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 71-BEETLE-SEDAN
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 06:22 PM |
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Lowring
Hey, I heard a rumour that i can lower the front of my car by removing torsion bars.
Its a 71 Standard.
I posted this on the samba but got one person saying its good and another guy saying dont do it, also i havent been on there in a while but it seems
that the majority of people on it have no patience or manners. Compared to here where everone helps out no matter how dumb the question.
Okay back to the lowering. I got told by onwe guy on samba that i should remove one small one from top and bottom, would that mean top bar and bottom
bar or trwo from both.
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 06:25 PM |
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if its a super people cut a coil off the spring on the front struts. 
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 06:30 PM |
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Yeah pity its not, i got a mate with an old cdore with cut springs all round. three in the back and alll you here is tyres rubbin on the wheel well
But yeah advice needed
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 06:36 PM |
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put a couple of bags of sand in the front ,
it works and sand is free.
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 06:36 PM |
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its not a good method and would be illegal if it was policed
its essentially the same as cutting springs
if you want a bolt on solution get dropped spindles
if you want an adjustable solution get some adjusters welded into your beam
both are nice and safe/legal and dont effect ride quality
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 06:40 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Joel
its not a good method and would be illegal if it was policed
its essentially the same as cutting springs
if you want a bolt on solution get dropped spindles
if you want an adjustable solution get some adjusters welded into your beam
both are nice and safe/legal and dont effect ride quality
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Hi
Joel talking about illegal , how is your car????
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 06:40 PM |
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Yeah thats what i thought, Im thinking of doing it for a while till i get the funds for drop spindles, i would go adjustable but i dont have another
car to drive so cant have my girl off the road.
Does anyone know if fastinfatrod is on here?
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 06:50 PM |
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Hi
Joel talking about illegal , how is your car????
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modified but nice and legal thanks for asking
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 06:59 PM |
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I think mine maybe under the heavily modified group now.
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 08:00 PM |
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I think mine maybe under the heavily modified group now.
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That sounds like my super , mine is legal and insured so I can drive it to the shops and to church on Sundays.
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 08:22 PM |
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Pretty sure if im smart to a cop and he starts lookin ill go broke
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| posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 10:24 PM |
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Okay back on topic which torsion bars would i remove?
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| posted on October 24th, 2009 at 05:34 AM |
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call george at classic he has the drop spindals for under $200.00 an easy fix and you keep the confey ride
as for torsin bars 2 top 2 bottom and 2 splines rear will give you 2.5 inches thats if your bars arn't a bit sagey already
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| posted on October 24th, 2009 at 07:05 AM |
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Yeah the rear is already sagy so im gunna make it have a slightly forward slant.
Ill probably be getting enough money for spindles in around 4 weeks.
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| posted on October 24th, 2009 at 07:39 AM |
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both you and your bug will hate removed leaves trust me on that
and with how cheap dropped spindles and adjusters are these days theres no excuse for anyone to be using that dynosaur method
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| posted on October 24th, 2009 at 07:48 AM |
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Yeh i just looked at classic, are they the cheapest dop spindles?
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| posted on October 24th, 2009 at 09:05 AM |
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And you forgot to mention having your scones on the way be carefull not to spill the coffee
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I think mine maybe under the heavily modified group now.
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That sounds like my super , mine is legal and insured so I can drive it to the shops and to church on Sundays.
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| posted on October 24th, 2009 at 10:11 AM |
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don't you still need to narrow the beam with drop spindles or the tyres rub on the guards?
Hurry up and wait
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| posted on October 25th, 2009 at 11:01 PM |
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gsa2at fitted drop spindles to his '68 semi auto and the standard wheels/tyre combo rubbed even in a straight line. They pushed the wheels out about
5/8 of an inch a side. It's now got a narrowed adjustable beam, making the drop spindles fairly unnecessary.
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