coilover shocks

[lemonyellow]

hi,does anyone know if spax do coilover front shocks for a bus ,been offered some secondhand ones but can't find any on their website site, only beetle ones thanks nik

 

[Joval]

Red9 use 'made to order' Spax coilovers.

 

[lemonyellow]

thanks for that ,looked on their website and they look the same as those thanks nik

 

[Loxy]

thanks for that ,looked on their website and they look the same as those thanks nik

Dont forget that the red9 kit uses the coilovers as the sole means of holding the front up, you might find them too stiff with the leaves still in????
red9 do sell other springs - so may be able to change if required, also Creative engineering sell non-coilover spax shocks for buses that may work out cheaper if you do need to re-spring them.

Edit: and the red9 ones are designed to be either a 2-4 or 4-6 inch (i think) drop so may work out too short for your needs.

 

[lemonyellow]

thanks for advice everyone,reason for concidering these is because wheel hits underneath of wheelarch,have already fitted uprated gas shocks and it still does it although not as bad, thought this might be a temporary solution, believe torsion leaves to be worn or damaged and not got dosh to do this,as have to pay garage to do this thanks nik

 

[Loxy]

thanks for advice everyone,reason for concidering these is because wheel hits underneath of wheelarch,have already fitted uprated gas shocks and it still does it although not as bad, thought this might be a temporary solution, believe torsion leaves to be worn or damaged and not got dosh to do this,as have to pay garage to do this thanks nik

Its not that difficult to replace the torsion leaves, in fact I would say its pretty easily done with some fairly basic tools (and a bit of brute force may be required).

 

[froggy]

thanks for advice everyone,reason for concidering these is because wheel hits underneath of wheelarch,have already fitted uprated gas shocks and it still does it although not as bad, thought this might be a temporary solution, believe torsion leaves to be worn or damaged and not got dosh to do this,as have to pay garage to do this thanks nik

How is your bay lowered and how low is it?

 

[lemonyellow]

it lowered on a foksey adjuster and set at the highest it will let go

front goes down when 2 adults in, the front then appears lower than the back(i know i've put weight on but not that much honest :lol: )

 

[Joval]

it lowered on a foksey adjuster and set at the highest it will let go

front goes down when 2 adults in, the front then appears lower than the back(i know i've put weight on but not that much honest :lol: )

It might even have leaves removed to soften the ride, worth having a look.