Subject: Lowering the rear end ... a present for you all
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posted on July 24th, 2010 at 05:34 PM
Lowering the rear end ... a present for you all
Hi Everybody,
I found this little gem in my internet travels & thought i would share the goodness.
Its a chart for lowing the rear end of a VW.
I hope you find it as handy as i have....
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posted on July 24th, 2010 at 05:44 PM
Be aware that this is a very approximate guide only though, it will vary from car to car depending on the individual torsion bars. On my IRS Super
Beetle my uncle and I took over 7 degrees out of the torsion bars for a drop of 3cm. The car was initially raised quite a lot by a previous owner
though, had an initial measurement of 29 degrees on the driver's side, which is a lot of pre-load. The spring plates only had a couple of mm
clearance to the stops initially, that's how high it was!
It also makes a difference as to whether or not you replace the torsion bar bushes. Mine were heavily worn, so replacing them with new ones during the
job probably lifted the car by nearly a centimetre.
posted on July 24th, 2010 at 05:34 PM
