Ride Quality of lowered Type-3's

[soopaman]

Hello Gang. I just aquired my very own VW 1967 type-3 fastback and I'm very excited and overly anxious to start the my resto\custom of my new girl. The question I have for you seasoned type-3 owners is, What is the quality of ride for your lowered vehicles? I'm not talking slammed in the weed lowered, but average (3 notch front, 2 rear ??). Thank you all in advance.

[Mike Fisher]

1 INNER spline down on all 4 corners with 195X70X14 & 175X65X14 with inner tubes. I tried 2 splines, but lots of problems so I went back to 1 spline. 3.5" to the beam with a 1.5" forward rake. Rides/handles good and keeps up with traffic!

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[Erik G]

3 splines is pretty dumped

2 splines, oil shocks, and all of the balljoints and other front end parts in good working condition, most likely will still be very nice ride

I'm getting old. My notch was 4 down, 2 or 3 in the back. It rode like crap and would swap ends in the rain because of the toe in. But I loved it all the same. Dont think I would drop my cars so low nowadays, but I also now live in one of the oldest parts of Houston, and the roads are equally old
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[eschmidt14]

well soopaman youre going to hear the same anwsers over and over people who like there cars in the weeds will tell you that it is not that bad of a ride and those who dont like them dropped will say just about anything too stop u from dropping it my two cents is if youre going to lower it slam it dont play with it all of my vws always on the ground and honestly it really anit that bad of a ride if you do the following new ball joints tie rod ends repak your bearings check your steering box for play if too much replace it and dont i mean dont go cheap on your shocks my notch was before i did the type 1 conv. 4 outer front 1inner/1outer in back rode real good thats was my formula for all my type3s and dont forget to cut your bump stops my notch is gone now but i have a 57 ghia which is on the ground and ill be forty in three weeks and pay attention to the road conditions dont drive like a mad man just find what works for you one good thing about a type3 is if you dont like the ride height just readjust your trailing arms that simple btw fastbacks are the best of the type 3s. thats going to spark up some comments.

[marchi]

Mine is lowered 3frt 2 rear, low profile tires and a set of 1" narrowed control arms. Rides like a dream no rubbing with the whole family. Of course still need to slow down for big bumps.

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[supaninja]

Hahahahaha, Mike one outer notch all around isn't lowered dude.

I'm as low as marchi, monroes in front, and Gr2's in back. The front is a little stiff, but it's not a bad ride at all.
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[OhHerrooo]

i'm down 3 front 2 rear with 135s in front and 165s out back. i have stock shocks in front and KYB gas adjusts in back.

the ride quality is just fine, but i'm dragging my mudflaps with anybody in back. i recently bottomed out hard and hit my deep sump, so i think i may go with short axles and 195s in the rear to bring the car back up a bit.
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[Tram]

Using the machine the way the engineers designed it is always by far the wisest choice.
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[lowdowndub]

2 in front, 1 in back. Oil shocks all the way around with 165 60R 15 front and 165 80R 15's in the rear. Rides really nice.

[MLTIGGER2]

What's the difference between lowering with inner or outer splines?
And if a car is lowered and you want to raise it a bit, how do you know which splines to mess with?
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[supaninja]

Inner splines raise/lower more then outers
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[Erik G]

Tig, I am pretty sure yours is 2 inner. If you raise it 1 outer, I think you will be happy. You can use combinations too, like up one inner, and down one outer
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[Mike Fisher]

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[vlad01]

2 splines all round. rear handles good, front handles like a POS.

eagerly awaiting Bert's spindles

[soopaman]

Thank you to all who responded. I'm just curious about the suspension setup I would like to run. I would like it to have a nice rake and stance, but I don't want to have to replace my kidneys before end of year . I'm very interested in those dropped spindles by Bert3 I've been reading about. Anyone running those? What are they like? What do they cost? Thanks again.

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[notchboy]

Ahh the science of lowering. I rember when I was in that class. The girls, booze and parties. Seems like yesterday. Then you grow up and get correct. See even the old asses were young and reckless once

2 in the front and rear on 195-50-15s

Same here on 195-50s front and 165s rear.

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