{"id":26379,"date":"2023-01-19T20:35:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T20:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=26379"},"modified":"2023-01-19T20:35:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T20:35:47","slug":"magic-carpet-ride-for-beetle-based-kitcars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/01\/19\/magic-carpet-ride-for-beetle-based-kitcars\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGIC CARPET RIDE FOR BEETLE-BASED KITCARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you\u2019re driving an air-cooled VW kitcar, a trike or a full-bodied classic sometimes the suspension needs an extra helping hand to keep the wheels and tyres turning freely, away from the arch enemy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ac513001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-26380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ac513001-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One way to add some extra stiffness, or subtly adjust the ride height is to install a decent coil over shock absorber, aiding the aged OE torsion bar set up in its job of supporting the vehicle&#8217;s weight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These black and chrome \u2018double eyelet\u2019 coil-overs come from custom parts manufacturer SSP and are suitable for fitment on a number of air-cooled VW vehicles, including Beetle and Bus, depending on the length of shock absorber required.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sold as a pair at \u00a392.50, they are supplied with an adjustment spanner and you can buy them online from HeritagePartsCentre.com by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagepartscentre.com\/uk\/ac513001-coil-over-shock-absorbers-423-272mm-pair.html\">searching part number AC513001<\/a>. A \u2018threaded top\u2019 version for ball joint suspension Beetles is also available under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagepartscentre.com\/uk\/ac413001-front-coil-over-shock-absorber-pair.html\">part number AC413001<\/a> <strong>ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Whether you\u2019re driving an air-cooled VW kitcar, a trike or a full-bodied classic sometimes the suspension needs an extra helping hand to keep the wheels <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/01\/19\/magic-carpet-ride-for-beetle-based-kitcars\/\" title=\"MAGIC CARPET RIDE FOR BEETLE-BASED KITCARS\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}