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Good to see someone set up for this modification again! A 7" Fuchs alloy (with a 205 or 215) fits nicely against the stock spring plate (the sidewall will hit the block on an adjustable spring plate) with beetle drums. If you're going for the wheels/tires being tucked in as far as possible you'll probably have to replace 1 spring plate bolt with a lower clearance allen head bolt (to clear the tire sidewall) and you may have to cut back the bump stop near the top of the shock.

Kevin's work looks very similar to the way my friend Bruce (here in the Vancouver area) did it in the late '80's/early '90's. Check out the June '94 Hot VW's for an in-depth look at how it's done. Al

Last edited by ALB
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