lowering my t2 79

any advice on this would be great if poss guys , did post up on chat but guess this is better place thanks. pedro

theres a few on here that will tell you everything you want to no unfortunately im not one of um

How much you got and how low you wanna go??

dont want exps of air bags or nothing that extreme just looking for a nice ride

DICKIE wrote:How much you got and how low you wanna go??

what dickie says ^^^^^^

in Dickie's case he is in the process of fitting hydraulic rams(the flash twat )

in my case, brand new Creative weedeater beem narrowed 4 inches and with adjusters fitted plus dropped spindles on the front.
and
on the back,at the moment i am 1 spline lower,altho i have all the kit to irs the back with adjustable spring plates too

also will you be doing the work yaself or paying someone else to do it???



cheers
Mario

What you got??

whatever happend to cutting the beam and dropping a spline or 2?

pedrosbus wrote:whatever happend to cutting the beam and dropping a spline or 2?

Thats almost how i did our's. instead of cutting and turning the center i slotted the beam as you would fitting adjusters tuned the inside coller to where i wanted if hight wise then plated it over with a hole for the locking bolt. if i want to fit adjusters in the future all i have to do is cut the plate off an
fit them.

pedrosbus wrote:whatever happend to cutting the beam and dropping a spline or 2?

If you stayed online long enough i could tell you all you need to know

ok Dickie
Tell me all i need to know please , do it

pedrosbus wrote:ok Dickie
Tell me all i need to know please , do it

What is it on
Bus or bug??
Its the same principle for both really.
You can cut and turn if you like but its alot better to fit adjusters.
You have to cut and weld the beam anyway,so you may as well fit something you can adjust up and down at the same time.
For vans they about 60/100 quid,for bugs its about 20/50 (my pound sign dont work )
These will give you a drop of about 0-6 inches.
You dont wanna go to low if you bug/bus is on ball joints,or else you can knacker them up because they are at too much angle.
You can go down about 4 inches before you start suffering this and a real shit ride quality.
If you want to go lower you will need to get dropped spindles.
150 quid for bug
300-600 for bay
300 for split
This will give you a spot on ride quality and about 9 inch travel if you use adjusters as well

Back end you just take off the springplates and position 1,2or 3 splines higher..
job done

What about red9 they do a kit 2-4inch drop or 4-5.5inch and you don't have to weld anything

wayne wrote:What about red9 they do a kit 2-4inch drop or 4-5.5inch and you don't have to weld anything

True but you dont get any height adjustment,well you do a little bit.
They do away with vw's suspension leaves in the front and run completely on a solid metal bar and coilover shocks.
If you only want a normal size lowering job its seems quite resonable

Yes I know but once it's set with all the tracking done how often would you change it?

Depends really.
I started off lowered about 4 inches,then 6,then about 8,now ive hydraulics
If your happy with one height then it seems like a good idea,but personally i like to have the choice