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 smithy68
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| posted on December 22nd, 2010 at 10:19 PM |
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Who to take my 67 too?
I want to have the rear lowered on my 67 beetle, it is currently stock hight, but will have 2 1/2 inch lowered splines in the front.
I am in Adelaide, who would be the best to take it to and what sought of money would it cost to lower?
Would I only need it lowered 1 spline in the rear to match the front after the splines are fitted?
I am running stock rims and tyres.
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ian.mezz
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| posted on December 22nd, 2010 at 10:25 PM |
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get the same bloke thats doing the front end to do it .cause if you can do the front , they should be able to do the rear.
about $180.
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| posted on December 22nd, 2010 at 11:43 PM |
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posted by smithy68
Would I only need it lowered 1 spline in the rear to match the front after the splines are fitted?
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Height adjustment by counting splines is only a very rough estimate and should never be used. The correct method for setting the height is to use a
protractor to measure the spring plate angles and hence get a much better idea of the amount of preload on each torsion bar. Even then you will never
really know how the car will respond until it is back on the floor. Always remember as well that the suspension will settle quite a bit. I got the
rear end of my bug lowered (with new bushings of course) and during the first week of driving it probably settled down by roughly a centimetre or so.
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| posted on December 23rd, 2010 at 08:42 AM |
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if you lower a swing axle car to low you will get terrible handling and ride, i have dropped spindles on the front and i have lowered the back untill
i had 1 degree of negitive camber, i have found this to give me the best compromise between handling, ride and premature tyre wear.
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