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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby Kent Discos » Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:50 pm

mate, you got the dimensions for those plates you made?
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby keirv6 » Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:43 pm

Sorry mate no just measured and cut them :)
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby Kent Discos » Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:59 pm

ahhh damn

never mind have to go the long way round it then i suppose :P
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby belly » Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:43 am

marky_g wrote:looks good mate but can u just use lowering blocks? like the used to on mk1 and mk2 escorts

The axle is under the springs so blocks would just raise it up hence needing the flip :D
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby ginsters » Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:39 pm

lowerd mine an inch today....
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby belly » Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:44 pm

Kin ell ginsters :lol: she dont look to bad from what i can see though :D
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby Kent Discos » Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:10 am

i shall upload a pic of my lowering, with no gear in and then full :) haha
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby Lee.D » Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:34 pm

ginsters wrote:lowerd mine an inch today....
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:wink:


wow fully loaded there mate lots of slow driving
when i fill my 250ltr water tank and have the genny and power washer in the back looks sweet but you scrtainly no you have a lot of weight on board :lol:
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby Mylee » Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:57 pm

Any pictures yet on level ground?
If it is still slightly arse down, how about some aftermarket lowered rs springs? That would give about another 1" on the front. Although aftermarket rs springs ain't cheap, the only ones I can find are about £200 :?
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby marky_g » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:15 am

gotta be worth a look for the front for that price!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FOCUS-04-ADJ ... 230e2e4c67
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby Mylee » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:57 am

marky_g wrote:gotta be worth a look for the front for that price!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FOCUS-04-ADJ ... 230e2e4c67



Won't fit.
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby synchronicity » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:18 pm

Well this is one mod that I won't be doing, for two reasons:
1) Will never pass the local MOT/ITV here in Spain.
2) Actualy will be slower over speed humps and hilly terrain... :twisted: (I have smoked some tuned up cars this way :twisted: :twisted: )

It just seems like it goes from one extreme to the other. :?
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby van mann » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:21 am

Seen a few now lowered using this technique.Am confident about lowering my rear ,just need more info on the front.
Any pics of the moddifies front shocks before fitting compared to the old ones.How much different is the connect shock to the focus one?PIcs Pics Pics.
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby apautomotive.com » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:28 pm

I havejust lowered our van.

lowered 30mm front
lowered 100mm rear.

I have rear leaf spring brackets that have been specifically fabricated to lower the connects on the rear.

I will post up some pics soon
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Re: Lowered my van this weekend

Postby tez » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:29 am

ginsters wrote:lowerd mine an inch today....
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:wink:

my looks like that sitting on its b side with 5 dogs in the bk :lol:
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