MadMike wrote:
Don't want to take anything away from anyone but if it were that easy EVERYONE would be doing it. I considered running High Angle axles on mine, still haven't decided for sure. One major drawback is if you were to break the inner yoke or U joint you will beat the crap out of things until you get the car stopped. The manufacture suggests a hoop to contain the shaft by the trans should it break. The weak part in my opinion is the slip yoke and splines, the VW trailing arm set up requires a bunch plunge in the axle. I think this would be the first thing to mess up.
I agree with Mike, I was very interested in U-Joints until I saw the carnage created by the lack of slip in the yoke. On the Glamis website, you can find lots of pics of tranny and suspension parts ripped in half due to lack of movement.