Has any one tried the 3417 on their fiberfab car?

Has anyone tried the 3417 on their car? (I like the looks)The previous owner of my car cut out the bottom of the rear panel to clear a 4 pipe system so as long as it doesn’t hit the bumber it’s ok. My car is so low that I don’t want a pipe coming out low and scraping. I have already lost one pipe backing up in to a high curb. We’ve got “speed b…[Read more]

I like the wire hubcap idea and there are not too many choices, I can’t even find tires to fit ! I blacked out the chrome “platter” behind the spokes and the wheels look a lot better to me. When you look at a real wire wheel you don’t see a shiney platter, you see black nothingness or maybe a caliper and rotor. I have an mgb that has wire wheels…[Read more]

thanks!

The stock shocks for the front, 31538, have a compressed length of 14.125 inches. With the car ride height set to give 2″ of space above the front tires to the fender edge you end up with 1″ of travel before the shock bottoms out. (not good) The short shocks for lowered vw’s sold by Cip1 are 3 ” shorter and give a great ride. I had to make room…[Read more]

I put my new shorter oil filled shocks from Cip1 on my MiGi saturday. What a difference! The car now soaks up the bumps instead of magnifying them!
I now have about 3 inches of travel which seems adequate for most roads I drive on.
BTW  Is the radiator shell just supposed to sit on top of the front axel? seems like a good place for a rubber pad.

Hi ed
My fiancee took one token ride in the TD. Not her cup of tea!
One other thing, the clearance between body and the tie rods is very close. Make sure you cut away any excess fiberglass above the tie rods, Run the wheels ful left to full right and note close clearance areas.
thanks
Chuck

Hi Ed
When I first got my td I was disappointed in the hard ride. It felt like the suspension was too stiff. I talked to people about softening the ride by reducing the spring rate. This forum offered up a lot of good ideas. I let some air out of the front tires(now 15#) and then the rear(25 #). This helped. then I crawled under the car and…[Read more]

cip1.com has a shorter shock which allows you more upward suspension travel. Its 10 inches compressed which should stop you from scraping the fender and give you more travel and better ride. You can add rubber bottoming blocks on the shock if your fenders scrape on big bumps. These blocks come with the monroematic shocks. I could not find the…[Read more]

Hi Ed
My problem was that the shocks were too long limiting the travel of the wheels upward when I hit a bump, llike no spring at all!
The part that bothers me is that my shock is exactly what monroe calls out for for a 74 bettle. There is only 2.6 inchs of travel in this shock and this must be within the total travel range and the ride h…[Read more]

Hi Fellow tdreplica guys,
I just spent hours seaching for shorter shocks for my front end. Mine are 14.125 inches compressed and 16.750 extended 2.625 travel.
I only have 1 inch of up travel and bottom out a lot. I don’t know what has been done to the car but it feels very softly sprung in the front, so I assume some leaves have been removed.
It…[Read more]

I definately prefer the Whitewalls on wire for a black or dark car. I’m stuck in the 50’s I guess!