Ride Quality of lowered Type-3's

[notchboy]

[Brian Mathe]

I know I will be the black sheep but I have always run low so it is not a big deal. I have type 1 front beam with link pin and lowered spindles. It is slammed but actually does not ride that bad. But being low is not for the faint of heart. I have replaced my front apron twice and you have to deal with a lot of scrapes and bumps. If you keep the stock beam, just play around with it. That was a good design for adjusting and after you do it a few times, it is very easy and quick to do. Lower it, drive it, if you like the look and feel, leave it alone.
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[supaninja]

[Brian Mathe]

Thanks ninja, I have been following your thread for a while, I just don't post much. I am building a type IV to mate to a 901 tranny, hope to be done in a few weeks. I was never a fan of the conversion either but it is rather nice. A friend and I tried to narrow a stock beam a few years back but it was just not economical. I also am not a fan of ball joint suspension that low, if you've ever broke one, it sucks. I'll keep stealing ideas from your build, nice ride by the way.
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[supaninja]

Steal away dude

OF topic but I hope to have that gsxr throttle body setup installed next weekend, that should be interesting.
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[Erik G]

[Erik G]

[vwfye]

I'm old and still don't like the stock baja look or ride, but hey... wha do I know? It still rides better than a bug!
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[soopaman]

[vlad01]

[eschmidt14]

i know people talk bad about type 1 beam but honestly i think the 4"narrow beam i had in my old notch rode better than the type3 and it was a ball joint i could only imagine how much better it would have rode with a link/king pin and i had to cut the shock towers off for clearance issues so with shocks it would have rode better.im am sold on the type 1 conv. when i get my 57 lowlight on the road im going to get an earlie fastback and do a 4" type1 conv. with no regreats cause ive actually done it and rode in it and its definately better but you know us americans we like to talk trash and bash about stuff that we dont know or understand.

[Erik G]

again, you had something wrong with your type3 front end then. I've been around a long long time, and have had many type 1's and many type 3's, dropped and stock. Sometimes potentially lowest type 3 without bags low. A type 3 front end rides better hands down, as long as everything is in good shape. It's worlds away different.

I'm all cool with people putting T1 beams in, bags, narrowed, stock etc. Your car, whatever works for you is how it should be done. But lets not confuse the situation. A worn out front end no matter what type, would be worse then a nice new narrowed one with all new compnents. A type 3 will out handle, out brake, and be more comfertible than a type 1 all day long, and I've never seen anyone argue against that point. Anything else is like someone arguing that a superbeetle is the best ever - just because that's what's in their garage
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[eschmidt14]

Erik i understand what youre saying about the type3 ride i used to say that there the best out of all the aircooled vws but now i know what i know by experiance its not the same as having a narrow beam in a bug i dont know if its the weight of the car or what but im telling you it rode very well maybe im looking at it as the ride height with the type 1 conv. i was about 3-4" lower than my stock beam which was dropped 4 outer and my type3 beam which is for sale super cheap on here has brand new german bearings and ball joints and tie rod ends so my beam was in perfect order every body wants to compare it to a bug cause thats all they know but im telling everyone again by experiance it rides better maybe its the quality of the beam by king-tuk experiance speaks for itself but opinons are just that opinons

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[Bobnotch]

Mine's not down nearly as much as some of the others here, but then the roads around here aren't condusive for driving a really lowered car either, as we have frost heaves, piss poor road rebuilding, pot holes big enough to swallow a large child, and construction zones almost everywhere in Michigan.
Here's a pic of my 65 Notch.

It's down 2 inner splines up front, along with the factory (41 year old) sag in the rear (it's on a 70 pan). It's running 195-60-15's up front, with 205-70-15's in the rear. It doesn't beat you up, and it makes a nice comfortable long distance cruizer. I drove it last summer to and from the T-3 Invasion (about 2000 miles 1 way). In fact, I drove it for over 16 hours straight coming back from Carthage Mo, and I wasn't even wore out from being on the road that long.
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[soopaman]

WoW!....I had no idea this was such a sensitive subject. Just to clarify a few things. I'm new to all this and was just looking for information on the ride quality of a lowered type3 fastback. I do not plan on performing any beam conversions (...yet!). I am interested in the dropped spindles for the type3 I've read about. If anyone can provide information about the company that manufactures them, it would be greatly appreciated.

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[Erik G]