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<x-charset iso-8859-1> What I did for the rear was to add a pair of coil over shocks that are usually used for Baja bugs, Bought them from JC whitney but are available virtually any place that sells VW aircooled parts. These are height adjustable. I did this because I did not want to do the opposesite of what people do for lowering (move the torsion bar spline position on the rear arms), I have found that this tends to twist the already weakened or sagging torsion bar beyond the original design, sometimes they will snap under heavy bouncing use/road. I used to use airshocks for the rear but I always had a problem keeping the air in them, I went through two pairs of these. On the front suspension I have just moved the bottom torsion bar two splines up , the opposite of what people do for lowering. I use stock tires from Firestone ( 165R15 )and stock rims. I have a deep sump and an aftermarket header/exhaust system and RARELY scrape the bottom. I drive the car in Tijuana, Mexico everyday since I live there but work in the USA. Tijuana has pretty bad roads and traffic requiring getting on sidewalks to go around the many accidents and broken down cars, busses that plug up the supermarket entrances. I also drive in the many unpaved neighborhood roads that are in worse condition than most country dirt roads down there. This little lift is enough and is just a few inches above the original factory height. Let me know if you need some specific details on what I have mentioned. LEON MARTINEZ -----Original Message----- From: Ian Ruinaard [mailto:iruinaard@ppc.co.za] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 4:55 AM To: 'Martinez, Leon'; 'type3@vwtype3.org' Subject: Lifting a T3 & Baja T3's Leon, Do you have some pointers as to how to go about lifting the suspension on a T3 - I don't want a radical lift, I was thinking of just a bit more ground clearance (I don't want to destroy the exhaust or transmission pan). I have recently got my 68 (Topless) Auto F/B running & it is a bit low - seems to have back end 'sag'. The original reason I built the car was to have some fun driving about on the dirt roads & in the 'boondocks' near where I live. BTW do you know what size tyres the Baja T3 in your club is running - The rims looked std Ian -----Original Message----- From: Martinez, Leon [mailto:martinezl@ftscpac.navy.mil] Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 00:29 To: 'type3@vwtype3.org' Subject: Re: [T3] Hey Leon...do you have a picture of your car? My car is in the gallery in our San Diego site www.ocvv.org/sandiego . My car is in the first group of gallery pictures, it is the last picture, click on it and you will see that it is the goofy looking car with eyelids and is higher than the rest, I was going to top it off with a windsheild shade but I cannot find one, that will give it a nice 50's frumpy look. It needs to be raised in order to drive up on the sidewalk in Mexico. If you are still curious, a picture of me is in the very last group of people picture in the gallery. Click on the picture and you will see me behind the front guy with a white tee-shirt holding a little girl . I am the one with a big smile doing the peace sign. LEON MARTINEZ 1969 SQUAREBACK EFI/AUTO 1967 FASTBACK PROJECT SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe </x-charset>