Re: undeliverable mail

["vernon chand" <vychand@ihug.co.nz>]

hello greg,
i am trying this again.i think the 1st message didnt go through.

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> From: "vernon chand" <vychand@ihug.co.nz>
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> Subject: lower or not to lower(long)
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 20:51:20 +1300
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> hello all you nutters(type 3 of course!)
> 
> i have been reading with interest the discussion on lowering and lowered
> type three's, over the last few days.
> 
> to follow is my experience with a radically lowered '71 fastback or,for
> that matter a radically modified car.
> 
> at the beginning of '95 i started law school and had to travel for 45
> minutes each way to get to my lectures.i had a '54 beetle then and after
2
> months
> i decided that i didnt want some idiot destroying
> my pride and joy,so i put the beetle away as a 'sunday driver'.
> 
> to cut a long story short,i ended up buying a '71 fastback.this car was
> low,very low.it had an 1835cc jazzy performance motor in it and boy did
it
> go!2 weeks after i bought the car i had a similar experience to what
keith
> had with his friends car.i thought enough was enough and took the car to
> one of my friends in the local vw club.at that point the suspension was
so
> low that the car would bang and crash, as you went over bumps that
normally
> would not make you brace yourself.yes folks,i am talking about stiffening
> your body up when you see a bump ahead!sometimes i would drive down the
> road as if i was doing a gymkana!
> 
> well,we raised the suspension back up to factory setting,front and
rear.at
> the front the suspension was relowered 1 notch and i think the rear was
> relowered 1 spline.this was far better than the previous arrangement.at
the
> same time we put in urethane bushes all round,new shocks and then i took
> the car to the local vw shop to get them to organise a wheel
alignment.when
> i got the car back the difference was incredible(well it couldnt have
been
> any worse!).from memory the vw shop charged me for odds and ends e.g ball
> joints for lowered cars etc.etc.
> i enjoyed the car for 6 months after that and then sold it to pay my law
> school fees for the following year.
> 
> my point is this-there is nothing wrong with lowering a car if the
> following are taken into account;
> 
> .do not lower so much as to induce discomfort,tire rub,terrible
> handling,hanging out of the window etc.
> .change the shocks to suit eg. lowered gas shocks to suit radical
> lowering(although radical lowering is not recommended  for a daily
driver)
> .check and change bushes as necessary
> .choose good tires
> .change parts if necessary eg.special balljoints for lowered cars etc.
> .get a wheel alignment done straightaway.when i got mine done i vaguely
> remember the guy saying something about getting close to factory
setting.if
> commonsense dictates this sounds right, as the car would have been
> engineered to handle everyday,different terrain, driving on one alignment
> setting.
> .last but not least there are plenty of manufacturers who have designed
and
> made parts to suit lowered cars so so your research.
> 
> anyway people,that is my bit for the week.have a great weekend.     
> 
> regards
> vern
> '63 notch(lowered and soon to have aftermarket f1)
> '67 beetle(soon to have an fi 1776cc)
> '57 oval(standard!)