They were able to get very close to factory spec on the alignment
I did the same thing and also got my deposit back. The only difference is the car was already converted to a euro 6-speed.
I just realized I never shared a picture of the Beetle after the lift. I had just fitted it with new tires when I did the lift, so I'm still waiting on those to wear out to put bigger tires on it. I plan on using 215/65r16 on black steelies. I know they'll come very close to the spring perch, so I'll be using 20mm spacers behind the wheels.Just wanted to give a free bump to an old, but great, post.
I did exactly what the OP showed on the first post to my TDI Beetle this past weekend. The original shocks had 250k miles and were very obviously worn out. For anyone that still hasn't done this and plans, I stress that the passenger side axle will hit bottom before the strut is ready to come out; you have to play around with it little to get it out. Also, if you use a 2" pipe and 2" to 4" bushing for the rear, the pipe has to be ground down more that you think it should; just keep grinding.
I could not be happier, except for the cuts and bruises that come along with it
just do the 2.5" lift with either coilovers up front, or some lowering springs.
It doesn't pre-load the spring in operation, just when unloaded before installation. Once installed there is the exact same load on the spring whether there is a one or two inch spacer on top or not, the only thing that changes is the amount of downward strut travel because one or two inches of strut have been lost to the spacer. Upward strut travel is unchanged because that is dictated by the spring and bump stop which is unchanged. There is no pre-load therefore ride quality is not affected.
I went 2.5" rear and didn't do the box tubing. I never had an issue with it, but I never off-roaded it. Granted, i would have had the same extended length had i stretched it out all the way; I figured it would have been better to have to prematurely wear out the shocks from too many full extensions than have to prematurely wear out the bushings. Had I gone with larger tires, I would have probably attempted to find longer shocks that would fit rather than use the tubing as the tubing looked like an accident waiting to happen.
Can I get a direct link to these shock extenders? Or do all Chevy sized shock extenders work for our shocks? I found a couple of different designs that would seem to work a little better.So I fixed my over extended shock problem with these.
It works great.
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I took a gamble and bought them. There are several different types on amazon.
Great idea! Or just bolt them together (male to female parts and all should work) for an instant 3" extension.
Are you using wagon shocks? If not the will help prevent the shock topping out, since they are longer than the sedan/Golf shocks.
What did you have to adjust to get them to work? I found some on eBay that look like they might work. Is it the bolt that's too big of a diameter? I looked at a Silverado rear shock the other day while at my work, and the shock eye mount is about the same size as our shocks. Just not sure if the shock eye hole is bigger on theirs and they use a bigger bolt or not.