Best shocks for a '74 Super Beetle.

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Best shocks for a '74 Super Beetle.

Post by Sluggo » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:02 am

What are the best shocks you've used for a Beetle? I want a smooth ride.
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Re: Best shocks for a '74 Super Beetle.

Post by Amskeptic » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:48 am

Sluggo wrote:What are the best shocks you've used for a Beetle? I want a smooth ride.
You are in a different world now, Coil Springs. Coil springs on a light front end have a tendency to sproing boing boing boing where torsion bars merely straighten. You want shocks that are valved to absorb coil spring harmonics as well as vehicle oscillations. Get decent stock cartridges. You will need to remove the struts and compress the spring coils to replace the cartridges. AutoZone has coil spring compressors, but check very closely that they are not too sloppy or defective. A compressed coil spring that lets go can kill you.
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