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On 11 Sep 2006 at 21:07, Arkady Mirvis wrote: > I hear occasionally rear wheels rubbing on bumpy road. It looks that > over the years the torsions got tired or the previous owner lowered the > car. What is the original clearance? How high the body shall be from > the road for unloaded car?. With stock tires, I find that if I slip a hand under the fender rim it will just run over the top of a front tire and not quite over a rear. > Will installation of Gas-Adjust shocks raise the car a bit? Sure, but the gas shocks I've seen all failed rather quickly. I think there is a clearance issue there that means the gas shocks rub against something and wear where they weren't designed to. Different makes of gas shocks might do better than the ones that came on my '72. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~