i know you can use lowered ford springs, but is there vw lowered springs that you can get anywhere?
also like to know whether an 89 caravelle will take bay kombi stud pattern?
does anyone do lowering in there shop?
cheers josh

yep caravelle take kombi stud pattern, for springs you might have to shop os.

apparently you can order Kings Springs from your friendly auto parts supplier.

you learn something new all the time
thanks vwtyp2

Kings springs dont stock them the best they can do is reset your og ones at $90 a pair with a 2 day turn around, emailed them the other day and thats the answer i got

finally got some! ordered from cip1 in california!! special for t3!!! 2' drop. me happy now! just gotta find smoke indicator lenses and better side mirrors!!
cheers

if you get some smoke indicator lens' let me know - I want some too share the postage.

let me know how you get on with the springs.
I'm keen on some for mine.

yep, no worries guys, no luck on the indicators yet but gotta be some out there!!! springs are on the boat but can take a while!! will let you know how we go!!!
cheers josh

any word yet?

Roy at Classicvw pacific can get them too!

J12449 Sports uprated springs, set of 4, 45mm lower $399.90
j11497 same as above but 60mm lower $399.90
j12001 60mm lowering kit, containing set of four 60mm lowered springs and four heavy duty shocks $610.00

All prices include GST
Brought in by sea freight,
To bring within 2 weeks add 15% for air freight

yep, got them on 2 days ago and she looks the bis!!!!
don't know why the original height is soooo high. when you see her now , she looks like it should. drives a little harder but my shockies are very worn and will be replaced soon with koni's all round! cost me around $400 to get in and on! not bad i reckon! got a wheel alignment the same day , which is a must!!!$40 ish depending on the guy you go to! all in all, very worth it! i have been aircooled for about 13 years never to be told otherwise and i am in love with this thing!!
now i need to see whether a set of extractors is any good and then to track down those smoke indicators!!
hope this helps all!
btw, i now have original springs that can be re set for $100 or so a pair.
cheers josh

I've tried a couple of places here in Adelaide.
One place will make new springs for $195 a pair.
The other place will reset the springs, drive in/drive out $200 rear $250 front, but they can't guarantee how much drop.
Think I'll just get the 75mm springs from cip1 or wagenworks.

which did your go for, I'm lost, but wanna lower mine ... got a pic?

maybe I'll get them from Roy then.
show us some pics Josh.

wagonworks are no longer trading

http://194.242.159.246/brickyard/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=657

got mine from cip1, took about a week to get here. gives her a slight rake which is what i like! and handles corners like she is on rails!!!
i am no good with puting pics up but i will see what favours i can pull out!
i also have 15' rims on mine.
pics will tell better!!

I've got 17" passat rims on.
I'd like to go down between 50 and 70mm.
would like to see some before and after pics.

heres a pros and con thread on lowering
http://194.242.159.246/brickyard/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4473&PN=1

[ Edited on 3-3-06 by pod ]

can't access the thread pod. what am i doing wrong? btw, should have a final $ on post this weekend. been working way too much at the moment!!!
will let you know

copy and paste in a new browser
and no probs when you are ready

aaahhh, got it , great post..... very helpful!

had some 70mm springs for about a month now.
makes the car look a whole lot better.
If anyone else is after some, I can hook them up for about $300.

here's some before and after pics, sorry about the crap quality, I took them with my phone.

Thanks for the pics. Were the before pics at standard height and did you get custom springs? How much to get fitted?

Wiseoldub, any pics yet? I'm interseted as i want to go the 45mm drop and some 15" rims...same as yours. Also, you said $400 all up. Was this plus any import taxes on the Cip1 springs and labour to get them on, as i was looking on the Cip1 website and it looked like 4 springs were USD175 which works out to be about AUD240.

I think it would be good if we got some pics up of everyone's T3's cause it seems like the guys on the BrickYard are a bit ahead of us.

p.s. vwtype2, i like the colour scheme on your bus

[ Edited on 7-7-2006 by kombi kountry ]

before height is standard.
I asked for 65-70mm springs. Front is more like 80mm and rear 75mm.
Can be ordered in any drop you like. there's alrays a little variance though.
cost me $150 to get fitted, so $450 all up.
the springs are wound by a specialist spring manufacturer.
I got my old springs removed, measured, and re installed, then the new springs were wound for the car. took 2 weeks to get done.
now they have the spring measurements, should take 1 week.

Thanks for the info vwtyp2.

Pod, so what option have you gone? or would go?

havent gone any yet ,but would either go with vwtyp2 s option (keeping $ in australia ) or with roy at Classic vw pacific -the bus stop (supporting an oz business)

ive got a 60mm avo kit on mine and it works well the shocks are easy to adjust for trackdays, if you go lower you run out of front camber adjustment.Simon(baxter) from the brick-yard has got avo to cange the design a bit so that bump stops can be fitted to front shocks to stop arch to tyre contact when running fat rims & tyres.He has also started doing poly bush kits for lower arms,anti roll bar and steering rack all are fitted to my bus and all come recomended

the avo kit, is that a custom set-up?, as i had a quick look on their website and couldn't see anything for T3's.

A friend was telling me and as per vwtyp2 tempe tyres in syd will do custom springs bit they can't garantee exact ride height.