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hi mate I'm looking now at lowering mine it's the fronts I'm having trouble understanding on how to do so if you have any more info or photos I would really appreciate it I love the look of your van it looks great fair play to you fellaTeddytransit wrote:Forgot to mention
With a lowered set of coil springs which was how I lowered my Mk6 at the front I found that the shock would extend to far past the top of the new lowered spring. This basically means the top mount and bearing are not held in place with the top of the spring and it end up moving over and rubbing against the shock centre shaft. Again Gaz to the rescue what they did for £80 was take my OE damper remove the standard insert and fit their own shortened and up rated insert which held the spring and top mount firmly in place and the van went round corners like a mini.... almost!!
Now the MK6 and 7 springs differ the MK6 is a better single diameter spring, the Mk7 has the dreaded pigs tail at the top so I don't know if the a shortened MK7 spring has the same issue. Either way Gaz do good work for in my opinion not a lot of money and they currently have 2 Mk7 front legs I left with them which is another story!
Again if someone can tell me in simple terms step by step how to up load photos I'll put some up of both my Mk6 and 7 and all the bits along the way as they're all on my phone!
Nibbles02 wrote:hi mate I'm looking now at lowering mine it's the fronts I'm having trouble understanding on how to do so if you have any more info or photos I would really appreciate it I love the look of your van it looks great fair play to you fella heres what mine looks like at the momentTeddytransit wrote:Forgot to mention
With a lowered set of coil springs which was how I lowered my Mk6 at the front I found that the shock would extend to far past the top of the new lowered spring. This basically means the top mount and bearing are not held in place with the top of the spring and it end up moving over and rubbing against the shock centre shaft. Again Gaz to the rescue what they did for £80 was take my OE damper remove the standard insert and fit their own shortened and up rated insert which held the spring and top mount firmly in place and the van went round corners like a mini.... almost!!
Now the MK6 and 7 springs differ the MK6 is a better single diameter spring, the Mk7 has the dreaded pigs tail at the top so I don't know if the a shortened MK7 spring has the same issue. Either way Gaz do good work for in my opinion not a lot of money and they currently have 2 Mk7 front legs I left with them which is another story!
Again if someone can tell me in simple terms step by step how to up load photos I'll put some up of both my Mk6 and 7 and all the bits along the way as they're all on my phone!
wow your a legend i didnt expect that much info thankyou im going to start my lowering just after xmas still got a few things left to do on outside first like u i use mine for camping but i still want to do the lowered sporty looking thing lol,, o and your van looks brilliant i love it thanks again your a starBuzzer wrote:I've lowered mine, but did mine on a very tight budget.. as in nothing!
For the front I dropped the strut down in the hub and redrilled the pinch bolt hole to give about 2" drop and removed half a coil but heated and re seated the spring so it seats properly on the shock cup.
For the rear I flipped the spring mounts from on top of the beam to below it. And then made longer, adjustable hight shackles to raise and lower the rear hight as and when I need it.
Drives just fine. Only complaint is that there rear shocks now don't seem to do much But this is probably more to do with them being knackered than them struggling with the angle there sat at.
Not everyone will be able to do it the way I have as your need to be able to weld to a decent standard for the rear spring mounts.. bird poo welds just won't cut it come MOT time
Loaded up with camping gear.!
Front coil resated and shock drooped and old pinch bolt hole below new one.
Rear plate welded under the beam.
Longer shackles.
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