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thanks to all those who replied to my white smoke prob, know what to do now, ta

my van is lowered which i thought would solve the prob, but.... when its windy, especially and generally only on the motorway it wanders about all over the place and i sometimes have to fight with it to keep in my lane (in high winds). is this normal, any solutions or do i just have to brace myself. It has a pop roof so its abit higher than normal.

in fact any ideas what conversion it may be... pop roof, side opening with two windows and had a moulded fibreglass roofrack on the front part . cheers again

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get these steering rack bushes there next on my list, I got the same on motorway on Thursday night

1) tyre pressures, check against spec for tyre type on your van
2) try the fronts up a couple psi, no more
3) check all front bsuhes, partic the radius rod bushes (BIG rubber bushes) looking at them is not enough, they'll look OK, dismantle keep the threaded nut setting and see if the meatal tube insert has rusted away.
4) spoiler, lowers the Centre of Pressure soemwhat and reduces cross-wind drag
5) Does the rear low c.f. the front? Want it slightly other way around

HarryMann wrote:.
4) spoiler, lowers the Centre of Pressure soemwhat and reduces cross-wind drag

like harry says this works wonders.

jed

spoilers look interesting too......... on a hightop like the ones on those silly boy racer rovers

er, no... it goes under front bumper to stop the wind getting under yer van and making it fly.

look under my front bumper behind the lights

http://www.freewebs.com/ababyonboard/thevanitsself.htm

jed

i dunno, i was just off to the auto performance centre to get a cozzy whale tale too, for the back of me hightop..on me diesel van.

the wind assisted lane changing is a refreshing change to the tramlining I used to get in my slammed bay

Our children prefer it to a rollercoaster ride....white knuckle ride ...hell yeah!