Do you lower a type 3 the same way as you do a beetle? My car is a 68 and I need to drop the front end about 1.5 inches.
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mikeb@snowboard.com
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NO, the front of the type 3 is a completely different beast and is actually a lot easier to lower. There's no cutting or adjusters needed. There was a full feature article in Hot VWs about 4? years ago, but I did mine without the instructions. There are inner and outer splines on the torsion bars up front (not leaves like in a type 1 or 2) and you can get a pretty exact measurement for a drop.
If you have back copies of Hot VWs, take a look, if not let me know and I'll see if I can dig it up and paraphrase it or scan it for you. I don't have a type 3 anymore so it would be hard for me to remember where all of the work needs to be done so I won't guess right now.
If you have back copies of Hot VWs, take a look, if not let me know and I'll see if I can dig it up and paraphrase it or scan it for you. I don't have a type 3 anymore so it would be hard for me to remember where all of the work needs to be done so I won't guess right now.
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porcelain
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thnx for your reply....but as far as back copies of that magazine go.....the forum is called vdubs fer newbies.....thats me....very new. If there is anything you can get for me that would be great but dont spend tooo much time looking.
Thnx again
Thnx again
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mikeb@snowboard.com
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Send me an email and I'll see what I can come up with.
Figure on a full day at least to get it right but once you figure it out it goes a lot faster (if you decide to raise it back up or lower it further).
Figure on a full day at least to get it right but once you figure it out it goes a lot faster (if you decide to raise it back up or lower it further).
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Tom Notch
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Try this site out. I believe somewhere in there is a procedure to use and some things to watch out for.
http://www.icbm.org/erkson/index.html
There are some good links for T3 stuff there, too.
Pick yourself up a Bently manual and you will not regret it, money spent wisely. 1 spline or two is about all that is really practicle for street use (some people's opinion of "practicle" vary widely
) and it also depends on rim and tyre selection you are using or contemplating. T3s are a difficult car to get the right tyre/whee/stance right-on and still be a pleasure to drive. I'm being sort of conservative with mine (it's on my site listed in my profile) on the ride height.
Hope this helps
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Tom Notch
[This message has been edited by Tom Notch (edited 12-11-2000).]
http://www.icbm.org/erkson/index.html
There are some good links for T3 stuff there, too.
Pick yourself up a Bently manual and you will not regret it, money spent wisely. 1 spline or two is about all that is really practicle for street use (some people's opinion of "practicle" vary widely
) and it also depends on rim and tyre selection you are using or contemplating. T3s are a difficult car to get the right tyre/whee/stance right-on and still be a pleasure to drive. I'm being sort of conservative with mine (it's on my site listed in my profile) on the ride height.Hope this helps
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Tom Notch
[This message has been edited by Tom Notch (edited 12-11-2000).]