I love your channel, lots of good info. So I’m not an expert, but I do know grade 8.8 refers to tensile strength, not sheer strength. 10.9 being harder and more brittle, I would stick with factory spec on the beam. As driven, the beam bolts are going to experience sheer force from the weight of the car, not a tensile force, or pulling force. I would think with the weight of the car, a little flex in those bolts would be needed. We know that factory spec are adequate, so that’s what I would go with.

I just ordered a kit. I have a 58 bug with a 2" narrowed/adjustable front beam. Your video describes my problem exactly. I already adjusted my steering box as much as possible and everything is relatively new. I hope this works!

I put those on my slammed Ghia back in 1987. Made a big difference!

messed around with caster angle on my 53 kingpin bug for quite a while until i got it right ,i found that a shorter shock also helped with front end bounce ,good sound advice in this video !!!!!

super helpful, thanks!

Thanks a lot for the info! Cheers!

I had double stack shims.

Wow that’s what I need mine is slammed . Lol thanks

8.8 is a good choice, its strong enough but not so hard that it is in any danger of cracking under the vibration and/or shock of hitting potholes of kerbs for instance. You don't want those bolts to shear off! Worse case scenario..... I am trained in screw machine operation and made bolts/fasteners for the automotive industry for a few years to high tolerances, a thou of a mm and the machines were not CNC, manual set, tippy tappy, measure, repeat etc! Pita work.

not sure what kit i need . 75 bug (bolt and shim part numbers?)

Hi, I have a KG with 2.5" dropped spindles and beam adjusters. It's not too crazy low but steering is hard. Shoud I put those shims?

10.9

I put them on and I have not noticed any improvement. It is still very difficult to control on the highway.

If you leave them stock, you don't need this stuff