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Paul66 Samba Member
Joined: April 14, 2017 Posts: 22 Location: The United Kingdom of Oz.
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:30 am Post subject: Rear Coilovers? |
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I have a swing axle trike and was wondering just what is involved in do it yourself way, ingetting rid of the torsion bars and going over to coilover shocks like the ones I have seen on light weight swing axle buggies. |
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Multi69s Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2006 Posts: 5364 Location: Lefty, CA
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Vanapplebomb Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2010 Posts: 5412 Location: Holland, MI
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:57 am Post subject: Re: Rear Coilovers? |
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Yeah, coil over that replace torsion bars are about $300 a pop, not cheap.
What is wrong with your torsion bars? There are plenty of good used stock bars for cheap that you can replace your bad torsion bars with. _________________ 1800 Type 4 Berrien 295
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Paul66 Samba Member
Joined: April 14, 2017 Posts: 22 Location: The United Kingdom of Oz.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:07 am Post subject: Re: Rear Coilovers? |
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Cheers for the info chap's. Although I was hoping for a bit more detail.
How do you work out the springs you need in the coil over for example? What do you need to do regarding the spring plates...etc.
There's nothing wrong with my torsion bars that I know of, but I was curious about it and you never know I might want to change to coil overs at some point simply because. |
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superpro56 Samba Member
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Dale M. Samba Member
Joined: April 12, 2006 Posts: 20379 Location: Just a tiny bit west of Yosemite Valley
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:32 am Post subject: Re: Rear Coilovers? |
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Another thing to consider, the shock absorber towers were not designed to be suspension (coil-over) anchor points, they probably would survive on something light like a trike but I would seriously consider beefing them up.... Adding something like kafer bar to make the towers more rigid and would probably help...
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B Ramsey Samba Member
Joined: February 05, 2006 Posts: 477 Location: Ramona ca.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:34 am Post subject: Re: Rear Coilovers? |
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Paul66 wrote: |
simply because. |
Best reason ever. _________________ Go outside and do something. |
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Paul66 Samba Member
Joined: April 14, 2017 Posts: 22 Location: The United Kingdom of Oz.
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:40 am Post subject: Re: Rear Coilovers? |
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Cheers Suerpro56, that was the sort of thing I was thinking about, I'm not sure how easy they are to find over here, but a recon a decent engineering company should be able to know up a pair, failing that I could get some plate laser cut and then get a local company to weld them up for me.
Dale M. wrote: |
Another thing to consider, the shock absorber towers were not designed to be suspension (coil-over) anchor points, they probably would survive on something light like a trike but I would seriously consider beefing them up.... Adding something like kafer bar to make the towers more rigid and would probably help...
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Thta is something to think about Dale, although the engine cage/roll bar does make the frame horns and shock mounts pretty rigid, I guess adding a bit of extar tube to the set up wouldn't hurt. |
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Vanapplebomb Samba Member
Joined: November 03, 2010 Posts: 5412 Location: Holland, MI
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:41 am Post subject: Re: Rear Coilovers? |
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Just realize that after you spend big bucks on coil overs, at the end of the day you still have a swing axle. You can throw as much money at it as you want to, but it is still only going to be as good as it’s weakest link. I say spend your money elsewhere on something that will make your ride better. _________________ 1800 Type 4 Berrien 295
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=487021
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veeweeman Samba Member
Joined: December 20, 2009 Posts: 940 Location: New Port Richey, FL
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:55 am Post subject: Re: Rear Coilovers? |
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The best handling trike will be IRS not a swing axle. ..if it were me, I'd do a IRS conversion and you will also get the better 3.88 gears. ..and the cheapest, smoothest ride will come from a set of air bags...this will eliminate your bars and give you a Cadillac ride. ..those torsion bars are designed to support a lot more weight. _________________ Never be a follower...Do your own thing, make it your own! |
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