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Old May 13th 2020, 18:55
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I did the whole coilover conversion with the rally bug, and honestly...I wouldn't do it again. Since you can't get progressive springs in the short length we need, there isn't much advantage.. The ability to swap out spring rates, and adjust the height simply aren't worth the loss of the simplicity of the torsion bars. Truthfully once the height is "set", most people never change it. I have _good_ reason for changing it, and still if I'm going to go do a gravel event I leave it at the set height unless I know the roads will be really rough. My new build (the GL '69) uses stock torsion bars, urethane bushings, stock spring plates and covers and *might* get upgraded shocks. If I do anything, I'll upgrade to the QA1 DD402 shocks. I use the DS402 shock in the rally bug, and would do the dual adjustable shock on this next build simply for the adjustability. I never upgraded to the dual adjustable on the Rally bug because the single adjustable shocks work, and work well.
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