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The front end ride height is fairly easy to adjust, just follow the Bentley instructions. Takes an afternoon if everything is rusted up. Shocks won't do it. If you bought wheels that are for Bugs, the Type III has a different offset and the tires WILL rub. On Sat, 07 Nov 1998 15:23:05 +0000, you wrote: >OK guys, > >I have recently put empis on my 71 squareback and my front rubs a little >going around the turns... >My front end looks a little low to begin with. My lower rubber stops, >you know the ones on the lower torsion arms.... well there is about an >inch left on the right and may be an inch and a half on the left.... I >am guessing they were never replaced. > >My question is this: > >What can I do to get an inch (higher) out of my front end. I have >stiffer/ heavy duty shocks on order. I am guessing it has probbaly >sagged over the years, But I don't want to rub up front and my car >doesn't set level right now. It looks like it has been dropped in the >front ( it hasn't, just looks that way). So, how does one go about >gaining an inch or so. I figure between putting on new shocks and new >stops I'll probably be ok, but I tend to be overly optamistic and >somewhat ignorant in these matters. > >Also, will the stops from a 71 bug (lower rear) do the job? Does anyone >know if they're the same? > >Thanks again. > >Charlie > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe