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To: bugeye@yahoogroups.com, midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com, Spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Rear Suspension
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 01:00:31 EST
I've pulled off the rear end & suspension from my '63 Sprite parts car for 
use on my Bugeye rebuild. Currently cleaning & disassembling all the parts, 
but have a couple of questions for the Lists before I start reassembling.

1) Should the bushings in the 1/4 springs  & the radius arms be replaced with 
polyurethane? If so, who sales them? - I haven't seen them in the VB or M*ss 
catalogues.

2) The front end will be 1" lower, so I would like to lower the rear by about 
1/2" to 1". If I remember previous discussions correctly (sorry, but I can't 
find the specific threads), the rear suspension can be lowered by inserting a 
spacer between the mounting box & the springs. Is this correct? Anything I 
should be careful of? Any other ways of lowering rear?

TIA
Jim Rogers
San Juan Capistrano, CA

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