We just did a few and most ended up ar around 250mm under the front. Down about 200 mm from where they started. Just wondering how much lower we can go before we get issues.
bigbaja ·
mmm
bigbaja ·
mmmm
dragbug ·
Drop it the same again and it will look spot on!
Or do this....
t2 ·
how much better does a lowering job look on a bus. ilike it alot.
with my last bay that was lowered around the same or alittle less than yours ,i wanted it lower and was told i would need to modify the bump stops .
your bus looks like it almost needs tubing
Brad ·
to get to that height we cut the rear stop rubbers and used adjustable front stops and torsion adjusters from Kimm at Indian Automotive.
Andy ·
Dragbug, the floor below the front seats on a kombi is roughly level with the bottom of the door, gives you an idea how much (or how little) travel that one has!
Brad, that looks cool.
As for me, I found an easy way to lower, did a trip to the tip today, weighed 2.5T on the way in!!!!
:blush
[Edited on 28-11-2004 by Andy]
Brad ·
2.5T .. man your bus gets a hard life...
Alex Holzl ·
I wish my mums bus was lowerd but then she wouldnt able to go jump the center islands and the rounder bouts lol! I think thats the grey bay ute has the paint shop pro lowering kit.
[Edited on 28-11-2004 by Alex Holzl]
Andy ·
That's what their made for 😀
scooter ·
For comparison, I reckon its much the same..... The 16's would make it look less.
scooter ·
Oh and I reckon thats still driveable. If you start going lower it would become a real pain in the ass. Theres already a few places im now avoiding !!!
Cheers
Scotty
dragbug ·
Just to show you all its not paint shop modified!
I have spoken to the owner a few time's.
Oversea's car.
11CAB ·
2.5T is a light load for Andy......It must have weighed twice that on the Round OZ trip....lol :thumb:thumb:thumb
Daniel ·
It gets bumpier the lower you go, but a good set of shortened shocks does wonders for the ride quality. And if you play with the adjusters you can smooth out the ride a bit.
wezley ·
hey bigbaja,
Do you mind mentioning how much the hardware was you needed for that 3 inch or so drop?
Cheers,
Wezley
bigbaja ·
Harwdware ? Do you mean the adjusters and 8 hours of labour ? If so the adjusters are like $330 retail. Labour is free if you do it your self.
72TWINCAB ·
Mine's not as low as the single cab. But my double cab is about as low as I want to go. If I went much lower a wouldn't be able to get all the camping gear in on the the trips away.
[Edited on 30-11-2004 by 72TWINCAB]
muz ·
smoooth!!! i'd luv to lower my bus but was wondering how much it affects load carrying ability as i jamb mine full of stuff regularly.how much weight till you bottom out.etc.
57 Chook Shed ·
Once it`s on the bumpstops it can`t go any lower anyway!!!
wacked1 ·
but some people remove the bumpstops!!
kombi_kid ·
or put in adjustable bump stops like indian do so u can change the position of it!!
its like lowering any car the ride gets worse and worse the lower u go and soon a kidney operation is needed if +6" is done (so i have been told!)
cheers
rhys
57 Chook Shed ·
Here`s some shots of my CrewCab.
Stock ride height................................
57 Chook Shed ·
Front dumped.
I changed the front tyres to 185/60/14`s the rears are 215/65/14`s so it has a bit of a rake still.
57 Chook Shed ·
Height comparison to a bottle of Coopers Pale Ale!! Hmmm Beer.
57 Chook Shed ·
Another shot.............
57 Chook Shed ·
Back dropped
57 Chook Shed ·
Not got much travel left on the back!!
It`s sitting on the rear bumpstops (cut down) but rides OK.
I`m gonna sort this out soon though so I can get the back down a bit more.
I raised the front up a bit than on the "Coopers" pictures coz I couldn`t get my jack out from under the beam! But like I said, I need to fix up the back so that it sits level, don`t really do "Rake".
Get the back down another spline and I`ll wind the front down a bit more.
57 Chook Shed ·
Another problem I had was that the anti-roll bar sat on the floor! I know you can get "lowered" ones but I found that if it was possible to flip it over and fit it to the top of the suspension arms.
Sorry about the quality of this pic....................(before shot)
57 Chook Shed ·
After.............
57 Chook Shed ·
Here`s the adjusters I made.
They are basically 5mm steel plate based on the swayaway idea. I cut a slot from the bottom grubscrew to the next dimple 90degrees around from the grubscrew hole.
If I had more resources I would make the centre piece out of solid ally like swayaways and fit longer grubscrews.
It works though and I`ve done about 15,000K`s on them with no problems.
Cheers
Graham.
wacked1 ·
57 that’s great for a home job, are you going to notch the spring plates?? or remove the rear bump stop?? do you have any probs with bump steer? I have found with mine , the ride is great but still looks a little high in the front see picture he rear sits fine for me see picture, I’m looking at dropped spindles with a bit of a tub job to get the front wheels just sitting under the front guard and i'm going with bigger diameter tiers ATM i have 50 series I want to run 60's on the front. i don't want the front to be on the ground but want the illusion of it being low with the tiers under the guard
cheers
wacked 1
this is how high it used to sit
front as it sits now
rear height minus the motor
[Edited on 8-12-2004 by wacked1]
57 Chook Shed ·
I think notching the spring plates might compromise thier strength so I`ll grind off the stops.
I did have the idea of cutting and turning the whole end of the torsion bar tubes to gain some clearance. Big job though and a bitch to get in there to weld it back on!
Plans for your bus sound cool, I want mine lower but then you get into the whole tubbing business, don`t really fancy sitting in the middle with the steering wheel and pedals over to my right!
Cheers
Graham.
VWFREAK ·
I can't get over how hight it looked before the drop, go lower. Shell look sweet as then.
57 Chook Shed ·
You talking about mine or Wacked1`s Bus?? They both looked bloody rediculous anyway. Mine looked even worse in that first photo because I had just fitted the low profile tyres.
Graham.
wacked1 ·
hey 57 i don't know much about metal strenght but i do know kimm at indian was selling notched spring plates and so did mike at cbb, so i guess they could work but grinding the bumpstops off is the easier of the two
cheers
wacked1
Vw nutter ·
yeah my kombi is fairly low bugger paying 800 bucks!, i just let the air out of my tires! and put about 20 bags of cement in the back!
57 Chook Shed ·
Hey wacked1, how many splines is yours dow at the back??
Dropped mine 2, would like to go to the magical 3!!
wacked1 ·
from memory it's 2 splines but memory isn't all that good, but i have a v8 in the back of mine weighing it down a bit, i'm running 16 inch rims which give the illusion of it being lower in the rear.
cheers
