30mm Lowering And Spoiler

[John66809]

Had a price from my local VW centre for 30mm lowering springs at £460 and £340 for a sportline tailgate spoiler fitted including vat. Does this sound reasonable?

 

[GARY Doe]

Yep ! my local dealer £231.00 + Vat for springs or including fitting £663.00 + Vat (£795.60) !!

 

[Sharpe]

Paid £460 for the springs fitted, apparently is a flat cost across all dealerships. Had them done before collecting a brand new van and asked if they would apply the same discount as I got on the van, but £460 is the end.

 

[John66809]

Yep ! my local dealer £231.00 + Vat for springs or including fitting £663.00 + Vat (£795.60) !!

Crikey!!!

 

[GARY Doe]

Looks like I was gonna get shafted then !!

 

[John66809]

All booked in for a week on Monday. Now the spending starts! and I thought I was passed all that at my age.
But first, a week on Anglesey with our mini caravan.

 

[Tourershine]

Swift Basecamp @John66809. We worked on one of the 1st Bassecamps Swift built a while ago. I was shocked on how well designed the inside was, and how spacious it felt, helped by the door being on the rear. Great little Caravan, and very good design for once.

 

[Trevor]

Would you say the lowering is something worth doing ?

 

[John66809]

Swift Basecamp @John66809. We worked on one of the 1st Bassecamps Swift built a while ago. I was shocked on how well designed the inside was, and how spacious it felt, helped by the door being on the rear. Great little Caravan, and very good design for once.

Very pleased with it. Ideal for a couple or a family with the awning attached.

 

[John66809]

Would you say the lowering is something worth doing ?

I would say so. It's on stilts as standard.

 

[John66809]

Just back from the Dealers newly fitted spoiler and 30mm lowering springs. Pleasantly surprised how well it looks compared to before.
I didn't think I would see much difference in height with such a minimal drop but it looks much better now.

 

[mark james]

Had a price from my local VW centre for 30mm lowering springs at £460 and £340 for a sportline tailgate spoiler fitted including vat. Does this sound reasonable?

i had the same price but when i got there i was told it was an extra 250 + vat this was for new nuts and wheel alignment !!

 

[John66809]

Had mine done and I paid the quoted price and nothing more.

 

[Tourershine]

i had the same price but when i got there i was told it was an extra 250 + vat this was for new nuts and wheel alignment !!

Nuts for what? Fitting 30mm springs is just a case of removing the standard springs and replacing it with the lowered springs. The only nuts I can imagine they'd change would be any nyloc nuts if there are any, but that would be excessive, and they cost pennies.
Did you actually pay the extra, and was this at a main dealers?
Wheel alignment should cost a max of £50, plus there's not actually anything you can adjust on the rears anyway.

 

[mark james]

Nuts for what? Fitting 30mm springs is just a case of removing the standard springs and replacing it with the lowered springs. The only nuts I can imagine they'd change would be any nyloc nuts if there are any, but that would be excessive, and they cost pennies.
Did you actually pay the extra, and was this at a main dealers?
Wheel alignment should cost a max of £50, plus there's not actually anything you can adjust on the rears anyway.

i didnt have the job done looking to find someone to do it now

 

[Tourershine]

i didnt have the job done looking to find someone to do it now

Good call.
Any decent garage will fit a new set of springs for you, but you might have to get it aligned by a specialist, just search Hunter Alignment in your area.

 

[Crux]

But won't you invalidate the warranty if fitting the springs elsewhere?

 

[mark james]

But won't you invalidate the warranty if fitting the springs elsewhere?

i asked vw this question ... v w only give u a 12 mth warrenty on “ extra “ jobs

 

[Crux]

But what about the vans three year warranty, how is that impacted if fitting VW approved parts somewhere other than a dealer?

 

[Kev63]

I paid £435.00 including VAT at VW Dealership in York for 30mm lowering



Kev