Re: Speaking of wheels...

[Jim Buck <vwpride@mixi.net>]

Jason Brunberg wrote:
>         I had a set on my car when I bought my tires (they came together for
> $300).  They were scuffed to hell, but my cousin took them off me,
> sanded them smooth and put a new clearcoat on them.  Absolutely gorgeous
> setup with these rims, some 195-45-15 Continentals, and a super-clean
> spring cutting.
> 
>         The car handles like it's on rails, looks like it's crawling across the
> floor, does not bottom out, and makes me damn jealous.  BTW, for anyone
> out there who thinks that I'm wrong can bl*w me.  I've seen, I've driven
> in it, and I've been a passenger in it.  It's imaculate...true pro
> spring chop.  Although I do not suggest that everyone goes out and chops
> coils off their springs.  Just saying that it can be done without
> adverse effects.

I agree.  VW springs respond favorably to cutting of one or two coils
with a chopsaw (not a torch) and provide good spring rates.  I did this
to my 1982 cabbie and it worked great!

Jim
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