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On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 20:20, fess wrote: > > At least with adjusting the front of the T3, you still have the stops. > but even with this adjustment, you'll be putting more force on those > stops. > > It seems like lowering, really wants a way to compress the working > distance of the torsion arm, for best results. > hmm. like putting a 50lb bag in the front of the car. [ la baja roja > style. ] > The problem is, that a lot fo people lowering T-3, are cutting off the factory stops. Now, the only thing stopping the travel is the pavement or the fender well. Or, they put little bitty tires on to keep them from rubbing, and now they have a little bitty patch of rubber in contact with the road and have lost all their braking abillity. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~