Thing trailing arms question

Rolf · Post by **Rolf** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:13 am

Hi,
I just send a load of front end parts to be zink plated, both type 1 and
Thing trailing arms. Are they different from each other or are they the
same?? Can't compare them before the parts comes back from zink
plating.

Thanks

/Rolf

birddog1148 · Post by **birddog1148** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:29 am

I know the lower thing trailing arms are different, ball joints mount from the top.

Post by **Marc** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:14 am

I've been told that you can get away with using Beetle lower control arms by simply swapping them from side to side. They aren't as beefy as the Thing items but dimensionally they're the same. An easy way to tell them apart is that the Thing has longer shock absorber studs with larger threads.
http://veewiki2.webfactional.com/TheThi ... b3f101b6d1

Rolf · Post by **Rolf** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 6:07 am

Thank's for your replies

Just the kind of info I needed

Shoptalkforums rocks !!

/Rolf