotiate carparks and speedbumps u soon master the art of straddelling lol
im raisinf my bug back up bit, i know i'll loose looks and handling but you can see how rooted the bottom of my exhaust is and just to be able to
carry passengers and not be riding on the bump stops would be a pleasure again:bounce
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| posted on April 25th, 2006 at 10:15 AM |
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Haha, nice work.
If you remove the bumpstops in the beetles, would that give you more travel? or would it end up just being metal on metal. I know a friend of mine has
lowered his a hell of alot, he has done something that makes it a smooth ride. It is an early model though, so there may be some differences between
early and newer models. I can find out if that will help you?
this is the one
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| posted on April 25th, 2006 at 07:23 PM |
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talk about syncronicity(sp?)
there is a short nose sqaure around here that is slammed and running on riveras
i had to fly down town this arvo and at the bottom of my road was the poor thing sitting on the shoulder with its front suspesion all collapsed
was getting loaded onto a car trailer when i came back through
good quality shocks make all the diff
i have konis in mine normally but the rears are off at the moment cuase they need new rubbers
the monroes i got are shit and probably the main reason i have problems
thanks anyway though
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| posted on April 26th, 2006 at 12:44 PM |
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if you ever see it again, try and sneak some pics of it 
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| posted on April 26th, 2006 at 06:20 PM |
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talk to empi on the forum,. one of the guys he works with has a fantastically slammed notch heavily tubbed on airbags, a great looking job he has done
on it.
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| posted on April 26th, 2006 at 06:24 PM |
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this is the one at normal ride height, not dropped on the bags yet
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| posted on April 26th, 2006 at 06:34 PM |
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nice, fat tyres on the back!!! Would love to see it layed out.
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| posted on April 26th, 2006 at 06:50 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Liam_81
if you ever see it again, try and sneak some pics of it
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i see it all the time but trust me its nothing worth writing home about its very run down and neglected
has a really old shabby matt black paint job and tired looking rivieras and one stocky
Joel
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| posted on July 26th, 2006 at 04:49 PM |
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G'day i'm about to drop the spindles on my type 3, but i was just wondering exactly what a 'body drop' is.
Thanks people
Matt
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| posted on July 26th, 2006 at 05:19 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Liam_81
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talk about small world
its actually tim's (frenzix) sisters car
it broke a ball joint
another point to think about when slamming ur dub
u can get long travel ball joints for bugs they'res a set in my 70 bug so im sure u could get them for type 3s
-Joel
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| posted on July 27th, 2006 at 08:04 PM |
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There's a bit of info on lowering Type 3's on the kustomcoachwerks website. To lower the front of a Type 3 they recommend putting a Type 1 beam in.
Very nice slammed notch on their site too.
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