by Kenton » Sat May 12, 2018 12:23 pm
From personal experience, re-cambering the leaf springs works very well. The company i went to specializes in leaf spring replacement and re-cambering. They told me that my van could be lowered at the resent a max of 4 inches. I went for 2". I can still carry a full load of pa equipment and it handles fine. If you go lower than me, the bump stops need to be cut down (which the company SHOULD do for you) and you may need to fit lowering shocks to the rear. The front of my van is lowered by 35mm so i wanted to get as close to that as poss, but still have a perfectly usable van. I paid £250 for my leaf springs to be done which included all new rubbers, bushes, bolts, nuts, and washers AND they even blasted the surface rust off and blew them over with some satin black! They guy doing the work actually found that one of my springs had a hairline fracture, so they replaced it with a new one - fitted, for £70. Good service all round and i am very happy with the result. Some may think it isn't low enough, but for every day use, it's perfect.
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2005 T230 LX 90 TDCi LWB
ST 17" alloys
Focus ST170 seats
Fiesta Zetec S/W & G/K
Mondeo Inner Door handles & vents
Sport spoiler
Blacked h/lights
Side bars
Facelift rear lights
Lined/carpeted
Lowered on Gaz kit
110 intercooler
De-Cat
Remapped