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Does any one in the uk do a lift kit for the syncro. Fancy lifting mine a couple of inches, are there any problems to be aware off? just lifted a Disc***ry 2 inches and it seemed reasonable at £380 .Ive seen the Fastforward kits but the price is silly when you add shipping thanks in advance

Stuff from USA has import duty too..

There are some being done at the mo.. but I dont know when they will be for sale.. I will find out..

CV joints are something to be aware of.. they only go so far!!

We will have a lift kit available but not antill about Sep.2006
This is because it is a newly beveloped setup that i want to thourghly
test before selling.
The price has not yet been determined but will be considerably better priced than other kits.

What! ive got to wait untill September? is there nobody doing lift kits presently? can my van be the test bed?

There's always Seikel Springs from Bernd Jaeger...

http://www.syncro-bernd-jaeger.de/ENGLI ... rwerk.html

MG

Hi,

I have driven in a syncro with Seikel lift kit and I have been driving a syncro with the syncro.org liftkit. I like the syncro.org one much more as you keep the the same comfort as the orginal ones.
The seikel lift kit is very stiff and it feels liek you're bouncing in a Suzuki Samurai.

Erwin

The seikel lift kit is very stiff and it feels liek you're bouncing in a Suzuki Samurai.

That's because, to an extent, you are.

The Seikel kit was developed for heavily laden rally raid support vehicles, hence it's so stiff.

Concorde's your best bet to discuss the pros and cons with as he's had one fitted for some time.

I have had seikles on my 16(camper) for over 2 years now and wouldnt use anything else on it.But on any of my other lighter vans i have been using standard and cant complain to much.
But now am using one of our own kits on my new van.This should be on the road in about 3 months ready to be well tested.
If there is a bit of weight in ure van you dont get better than seikels.
Just depends whot u want to spend.

Yep,
I have have Seikels and OME's on my van. I had them on my old empty Caravelle - far too stiff, held the road well, but as said above, bounced around quite a bit offroad.

Now they are fitted to my Westie, which has the extra weight of the furniture inside, they are far more suited. Still a little stiff - but, by the time it is fully loaded for a long trip - fuel, water etc etc they are perfect.

I'd wait for Russel to test his new setup and get it up for sale - keep the money in the UK rather than send it abroad...

With it being fully campered in side it sounds like seikels could be the ones but im dead tempted to wait and see what yours are going to be like Russel
Is there anyone in the UK selling Seikels? and which dampers do anyone sugest-Old man Emu/Boge/Bilstein?

No one in UK is a seikel dealer.Either Bernd or Peter Seikel directly.
He dose sometimes deal with public but preferes to sell through Bernd.
U can either use the O.M.E dampers or use the Syncro 16 ones.These are stiffer than the 14's.
With ure wheel size u should be running a stiffer damper.