Lower ride but keeping the comfort ?!?
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Lower ride but keeping the comfort ?!?
Hi
I'am looking to lower my mid 80's t25, A stripped out caravelle. Can anyone suggest a good spring/shock combo. I want about 60mm drop but with out the super firm ride, my bus is my everday ride and needs to drive over campsites / potholes, and do motorway miles in the most amount of comfort.
Also good places to buy/get it fitted
Please help!
Cheers
I'am looking to lower my mid 80's t25, A stripped out caravelle. Can anyone suggest a good spring/shock combo. I want about 60mm drop but with out the super firm ride, my bus is my everday ride and needs to drive over campsites / potholes, and do motorway miles in the most amount of comfort.
Also good places to buy/get it fitted
Please help!
Cheers
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AVO kit is adjustable so you can have it as harsh, or as soft as you like it.
www.brickwerks.co.uk
fitting
www.sjbaxter.co.uk
www.brickwerks.co.uk
fitting
www.sjbaxter.co.uk
If its Avo your after check out http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/ ... category=1#
the 70mm springs are only £122 + a tenner to deliver thats £50 cheaper than Brickwerks
They also stock Bilstein shockers, Powerflex bushes, and the ultimate T3 handling package the H&R Cup Kit for a reasonable £706 delivered .
the 70mm springs are only £122 + a tenner to deliver thats £50 cheaper than Brickwerks

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personal experience i wouldnt use any white box /g-max/jamex/avo suspension kits i have spent over 1500.00 quid in suspension and none of them come close to being a good kit the adjustment on the avo stuff is horrid if adjusted to stop bounce the ride is horrid if adjusted to make ride smooth the van bounces all over the road airride technologies is my next step P.S. I HAVE A FULL AVO KIT FOR SALE & A FULL G-MAX KIT FOR SALE
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Jus a general idea but does anyone else think a shock relocater link could work to help with comfort as most problems I encounter seem to be the shocks bottomin out rather than the springs?
If you had £1500 to spend on kits why didn't u go for a coil over kit custom made from Spax (etal) for around £1000?
It's the ultimate set up with shorter relocated integral springs and shocks and fully adjustable in spring and damper.
Or did u do what we all mostly do start cheap find it didn't work and work ya way up to good stuff? Oh n Bilstein n H&R are the best known set up in Germany which as we know is around the £700 mark!
If you had £1500 to spend on kits why didn't u go for a coil over kit custom made from Spax (etal) for around £1000?

It's the ultimate set up with shorter relocated integral springs and shocks and fully adjustable in spring and damper.
Or did u do what we all mostly do start cheap find it didn't work and work ya way up to good stuff? Oh n Bilstein n H&R are the best known set up in Germany which as we know is around the £700 mark!

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Re: Lower ride but keeping the comfort ?!?
Thats the route I'm taking BT especially after a recent (Saturday!) experience..
Fitted a cheap set of springs to a project n the fronts are good but the rear seem to be high and 3 of the coils are touching even whilst not moving which I consider dangerous... SO if anyone wants a set of -60mm FRONT springs let me know!
Fitted a cheap set of springs to a project n the fronts are good but the rear seem to be high and 3 of the coils are touching even whilst not moving which I consider dangerous... SO if anyone wants a set of -60mm FRONT springs let me know!

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Re: Lower ride but keeping the comfort ?!?
as big tam says -50mm avos and matching shocks( yellow billies on mine) transform the ride. not harsh either.
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Aww shux it sounds like a little club i'll be joining then...



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stuffkez wrote:If its Avo your after check out http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... ategory=1#
the 70mm springs are only £122 + a tenner to deliver thats £50 cheaper than BrickwerksThey also stock Bilstein shockers, Powerflex bushes, and the ultimate T3 handling package the H&R Cup Kit for a reasonable £706 delivered .
I might start buying from them as they are selling at less than cost!
bless 'em
I'm not in the habit of paying people to take springs away.