Suggestion for you - you torqued up your rear damper bolts with the trailing arm in droop, this will put the damper rubbers under undue stress when sat on the wheels. If you re jack up your van, remove rear wheel, jack the trailing arm until you hold the vans weight, then un do the upper and lower damper nuts, and re-torque.
I did notice in the video that you didn’t carry out rear ABS wiring harness relocation that you must do when running Lows to avoid the wiring getting chopped in half. Also you need to chop the rear upper bump stop when using Lows as it will bottom out hitting the stops
Yep, I realised just after I had done it that I needed to relocate and cut down bump stops, thanks for pointing it out too it can easily catch people out
Thankyou they are the SoLow LOW, lowest ones they do, they are wound all the way down on the front and a couple of turns off all the way down on the rear
Not done that yet, it’s on my list to do before I go to 20s I’ve tested the abs line and doesn’t seem to catch on full compression but definitely still going to relocate it to be on the safe side
don’t go 20s. Stick to a good 18 and slightly thicker tyre wall. I have the anti roll bars and they make it harsh but goes round corners like a fat sports car. Definitely looks way better. Nice
Thankyou, yeah still very unsure with wheel, had been looking at a few 19s too really can’t decide, thanks for the info on the roll bars, definitely will take some considering
terrible idea, who would want to make a van less practical? I have a T.6.1 4motion camper, here in Europe we only see UK vans lowered and it is a laughing matter but i guess for you guys a van is probably a status affirmation tool or something. If you use a van for van things don't lower it, if you want better fast road ability just put some proper Arbs, 17 wheels with proper load rating and enjoy
It definitely is a uk thing running a low van but personally I love how it looks, that is the main reason for doing it, I have done about 6k miles in it since lowering and it feels mint so far and it’s been all over Europe. Its all personal preference
Suggestion for you - you torqued up your rear damper bolts with the trailing arm in droop, this will put the damper rubbers under undue stress when sat on the wheels. If you re jack up your van, remove rear wheel, jack the trailing arm until you hold the vans weight, then un do the upper and lower damper nuts, and re-torque.
Thankyou very much for this, never would of known, I will sort this asap. Cheers man
I did notice in the video that you didn’t carry out rear ABS wiring harness relocation that you must do when running Lows to avoid the wiring getting chopped in half.
Also you need to chop the rear upper bump stop when using Lows as it will bottom out hitting the stops
Yep, I realised just after I had done it that I needed to relocate and cut down bump stops, thanks for pointing it out too it can easily catch people out
How is it going over speed bumps?
It’s definitely harsher but fine, not had any major issues couple of scrapes just have to be more cautious
Looks nice mate, I have the Komforts but it’s not low enough. Are yours the NSL’s?
Thankyou they are the SoLow LOW, lowest ones they do, they are wound all the way down on the front and a couple of turns off all the way down on the rear
I’m on 20s on solows. Did you cut down the rear bump stops and relocate the abs lines in the rear?
Not done that yet, it’s on my list to do before I go to 20s I’ve tested the abs line and doesn’t seem to catch on full compression but definitely still going to relocate it to be on the safe side
don’t go 20s. Stick to a good 18 and slightly thicker tyre wall. I have the anti roll bars and they make it harsh but goes round corners like a fat sports car. Definitely looks way better. Nice
Thankyou, yeah still very unsure with wheel, had been looking at a few 19s too really can’t decide, thanks for the info on the roll bars, definitely will take some considering
terrible idea, who would want to make a van less practical? I have a T.6.1 4motion camper, here in Europe we only see UK vans lowered and it is a laughing matter but i guess for you guys a van is probably a status affirmation tool or something. If you use a van for van things don't lower it, if you want better fast road ability just put some proper Arbs, 17 wheels with proper load rating and enjoy
It definitely is a uk thing running a low van but personally I love how it looks, that is the main reason for doing it, I have done about 6k miles in it since lowering and it feels mint so far and it’s been all over Europe. Its all personal preference
I don’t think this looks good when so low
That's fair enough it is very much a personal preference for sure
@ tastes differ