Increasing ground clearance with suspension mods.

Post by **airhead** » 26 Oct 2005, 10:31

Hi guys,
I have a 14" syncro with a set of 16" wheels on it with 215/65 tyres on them. I have decent enough ground clearance but I want more! Is there any relatively easy ways of raising the suspension that work well? Any suggestions at all would be very much appreciated.

Post by **Diamond Hell** » 26 Oct 2005, 11:07

Siekel springs, or those from FastForward in Canada.

Post by **airhead** » 26 Oct 2005, 11:35

So where would I get these siekel springs for reasonable money? Thanks!

Post by **syncroand101** » 26 Oct 2005, 12:12

3 choices:

1. There was a guy selling them on ebay Germany
2. Seikel themselves (unlikely unless you are a trader)
3. Bernd Jaegar...

Or go to fastforward.ca

Post by **Russel** » 26 Oct 2005, 12:18

Non of wich is cheap.
There is no cheap way of doing this only a cheaper and a very costyl way.

Post by **airhead** » 26 Oct 2005, 13:42

Hmm maybe Ill give it a miss for the meantime so. Ive nicer goodies to spend my hard earned cash on first. Thanks!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 26 Oct 2005, 15:13

You could always buy a pair of rear spring spacers from CJ. They're a factory item on pickups... basically a 10mm plastic ring which sits under the spring.
Not a huge increase but bang per buck.. its pretty good.
MG

Post by **airhead** » 26 Oct 2005, 15:55

See now thats the type of thinking Im after! I thought diesel T25 syncros had some sort of spacing gizmo already though didnt they?

Post by **Diamond Hell** » 26 Oct 2005, 16:07

Spring spacers will take your shocks towards the top of their travel and will not give you any improved flexibility off road. If you're looking for *actual* functionality improvements then you will *actually* need to spend proper money rather than putting on some mickey-mouse device that VW stuck on there to compensate for the diesel engine weighing more than the petrol...... your choice though.

Post by **syncropaddy** » 26 Oct 2005, 18:10

Hi Ross

You just want the ground clearance I have !! Take all that camping stuff out of the van and you'll be there. Ye cant have it both ways. Give me a call

Post by **Russel** » 26 Oct 2005, 18:37

The VW spacers were only fitted to TD's not petrol syncros erelevant wether they were pickups or not.As Tomas says this was to compensate
for the extra weight in td engine(instead of using two different factory springs)otherwyse the rear end sags down a bit.This off course would not be a good thing when trying to sell a syncro td on the forecourt when new.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 26 Oct 2005, 20:48

I doubt that 10mm is going to "actually" make the shocks "top out". If you have a load of stuff in the van which is weighing it down "like a TD syncro" then it would be the sensible thing to do... if vw did it would it not Thomas?

You can get CJ on 07808 200623. I think they're fairly cheap.

MG