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I've done a few custom Beetles with the Airkewld front beam and Spax coil-overs (I believe this is the same brand sold by Red9) and I felt it was an improvement over the stock torsion bars, and as you mentioned you can play with the left to right height, play with spring rates and play with dampening and compression numbers.  The stock torsion bars were replaced with a large through rod with flat bearings on each end to hold the control arms in place.  It was a pretty easy swap too.  I don't see why it would be any different in a speedster/spyder but I didn't push the limits on the Beetle either, so I can't say from experience if there are any issues "at the ragged edge", BUT I would imagine that could all be dialed out with the shock/spring specs, plus if you wanted to get real technical you could use progressive rate springs also.

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