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Reply to "Front Suspension Adjustment / I need some help!!"

Paul,

Add the following 2 things to the excellent suggestions already offered:

1. Go buy the cheapest brand (Acme excluded) of front shocks available at your local parts store. I mean cheap, and I mean soft. Per John Steele's (owner JPS) instructions on an earlier post last month, do the folling: Exten the shock out as far as it will go, then push it back in all the way, repeat this 5 times before installing it. There is a possibility that the previous owner or builder may have put a stiff or performance shock on.... bad news on a light replica 356 based on a VW Pan. The El Cheapos, having been flexed per the above will soften that ride some... hopefully.

2. Add weight to your front end. How? For me, I added a spare on a 4" rim and stock beetle sized tire, plus a scissor jack, tool bag, and the battery. Others use some type of metal ballast bolted up front somewhere (make sure it is centeredm or even concrete/sand bags laid in the front... ask around, many will share their method. The point is, adding weight up front will definitely mellow out that front end skitishness.

That's my suggestions... and I use exactly the samer PSI's as my friend, John H, does 23/28 on 185/65-15s.

Fraternally,
Jim OKC Dub U Tub
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