anyone lowered a commer??
- Thread starter baldy
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A guy called des did one a year or so ago and there's a wicked picture of a super slammed blue van from Australia floating round somewhere.
I've got 2 in the workshop being done as we speak. One will be measured in Rizla papers from the floor and the other will be a bit more sensible. Pics coming soon....
I've got 2 in the workshop being done as we speak. One will be measured in Rizla papers from the floor and the other will be a bit more sensible. Pics coming soon....
My company restores old VW's and lowering them is one of my specialities!
The Commer is a different system to the VW but the general theories are the same. Lowering the back end of a Commer is a very similar principal to lowering the back of a VW Caddy and the front is very straightforward! I've been working on the hard bit which was sussing out exactly what needs to be done to what to give a drop of ? inches. I reckon I can now lower a van by the inch so you could say exactly how much you want to drop it.... I want to run my van for a couple of months first so I can iron out any niggles but after that you're in......
A deal sounds good!
The Commer is a different system to the VW but the general theories are the same. Lowering the back end of a Commer is a very similar principal to lowering the back of a VW Caddy and the front is very straightforward! I've been working on the hard bit which was sussing out exactly what needs to be done to what to give a drop of ? inches. I reckon I can now lower a van by the inch so you could say exactly how much you want to drop it.... I want to run my van for a couple of months first so I can iron out any niggles but after that you're in......
A deal sounds good!
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Originally posted by baldy
what do you mean i recall commer manouveering local mini roundabout after only three attempts
I read an article ages ago quoting a BT engineer who preferred the Commer to the Bedford - because he could over-steer it on round-a-bouts more easily[:0]
'Harvey the RV'
Originally posted by baldy
what do you mean i recall commer manouveering local mini roundabout after only three attempts
I read an article ages ago quoting a BT engineer who preferred the Commer to the Bedford - because he could over-steer it on round-a-bouts more easily[:0]
'Harvey the RV'
I lost 3 inches of height just by changing the tyres!
As for the front, just cut a coil or 2 out. Up the rear its a case of removing a few leaf's from the spring pack.
I wouldn't go the route Des did (axle over spring - same as the caddy), whilst it was very cool, it was too low and he couldn't bring the front down to match the rear without massive reconfiguration of the whole subframe/suspension setup.
Oh, that blue one didn't have any suspension on it, looks like it was just sat on the floor with the wheels placed in for good measure, prob a spares wagon or summat...
As for the front, just cut a coil or 2 out. Up the rear its a case of removing a few leaf's from the spring pack.
I wouldn't go the route Des did (axle over spring - same as the caddy), whilst it was very cool, it was too low and he couldn't bring the front down to match the rear without massive reconfiguration of the whole subframe/suspension setup.
Oh, that blue one didn't have any suspension on it, looks like it was just sat on the floor with the wheels placed in for good measure, prob a spares wagon or summat...
Bessie - four star commerdation
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Originally posted by 2002gimp
I lost 3 inches of height just by changing the tyres!
As for the front, just cut a coil or 2 out. Up the rear its a case of removing a few leaf's from the spring pack.
I wouldn't go the route Des did (axle over spring - same as the caddy), whilst it was very cool, it was too low and he couldn't bring the front down to match the rear without massive reconfiguration of the whole subframe/suspension setup.
Removing leaves is a very bad thing to do..... Your back end will become very sloppy which sort of defeats the object of lowering the van because it won't improve your handling... in fact it will be much worse.
If you flip the axle, agreed it is very low.....Perfect!
But if you consider this too low the solution is to then move the rear leaf hangers downwards towards the floor. By doing this you totally slam out the van and then raise it to exactly the height you want. I'm trying to design a bracket which will have several different mounting points for the leaves so you can fine tune the rear height to suit.
Van looks good!
Originally posted by 2002gimp
I lost 3 inches of height just by changing the tyres!
As for the front, just cut a coil or 2 out. Up the rear its a case of removing a few leaf's from the spring pack.
I wouldn't go the route Des did (axle over spring - same as the caddy), whilst it was very cool, it was too low and he couldn't bring the front down to match the rear without massive reconfiguration of the whole subframe/suspension setup.
Removing leaves is a very bad thing to do..... Your back end will become very sloppy which sort of defeats the object of lowering the van because it won't improve your handling... in fact it will be much worse.
If you flip the axle, agreed it is very low.....Perfect!
But if you consider this too low the solution is to then move the rear leaf hangers downwards towards the floor. By doing this you totally slam out the van and then raise it to exactly the height you want. I'm trying to design a bracket which will have several different mounting points for the leaves so you can fine tune the rear height to suit.
Van looks good!
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Originally posted by Panky
Dez's posting is on here but the pictures have disapeared[V] Swampster bought his van and took it back to original - it was a bit too low for the speed humps :I
I think there was a string on Retro Rides as well.
'Harvey the RV'
A pic & link to retrorides here...
http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=876
Bessie - four star commerdation
Originally posted by Panky
Dez's posting is on here but the pictures have disapeared[V] Swampster bought his van and took it back to original - it was a bit too low for the speed humps :I
I think there was a string on Retro Rides as well.
'Harvey the RV'
A pic & link to retrorides here...
http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=876
Bessie - four star commerdation
a better idea is to get rid of the leaf springs totally and replace with some adjustable coil overs and 5 link the axle stops the axle going walkabout [xx(]
"you were only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off no.3"
stops the axle going walkabout [xx(]"you were only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off no.3"