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I was talking to my cousin in Italy

I'm half Italian half Irish
But 100% American

But anyways

He sent me this pic

I checked out their site

Seems like a nice setup

Anyone (maybe UK guys)
Seen or bought their stuff

About 3k for the front end setup

http://www.deikafer.passweb.it/


Oh funny is I have 1 yes 1
Tar ox caliber off a fiat 500 lol

O kinda like that.
Need more pictures

Doesn't look too bad....at about ⅓ the asking price.

Better view on the linked website pg 15 under "undercarriage"

Helo---Didn't I get laughed at ... by an engineer, no less, about suggesting an upper link on a T3 much like that?
(using a reversed 914 a-arm/torsion bar for the lower and spring, and a cut down 911 strut/spindle?)

I guess I missed that... but it seems to me that a setup like this could be built for far less money, if all you want is a Chevette suspension that accepts 'Ghia spindles. I suppose they were somewhat limited by the upper shock attachment point with stock bodywork, but longer A-arms would be beneficial if you want more than a few inches of travel. The real trick is dealing with bump-steer, though....need just the right rack location and tierod geometry, if you're gonna stick with a stock steering box it's rather pointless to invest big bucks in an A-arm setup, the factory engineers did a heckuva job optimizing what they had to work with.

Someone sells a Golf Mk1-sh or Polo>T1 rack mount setup that would provide ~about the right rack placement and tie rod length... Think I saw it on TOS.
Zero play in the steering and not requiring an transfusion of grease every 3K would be the main advantages IMHO.
(I'd like to limit my service to just the oil changes every ~12K)

I have also considered just putting a ~GM rack in (86 Barretta?), center mount tie rods, as the trailing arm suspension doesn't seem to really be an actual traction limiter in any way, just heavy.

I've seen this on a show here in Europe...believe me, don't even think buying it!
Very bad weldings (blind welder?).