best type of ajdusters for lowering

[fatherof2]

wat are the best ones to use for a 68 bay
these ones http://www.creative-engineering.com/cgi-bin/shop/web_store.cgi
or these ones http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bluebird-type2.co.uk/adj.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bluebird-type2.co.uk/suspension.htm&h=305&w=313&sz=16&hl=en&start=7&um=1&tbnid=mpduxppUuwXWAM:&tbnh=114&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvw%2Bfront%2Bbeam%2Badjusters%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG
or Albatross Adjusters and do i need 1 of the bluebird type ?

 

[Mike F]

My lowering was done by the excellent James Wotton in Welling. He used CoolAir for a dry climate beam with adjusters welded in - around £325 or so.

Have to say very happy so far.

 

[Loxy]

Havent used them, but these seem to be a good price:

http://www.vwspeedshop.com/store/product.php?productid=16705&cat=444&page=1

 

[Justin & Muttley]

Havent used them, but these seem to be a good price:

http://www.vwspeedshop.com/store/product.php?productid=16705&cat=444&page=1

That is a good price - don't usually see them that cheap!!!

 

[gninnam]

As said before - use about quarter of a tonne of bricks at the front and a
third of a tonne at the rear - will take it down about 2 to 3 inches :wink:
Will be quite cheap and easy to adjust......

 

[Clem]

Unless youre going for anything radical, I wouldnt bother. For mildish drops then drilling out the central spot welds and realigning the central fulcrums is adequate.

 

[Guest]

if you want ride quality just go for dropped spindles 2.5" drop, you can get them milled here http://www.slammedpanel.com for a 4" drop, check out nederbus for the 4" dropped spindles. Its very low and should suffer anything in the ride quality department.

Personally i would touch the beam.

 

[mcvw]

I always liked the "avis" style adjusters available for T1's.

The Speedshop adjusters, and the "Beam Soup" adjusters sold by Slammedpanel look like they should do the trick.

Speedshop:

Slammedpanel:

Don't know how low the Speedshop ones will go, but the Slammedpanel site states, "Our home made beam soup gives a full 5.5” of adjustment"

How harsh would the ride be with a 5.5" drop on adjusters?

What's the normal drop when using adjusters?

Cheers,


Mike

 

[carole]

Mike,

Beeglebus is dropped by one spline at the back and has JK adjustors welded into the front beam, has about a 3.5" inch drop at the front. Low enough for me.....

We had 3 adults and 2 kids (in car seats), a radio flyer and all the usual stuff that you take with you on a family day out..... :roll:

drove down really well on the motorway to the breeze. I use it regularly around town as well, so far so good. I've only ever used adjustors at the front on my buses, as my mechanic always tells me he can adjust the beam up and down easily should I (or he) need to for any reason.

Never used dropped spindles, so can't comment on those I'm afraid, but obviously they are a fixed height, so it depends how and where you drive your bus I guess.

If we were going on a camping holiday with loads of luggage I could always raise it a bit, adjustors give you that flexibility.

I certainly wouldn't go down the 'cut and shut' route with the front beam, that's for sure!

Carole

 

[slammedresto]

I always liked the "avis" style adjusters available for T1's.

The Speedshop adjusters, and the "Beam Soup" adjusters sold by Slammedpanel look like they should do the trick.


Slammedpanel:

Don't know how low the Speedshop ones will go, but the Slammedpanel site states, "Our home made beam soup gives a full 5.5” of adjustment"

How harsh would the ride be with a 5.5" drop on adjusters?

What's the normal drop when using adjusters?

Cheers,


Mike

beam soup and spindles sound good