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 BlueFlipper
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| posted on April 29th, 2012 at 09:12 PM |
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Saggy rear end
Hi. Last month I bought my first beetle - a 75 superbug.
Overall its in great nick but the rear suspension is quite sagged relative to the front.
I've read about resetting torsion bars which sounds a lot of effort.
Has anyone tried a coil-over shock instead?
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| posted on April 29th, 2012 at 09:18 PM |
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its not THAT much work
A few bushes and a couple of hours work
Coil overs put stress on the wrong spots - where it wasnt intended to go
Do it properly, lower the front a bit and you will have a great looking 75
This is the same as my beetle
Where abouts are you located??
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on April 29th, 2012 at 10:58 PM |
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Have a look here and see what you think. You can raise the rear, or lower the front.
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=48798&page=1#pid455119
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BlueFlipper
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| posted on May 1st, 2012 at 09:27 AM |
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Thanks for that info.
Lowering the front instead looks like a good move - that's a really helpful post.
I'm in Port Melbourne. |
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