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February 21st 2005, 14:30
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Wally,
You stated in your vehical details "944 turbo Cup spindles with VW Golf (rabbit) struts with Passat rear springs on 1303 perches". I thought that rabbit struts would not fit the 944 turbo(951) spindles because of the wider hole spacing on the 951 spindles. Did you modify the struts or the spindles? If so, how? I am currently looking at how I am going to add 1986 Porsche 951 Bremo calipers to my 75 Super Beetle(1303). Thanks, Randy
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February 21st 2005, 15:41
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Yes, obviously those parts don't fit straight away together. Unfortunately, coil-over sets for turbo Cup struts to a 1303 don't exist either, so you have to carefully and conciously let a proffesional weld and modify (the struts that is) everything so it does fit.
You also have to understand that the suspension modification was done more then 12 years ago, when these parts were still rather new and no-one ever knew what I was talking about... The car has just passed its yearly inspection again with flying colours, so the inspectors always seem to approve from a safety point of view. Not that that is the measure for things, but it does give some confidence. So, yes, it is all custom made. No bolt-on solutions with these parts, especially not in those days 
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July 20th 2006, 18:24
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Movie-time!!
http://213.132.171.60/~MartijnC/div/...13juli_low.avi (98MB)  Thanks for the nice day, Walter and Nigel!
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August 9th 2006, 13:38
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How did you end up using Passat springs? And from which generation Passat are they?
You see I`ve been trying out different springs with my DIY struts. What I need is a pair of springs with stock diameter but quite short and soft enough... That picture is a bit old...today my little brat has a little more healthy steel on her... Justin
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August 10th 2006, 01:52
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Passat 2-door model (Coupé) of about 1978 it was I believe; one of the the very first models anyway. You'd want the REAR springs of them for you 03 front struts
 Those can easily be used in a stock strut and lower about 4 cm and be 25% stiffer than stock. I have however also used Golf 1 struts and lowered the bottom 1303-perches some as well. I think its about 10 cm lower now, but because of the large diameter wheels it doesn't look that low. Last edited by Wally; August 10th 2006 at 01:57.
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