lowering in the sutherland shie???????

cheese · Post by **cheese** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:14 pm

gday people ! my names sam and im picking up
my first beetle this week

its a 67 model and i was wondering if get
yopu guys could tell me where to get it lowered in the shire ? and a estimate how much itll cost ?? and can you get them low without narrowing the beam ? cheers

DubbinDan · Post by **DubbinDan** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:08 pm

From my recent experience it's dead easy to lower them. Easiest way is get a set of K&L Spindles and down you go. 2.5". Then notch and lower spring plates. Takes a day. This isn't involving narrowing the beam and welding adjusters of course. I just did mine and with the 135s I don't scrape the headlight buckets - just the guards

miikeboyle · Post by **miikeboyle** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:26 pm

How much did the K&L Drop spindles set you back?

Post by **hertz** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:25 pm

You can get them lower without narrowing, but not low

J BOMB · Post by **J BOMB** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:28 pm

if youre not too mechanically minded mate, or you just want the job done right, one of you better bets would be to check out monster garage in penrith

DubbinDan · Post by **DubbinDan** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:48 pm

hertz wrote:You can get them lower without narrowing, but not low

True. And in retrospect the K&Ls I believe are harder to fit than the ball joint ones I just did.

Add Ratmuller and Kim Garland @ Kruzinwagen to the list of those professionals if you want to outsource it.

kroozzn62 · Post by **kroozzn62** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:34 pm

hmm motor work go to gary at classic at kirrawee but he does not suspension work probally worth going straight to the others mentioned above for the full service from a quick lowering job to a full resto