I understand that it has been covered before, and have researched the previous posts. I was just asking if someone had come up with anything NEW on the subject. There are some pretty old posts that start discussing the topic, and that they are going to try something but then they just stop. Just like this one
Also I have not heard if anyone has just welded the two plates together. It seems like a simple fix, and would be the same as running the steel arms/ stock beetle springplates only with Aluminum arms.