Goochie

I've decided to lower my 1969 VW Beetle by about 50mm.

I know the back is a simple adjustment of the torsion bars but the front seems a little more complicated.

Anyone had experience with this?

Nik_B

To lower the front you will need to put some adjusters in the front beam. YOu can do this if you are a good welder, but I would recommend buying a beam with them already fitted and swapping all the bits across from your old beam. Not sure how much it costs, but most of the beetle suppliers should stock them as they are pretty popular. And a bonus to doing it this way is it's adjustable.

RichWalk

As per Nicks reply all custom VDub shops sell these and the shocks to go with them, u need a decent welder to cut 2 sections in the front torsion bar a weld in the units- the sus can then be wound down to required height- check with the Vdub shop waht they recommend as safe for your usage of the car- PS wrecks ur tyres but looks fab- I had full resto cal 1965 with gen 1948 W lid and Blaupunkt radio- still miss it now!!

MattOz

Goochie,

Have a look at the Red9 Design website and give my mate Simon a call. He'll be able to help you and his spring plates are fantastic for lowering Bugs.

http://www.red9design.co.uk/

Matt

Duck_Pond

Just get an enormous fat knacker to sit in the back seat. Sorted. If you feed them with tonnes of MacDonalds, they'll have sufficient wind to emulate a decent exhaust system too.

met

what model? if its a std 12 or 1300 the back is a simple turn the spline one or two, the frony the easiest is cut & turn the torsion bars & stick on some sway away adjusters, something like the toxic shoks, i have a superb contact for lowering based around enfield middx, cheap & VERY reliable knows veeed ubs inside out & upside down email if you fancy the no