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 Kentamannen
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| posted on July 20th, 2009 at 11:06 PM |
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WTD Lowering struts and springs for SB -74
Yes it is time to lower the Superbug Herman now. Would you happen to have a lowering kit that's just taking up space in the garage?
I am situated in the Beechworth/Albury/Wodonga VIC area so if you are plenty of hours away I hope you'll be able to post them to me. Although I have
nothing against a little road trip. 
Please send PM or write here and I will answer as soon as possible.
Have a great day and stay happy.
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| posted on July 20th, 2009 at 11:46 PM |
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How much do you want to lower it? The front can be done to 60mm safely with the original struts with the right equipment and some time.
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=48798#pid455182
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| posted on July 21st, 2009 at 08:03 AM |
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and do you want thin springs or just lowered cups??
ie do you want to put wider wheels on or stock?
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| posted on July 21st, 2009 at 09:16 AM |
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Thanks for your quick replies! I would like to lower the car approx 3". Unfortunately I don't have access to a weld so I'll not be able to do it
myself, but that seemed like a nice suggestion.
It will be stock wheels on this car when I can get my hands on a set.
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| posted on July 21st, 2009 at 09:20 AM |
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ive got a set of lowered 3 bolt front struts, sitting up home. they are 30mm lower than stock interested?
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| posted on July 21st, 2009 at 09:45 AM |
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Hi
If your going to fit any decent size wheel your better off going the skinny strut route, it allows height adjustment and a wider choice of wheel
sizes.
Steve
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| posted on July 22nd, 2009 at 09:25 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by barls
ive got a set of lowered 3 bolt front struts, sitting up home. they are 30mm lower than stock interested?
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I would like to lower it a bit more but thanks for your suggestion! Will keep it in mind.
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Hi
If your going to fit any decent size wheel your better off going the skinny strut route, it allows height adjustment and a wider choice of wheel
sizes.
Steve
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True that, but we'll see what pops up. My plan is to have standard 4,5" rims in the front with lower tires to suit the look. And also no other
VW-wheels fit in the front because of the offset.
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| posted on July 22nd, 2009 at 06:22 PM |
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60mm cost me nothing to lower the front. 0$ If you want 75mm, get adjustable struts. If you cant do it yourself, get adjustable struts.
Maybe just get adjustable struts.
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Thanks for your quick replies! I would like to lower the car approx 3". Unfortunately I don't have access to a weld so I'll not be able to do it
myself, but that seemed like a nice suggestion.
It will be stock wheels on this car when I can get my hands on a set.
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| posted on July 22nd, 2009 at 08:03 PM |
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if its a 74 then its 2 bolt and that limits you to 3" max and even that can cause dramas as you cant fit bump steer kits to 2 bolters and anything
over 2.5" can bend the tierods on the body
adjustable struts is your best bet and not expensive if your sticking with stock rims
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| posted on July 22nd, 2009 at 08:19 PM |
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Kentamannen , I have the empi lowered struts in stock priced at I think $ 180 pr . These are a direct replacement for the original units and are
adjustable from 50 - 130 mm lower in 20mm increments . These are designed to be used in conjunction with the std vw springs. I also have several
different inserts to suit these struts priced from $ 45 ea . ROD , 02-42729920 .
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| posted on July 22nd, 2009 at 09:58 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Joel
if its a 74 then its 2 bolt and that limits you to 3" max and even that can cause dramas as you cant fit bump steer kits to 2 bolters and anything
over 2.5" can bend the tierods on the body
adjustable struts is your best bet and not expensive if your sticking with stock rims
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Have not looked at it before now but I think the car might be a late -73 because it have, for instance, the 3 bolt suspension and not the 2 bolt. What
exactly is a bump steer kit?
Adjustable struts would be awesome, hopefully I'll get some soon. Then it is just the search for a few standard wheels that will fit!
RodPenrose: I'll PM you!
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| posted on July 22nd, 2009 at 10:33 PM |
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most likely the case
the change over happened late in 73 for the 74 model run
adjustable struts is the way to go so you can change the height at any time and not stuck with one height that cant be put back to stock
bump steer is a problem once you start to go drop more than about 2.5"
the tierods start to run uphill from the centerlink. this effects the steering but also in supers the tierods can hit the body which can bend the rods
or jam the steering in worse case scenerios
bumpsteer/flipit kits just mount the tie rods from underneath which gets them back parallel to the control arms
that gets the steering back to normal and eliminates any chance of them hitting the body on big bumps
hope that helps
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| posted on July 24th, 2009 at 11:56 PM |
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I have a pr of 3 Bolt Versa Struts - http://www.toplineparts.com/products/versastruts.htm - $200
I also have a pr of 3 bolt Maxx Struts - http://www.toplineparts.com/products/maxxstruts.htm - $SOLD pr
Both are new and unused.
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| posted on July 27th, 2009 at 07:44 AM |
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gday brad im interested in the versa struts, do they come with inserts? is that 200 a pair?
alex
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| posted on July 27th, 2009 at 11:36 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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gday brad im interested in the versa struts, do they come with inserts? is that 200 a pair?
alex
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Hi,
No inserts, yes $200 pr
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