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<DIV>In a message dated 5/20/2015 11:05:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jadney@vwtype3.org writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Or you
can put a <BR>lot of work into disassembling the front end, lowering 2-3 teeth
on <BR>the splines, and end up with a car that fits your appearance
<BR>expectations, but doesn't really work that well.<BR><BR>Sure, there are
lots of folks out there with lowered Type 3s, and <BR>they'll all defend their
choice, but they end up with a car that may <BR>look cool but destroys the
needle bearings in the front end within a <BR>few thousand miles, and wears
out tires quickly.<BR><BR>Yes, it's your car and you can do whatever you
please with it, but <BR>not all choices are good choices.
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<DIV>So, after over 15 years of use 2 splines down, I should have worn out
several sets of tires, and have destroyed the front end already. It hasn't
happened yet, and I've only replaced the tires due to weather checking. But then
I grease the front end every year too. In fact the tires I have on the car are
now currently 10 years old, still have nice tread across the tire, and
surprizingly no weather checking. :O It still tracks straight when going down
the hiway too.</DIV>
<DIV>I did remove the rubber bump stops, but left the mounting bracket, as I
didn't want water to enter the beam. I don't know, maybe I've just been lucky.
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