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Lifted 2004 tdi beetle: with taller coils struts and shocks
Well, I am in need to lifting or raising my 2004 Biodiesel TDI Beetle, soon to have a Malone stage 1.5 tune.
I tow a couple of small trailers on occasion ( a 5x10' teardrop or a 4x8' utility) and like to visit some less than paved roads here in Oregon on occasion.
I've been searching and reading a ton of threads and posts, but I am hoping someone else with knowledge can point me in the correct direction. I have fount a ton of lowering kits but I need to go the other way, I've already damaged my front grill in a farm field "parking lot" and had my skid-plate torn off due faulty installation after an oil change at a dealer and then driving on some bumpy grass and gravel roads.
Preferably I'd find complete assemblies Struts and coils that can be installed in my beetle from another VW model that could give me a 2" lift. Or perhaps the taller coils and struts to be assembled, I'd prefer to not need a spring compressor tool, but will go that route if necessary.
That being said I'd also prefer not to use spacers such as the Metal Nerd http://www.metalnerd.com/cat05.htm or the
http://www.evolutionimport.com/1-inch-Lift-Kit-for-MK4-Golf-Jetta-New-Beetle-p/c1006.htm , though I have some interest in them...
I'm looking for something like the 2" FRANKENBUILT MK4 Lift Kit2" FRANKENBUILT MK4 Lift Kit
or part numbers to produce this myself.
Found this thread for lifting a Golf http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=313121 and wondered what numbers to search to lift my beetle.
Any insights would be helpful.
Thanks in advance.
--Ian
Well, I am in need to lifting or raising my 2004 Biodiesel TDI Beetle, soon to have a Malone stage 1.5 tune.
I tow a couple of small trailers on occasion ( a 5x10' teardrop or a 4x8' utility) and like to visit some less than paved roads here in Oregon on occasion.
I've been searching and reading a ton of threads and posts, but I am hoping someone else with knowledge can point me in the correct direction. I have fount a ton of lowering kits but I need to go the other way, I've already damaged my front grill in a farm field "parking lot" and had my skid-plate torn off due faulty installation after an oil change at a dealer and then driving on some bumpy grass and gravel roads.
Preferably I'd find complete assemblies Struts and coils that can be installed in my beetle from another VW model that could give me a 2" lift. Or perhaps the taller coils and struts to be assembled, I'd prefer to not need a spring compressor tool, but will go that route if necessary.
That being said I'd also prefer not to use spacers such as the Metal Nerd http://www.metalnerd.com/cat05.htm or the
http://www.evolutionimport.com/1-inch-Lift-Kit-for-MK4-Golf-Jetta-New-Beetle-p/c1006.htm , though I have some interest in them...
I'm looking for something like the 2" FRANKENBUILT MK4 Lift Kit2" FRANKENBUILT MK4 Lift Kit
or part numbers to produce this myself.
Found this thread for lifting a Golf http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=313121 and wondered what numbers to search to lift my beetle.
Any insights would be helpful.
Thanks in advance.
--Ian
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