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Lowering Bay Window Kombi


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Soooo havnt had a good look out there yet but thought I would start here. Not much showed up on search but jsut wondering if anyone here knows how too, has done or knows of any good sites that explain??

My Seedy Pal has linked me to this topic, http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewto ... 38f23f15d8 so I will navigate the 58 pages as well. I'm sure there is somehting decent in there somewhere.

Everyone likes it low.

Thanks people

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I did a Beetle back in the 80's and we used a pipe cutter to cut the centre section of the front suspension and then just rotated it a bit and welded it back together. That moves the anchor points for the torsion bars - but it is probably illegal now

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Ball joint beam???

If so there's not much choice for dropped spindles.

They are f*kn expensive http://transporterhaus.de/index.php?opt ... Itemid=163

or welded, which is a no-go for cert

Depending on how low you want to go, you can just run adjusters http://www.wagenswest.com/partstore/ind ... sters.html

want to save some coin then just run one.. I'm running with one only and the ride is surprisingly great!

Out back you can just turn your springplate 1-2 notches, fit boomerang plates or run with adjustable springplates

That's pretty much the basics of it.

Here's mine that is running one adjuster up front and adjusted 2 nothches out back. Lowest point up front is approx 110mm.

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the world needs more lowered bays!!

mine was the lowest at the Nats but still needs so much more!

wheels are standard bay 14" up front and 16" Merc at the back. Both are running with custom wheel trims that cover the holes and look like early smoothies. Held in place with early hubcaps..

Time for a change of wheels now though so current ones up for grabs

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