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Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:19 am

Just buy one of these:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94963
measure before and after, lather rinse and repeat until you get it where you want it.

First time, it took about an hour per side. After that, I could do both in about twenty minutes. It's really that easy.

Be sure you're paying attention to IRS vs swingarm when you're comparing camber.

I wound up doing mine multiple times to get them to even ride heights.

Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:49 pm

good read on inner and out spline lowering in this thread

Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:58 pm

HerrrKafer wrote: Sid Vicious wrote: She rotated her torsion bars 2 inner splines down to bring it down(counter-clockwise)
Wouldn't her car look pretty funny if she went counter clockwise on both sides? :-k :wink:

8) :lol: im sorry but that funny

mine has settled a bit more now...little lower and liitle more camber

but if there is weight in the car, the tires do tuck more and look like a more severe drop...but whatever im not complaining.. i like it :lol: 8)

i did that combo drop, cause it rides really good in the rear and really cant tell its lowered IMO. i have only bottomed out the spring plates once and thats was cause i had some weight in the back....like 25-30lbs :lol: works good for me, cant haul my lazy friends around, i like having a 2 seater car now :wink: and yes i know i can notch the plates...but im in no hurry

Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:13 pm

The reason there is a difference between inner and out is that VW designed it that way.

The inner end of each torsion bar has 40 splines. Do the math and you find each spline changes angle 9 degrees.

The outer end of each torsion bar has 44 splines. Each spline changes the angle 8 degrees 10 minutes (less than the 9 degrees above).

So if you go up one and down the other, you get the net change of 50 minutes (five-sixths of a degree), or a little less than one degree.

In this way, by going up one and down the other, you can get changes of as little as 50 minutes (a little under a degree). This allows for precise alignment.

By going down two inner (18 degrees) and up one outer (about 8 degrees) as described above, you are actually very close to down one inner net (about 10 degrees), not 1-1/2 splines as claimed.

So to address your question, down two inner is 18 degrees. Down two outer is 16-1/3 degrees. The greater angle of the inner means the axle angle will also be greater, yielding more negative camber than if you lowered it by two outer.

If you saw cars that did not fit this comparison, then one or the other weas not originally at stock height when they started changing the adjustment--not surprising after 45 years.

Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:59 pm

Get these and be done with it. You can adjust your ride height in about 2 minutes and experiment with the height that works best.

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ACC%2DC10%2D4010

Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:55 pm

That gives you about 2" maximum movement, so if you lower more than that, you still need to remove the bars and re-index them.

And you have to go buy different bars and covers to use them.

Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:38 pm

Heck :twisted: , just click it down and see if you like it , if you dont click it up some. keep trying it tell you like it or get tired of takeing it apart. This is not rocket science. :roll: its german enginering from 1934 :lol: :lol: