can a super beetle still be driven safely with spring compressors on the front springs. Want to see how the beetle drives and reacts and looks before i decide to spend the money on lowering it as i had talked about before. A friend has some compressors i could use. Just curious if they can be put on the springs, compressed and driven that way.

Roadkill,
It'll ride like a turd with the springs compressed, the strut will be bottomed out all the time.  The kits come with a shortened strut so as not to bottom out.
There is some talk about lowering a SB by taking the strut housing and lowering the perch for the bottom spring and putting in a modified 1st Gen rabbit strut in the new housing.  Sounded like alot of work to save a couple of $. 
The other problem is that with this set up there is a problem with the Cambur on the front tires.  The tire shop got the toe right, but the lower arms need to be about 3/4" shorter to get the cambur right in the front.  As far as I know there is no one making this.  I need a set of 71-ealy 73 SB control arms to have a shortened one made.
When I get a design loaded into CAD I plan on having a machine shop mill me some.
I'll keep youin the loop.
KC

Roadkill,
It'll ride like a turd with the springs compressed, the strut will be bottomed out all the time.  The kits come with a shortened strut so as not to bottom out.
There is some talk about lowering a SB by taking the strut housing and lowering the perch for the bottom spring and putting in a modified 1st Gen rabbit strut in the new housing.  Sounded like alot of work to save a couple of $. 
The other problem is that with this set up there is a problem with the Cambur on the front tires.  The tire shop got the toe right, but the lower arms need to be about 3/4" shorter to get the cambur right in the front.  As far as I know there is no one making this.  I need a set of 71-ealy 73 SB control arms to have a shortened one made.
When I get a design loaded into CAD I plan on having a machine shop mill me some.
I'll keep youin the loop.
KC

If you need help putting them into CAD, bring a sketch to the cruise in tomorrow and I can do it for you... it is what I do!

If you need help putting them into CAD, bring a sketch to the cruise in tomorrow and I can do it for you... it is what I do!

Nah, I'll just do it in Inventor... LOL.
That is what I do as well....
"It's a small world after all, it's a small world after all....."
KC

I spent almost 2 hours this morning trying to loosen the bolts on the rear shocks this morning after talking to Rick from R&M about the best way to do it. I swear they are welded on. I know they are not but even with wd40 etc sprayed on there. I may have to go back and bribe Rick and see if he will let me use a lift for a few minutes so i can get a good crank and good leverage. But untill that time it is staying as it is now, back as i bought it.

Once i find a new place to rent ( house ) that will allow a small boston terrier dog and the money gets back where it should be i am concidering getting an impact wrench and a few other tools that i need.