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Lowering rear suspension.

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Hi.
Interested in lowering the rear by 25/30mm.
Think I did this to a beetle 25 years ago. Lol.
Is it straight forward?
 
IIRC you can lower the rear about that much with the built in adjusters on the rear - any more and you need to re-index the torsion bars which is bit more complicated.
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That's interesting...I'm needing a suspension refresh, and it looks like it might be worth upgrading to KW V3 which lowers the car by about that amount. Reading up on this, it seems the torsion bar would need adjusting, same procedure as shown.
 
KW's don't lower the rear ride height, and unless the rear adjusters are on a high setting you wont be able to lower the rear much.
 
Yeah. Haven't got over to see it yet, but hoping it is as the rear arch just looks to sit too high compared to front.
Did they leave factory like that? 250,000 miles ago!!!! Lol
 
I dropped mine about 1/2 to 3/4 inch using the rear cams. Doesn't sound much but made a big difference.
 
Thanks Paul...hoping to get my indie to do the work (my days of crawling under cars curtailed by creaky knees and hip!), so just trying to find out what's involved.

Did yours go straight on?
 
My red S.2 was lowered to minimum on the adjusters when I had KW's fitted and then looked like this. Unfortunately the car's on a slight incline but I think it did give about 25mm drop

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graham.webb said:
Thanks Paul...hoping to get my indie to do the work (my days of crawling under cars curtailed by creaky knees and hip!), so just trying to find out what's involved.

Did yours go straight on?
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Not sure if this was for me... but anyway KW's do go straight on, and being stainless mine look the same as when I fitted them 8+ years ago. Having said that I probably wouldn't pay todays price for them. I'd modify the struts to take Bilstein inserts and threaded collars for height adjustment. I couldn't shift the big nut on the rear adjusters either, despite standing on a 3ft breaker bar. A job for a windy gun or heat probably.
 
Thanks, and yes it was for you. You and Wolfie have given the answers I was looking for. At the price, KW still attractive to me as paying someone else's time fiddling with Bilsteins or Konis closes the gap in cost, and they include new springs. Need to find an indie knowledgeable enough to fit it them now!
 
You're welcome. The KW's were fairly easy to fit so I'd think a decent Indy could fit them in around an hour, with around the same time for a basic alignment after. Make sure they're familiar with the method to set the rear geo though.
 
Just to warn you it will probably take some work to get the rear adjusters to a position where you can adjust. I took a whole day on mine using air tools, several breaker bars and lots of patience. Everything will be corroded and seized solid. Order some new eccentric bolts and whatever else looks past it while you are at it. Even the plates will be corroded together probably.
 
RPM used to throw the fitting in for free, I think they may have moved up market a bit these days though....
 
Mine was done by Steve Bull in Devizes (not that far from you)

Was a fair few years back, before I bought the car.
 
Looks like RPM may have at least broadened their scope! I visited early days when I was looking for a 944 in 2006...they were into 944 track cars and had a 944 Turbo for sale that was sorted, drove really well, but had some body issues, so I walked away...
 
graham.webb said:
Thanks...Devizes not too far for me.
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Actually, now I check the paperwork I think it was Andy Moss at SCS Honiton, so a bit further away. Sorry
I think I talked to Steve Bull about a turbo i was thinking of buying a few years back that he looked after.

Anyway, fitting the KW's is no big deal if you have an indy who is prepared to battle with the rear suspension.. Might be worth checking the position of the spring plates on your car, which will give you an idea of the adjustment range you have available without re-indexing



 
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