Westy lean - but only at rear!

[rhm]

Hi Guys, aiming to lower the van over the coming months. As its a camper, and guided by the info Si Baxter has posted on the subject, Im sure that 50mm is the change to aim for, maintaining enough height for comfort when fully loaded but improving looks, handling etc all round.

I'm currently running 225/60 R15s on alloy rims.

Ive just (roughly) measured the current clearance, I have 80mm at the front on both but at the rear there's currently a marked difference. 90mm on the lhs but 110mm on the rhs. Curious as to why this may be.

Ive heard that campers can lean to the side where the furniture et al all is (mines a lhd import) but I would have thought there'd be a difference both front and rear. Is that too simplistic?

Also not sure whether there is a need to replace the shox when I put the lower springs on. Looking back at the receipts I have, the shox arent the originals and were rpelaced by the previous owner Jul 2008 at about 183k kms - its currently on C220k kms. Receipt just specifies 1 of, but at 230 euro in 2008, I would guess that 1 of means a full set and just a pair. Tho I guess that depends on the make and quality of the shox.

[CovKid]

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Hopefully that should sort you out

[rhm]

Aye, thx Covkid, Id seen the shims listed with Brickwerks, just thought it odd that the rear seems to be out of sync with the front.

[Aidan]

broken pigtails on spring ?

[rhm]

Cheers Aiden, I guess I'll find that out when I get it stripped.

What would be your take on whether there is a need to replace the shox when I put the lower springs on. I have a number of different renovation/upgrade projects to do, want to make sure Im not throwing money away needlessly.

[Aidan]

sorry not my area of expertise, but check the damping and check for leaks, v tired dampers are easy to spot when you have them off as they compress/extend too easily or unevenly, eg easy stiff easy stiff
also depending on what lowering you are doing the originals may not be suitable, but imho Boge are great

[rhm]

No worries Bud, its gonna be fun finding out!