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> In preparation for this, I have been making a few final checks, one of > which was an emergency stop, to see if it pulled up straight. I slammed > the brakes on at 50kph. It pulled up very quickly, and straight as a > rod, but just as it was coming to a halt, there was a big bang from the > rear. I could get it to do it again, so I've no idea what it was. > I expect you hit the stops on the suspension. Either that or the muffler hit the body-work. I guess with lower bodies on 34s it's quite possible. It's surprising how loud bottoming the suspension can sound. I used to hit the trailer hitch on my previous Squareback on steep ramps - horrific sound, but it only scraped the trailer hitch bar a bit. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org