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  • #16
    Updates!!! It's probably time to start a build thread, but I'm too lazy. Anyway, first, my rims arrived about a month ago. The look even better than I expected, except they didn't come with center caps.
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    Then I picked up 185/65/15 ContiProContacts for the rear, and 155/60/15's (Smart car tires) for the front. The front's got a nice lil stretch to it!
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    1973 Super Beetle-- Blue Zombie, 1988 635csi, 1962 Volksrod-- Little Bug

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    • #17
      Then the real work began! I got the front end torn apart, and modified the strut housings again. Here's what they looked like at first, with the lower perches already down 2 3/4 inches.
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      I then cut the perches off and installed some modified upper mounts... another two inches lower. I also took 2 inches out of the height of the housing, and installed a set of Mk1 Rabbit inserts. Unfortunately I neglected to take pictures during this process, but here's the finished result:
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      I reinstalled them in the car with a set of Honda Civic coils at first, but the fit wasn't right so I ended up going back to the stock springs. Here's what the Honda springs looked like. Also note my brandy-new disc brakes.
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      1973 Super Beetle-- Blue Zombie, 1988 635csi, 1962 Volksrod-- Little Bug

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      • #18
        Finally I lowered the rear one inner spline on the torsion bars (about 2 1/4 inches.) Back on all fours again, I was very happy with the result:
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        With the lowered spring perch, smaller tires, and swapping to a later-style upper strut mount, I believe I'm about 3-4 inches lower in the front than I was before. This is all the clearance I have beneath my control arms:
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        That's about 2 1/8 inches. And I live on a dirt road six miles from civilization...
        Nevertheless, I've only bottomed out a couple times, I can turn lock to lock with no rubbing, and I have no bump steer issues. And she handles better than my E30!
        1973 Super Beetle-- Blue Zombie, 1988 635csi, 1962 Volksrod-- Little Bug

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        • #19
          The other night I thought I'd do a photoshoot at this old factory near my Grandparents' place in Windsor, VT:
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          1973 Super Beetle-- Blue Zombie, 1988 635csi, 1962 Volksrod-- Little Bug

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          • #20
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            The best thing about night shots... the dark really hides the grime! The car's gonna get a proper cleaning this week in time for a show next weekend, and my brother's offered to do a proper photoshoot, so I'll be posting in the Showroom before too long!
            1973 Super Beetle-- Blue Zombie, 1988 635csi, 1962 Volksrod-- Little Bug

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            • #21
              wheels look actually pretty good
              -FREEDOM- is cruisin at 80, windows down and listening to the perfect song-thinking "this is it"
              -The Beauty in the Tragedy-
              MECHANIC SMASH!!- (you all know you do it)
              Got Drop??

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              • #22
                Thanks brah!
                1973 Super Beetle-- Blue Zombie, 1988 635csi, 1962 Volksrod-- Little Bug

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