Rear ride height

Can anyone tell me whether the adjustable rear spring plates are really worth the money? I'm about to drop the rear ride height a little and wondered if to install the ARS-plates while doing so.Friends tell me they make the job that bit easier for trueing up and fine adjustments.So can anyone with these ARS-plates put me right.

They're great if your not sure on you wheels and tires choice .... you can fine tune the height ....Alan M

I have the Sway Away adjustable spring plates and I

Thank you! Bruce. That would be good idea, even for street cars. On a wet road it could save you.

cheers for the feedback guys,bruce did you use the rubbers that come with the sway-aways or stick with the stock items.I've haerd that the urathane rubbers sqeak a little,is that true?

The stock Intermeccanica IRS set up is ride height adjustable on each side.

George:

How does Henry do that? Is it the same as VW, meaning that you pull the spring plate off or torsion bar out and rotate it for desired height or is it by some other method?

Been thinking of lowering my car (stock VW IRS) and was just about to figure out how much axle height movement to expect from moving an inner or outer spline "tooth" and what combinations of inner and outer would do for me. Sounds like it would be just as much work to initially set up a set of adjustable spring plates...although fine tuning later would be easier (and I was worried about "rattle" movement from the adjusters, too).

On the IMs there is a bolt for each side, above the trans. Turn it in and it raises the ride height, out and it lowers it (I think I have the directions right - regardless, you get the idea.) Very very easy to adjust the ride height.
Ron

Very cool, those IM's........

The tube based IMs have adjustable spring stops and the stock spring plates. It is similar to how most front beams are done; you are adjusting the inboard end of the spring.

With the Sway Away plates that I have the stock outer bushings won