lowering a T4... how low can you go?

vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 25 Jul 2007, 10:18 am

#603706

Anyone had experience dropping their t4?
I just bought some 40mm lower springs and haven't fitted them yet cos I don't think 40mm will be enough.
How much can you drop it before ride quality gets shithouse?
I dropped my T3 100mm on the front and 80mm on the back, and although it looked sweet, you needed a kidney belt on rough roads.
I've got a reasonable wheel-arch gap to get rid of, but I don't want it to ride like the T3 did.

top pic is as it sits now
bottom pic is the look I'm after.

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xornge666x Wolfsburg Wizard

460 posts · joined Sep 2006 · 25 Jul 2007, 12:04 pm

#603725

dont they have torsion front??
would you wind the front down and see how low it goes first??

vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 25 Jul 2007, 8:17 pm

#603806

spoke to the local transport authority.
The lowest I can go legally is 379mm from the centre of the wheel to the edge of wheel arch.
It's currently 430 at the back and 450 at the rear.
maybe I should get 70mm lower springs for the back.

I've also heard that with T4's, the lower you go, the softer the front suspension gets.

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crewcabconnection Being Sid James

1,922 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 25 Jul 2007, 9:35 pm

#603825

talk to Kimm at Indian, his T4 is low, on big rims and drives really well. No body gets lower without a spinal block than Indian. www.kruizinwagon.com.au

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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 2 Sep 2007, 6:40 pm

#609871

Got it down 50mm at the front and 40mm at the back.
pics at last.

[ Edited on 2-9-2007 by vwtyp2 ]

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