California Beach recommended upgrades

[R6daveandgill]

Hi ya folks
You may already guess I am completely new to this , my first van . Considering 20" wheels and lower + suspension upgrades. Any advice appreciated

 

[JOG]

Hi and welcome to the forum. I too have a Beach. 20” and lowering is asking a lot of the van. Give @CRS Performance a shout - he sorted my suspension.

 

[R6daveandgill]

Thanks , much appreciated

 

[JOG]

One of the things you’ll discover is how versatile the Beach is…..mine is an every day family car (though we have a Mini for the school run) which takes us and two boys and two dogs along with all the family crud that has to be dragged about! We also tow a twin-axle caravan for our longer breaks!

 

[Algor]

This is my Cali lowered by 30mm and fitted with 20"s.

 

[CRS Performance]

Hi ya folks
You may already guess I am completely new to this , my first van . Considering 20" wheels and lower + suspension upgrades. Any advice appreciated

There are many kits in this market to choose from. , there are also a lot of suppliers who don’t understand suspension happy to sell you what ever they have in their store ,
Issue you will have is. A heavy van. , Fit the wrong equipment and you will regret the day it was fitted .
we have more experience than most when it comes to transporters and particularly heavy vans . This is why we developed our own range of Spring kits to cope with the heavier models and get the benefit of the Koni dampers we sell . Give us a call or. Send a message directly and we will run through options That can keep the vehicle comfortable and handling like a car .

 

[R6daveandgill]

This is my Cali lowered by 30mm and fitted with 20"s.

Very nice , can I ask what tyre size and do you have any issues ?

 

[CRS Performance]

This is my Cali lowered by 30mm and fitted with 20"s.
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That is way lower than 30 mm. As my comment above mentioned about people fitting things that technically are not ideal , !
measure that height. Center of the wheel to top of the arch. That is closer to 60 mm all day long Standard vehicle is 460mm and I guess you are about 400. Are you running standard dampers … ??

 

[oceanson]

I would never lower it, why make it more difficult to access hidden camping spots on rough terrain? The same for big wheels and slim tyres.
For me the best immediate upgrades i did on mine were the rear sliding tray and the fridge

 

[paddy26]

I would never lower it, why make it more difficult to access hidden camping spots on rough terrain? The same for big wheels and slim tyres.
For me the best immediate upgrades i did on mine were the rear sliding tray and the fridge

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I lowered my camper so that I can get into multistory carparks and places with 2.0m barriers. There are a few beaches/coastal sites in Ireland with 2.0 barriers where overnight camping is an option.

 

[oceanson]

I lowered my camper so that I can get into multistory carparks and places with 2.0m barriers. There are a few beaches/coastal sites in Ireland with 2.0 barriers where overnight camping is an option.

I can understand that, here most of the beach and car park barriers are 2,20m. The stock height of the California is 1990mm. I guess the cool thing about this vans is the ability to be fit for purpose for every owner and their use case

 

[mikadiesel]

Compressor fridge is my best upgrade ever.
Can freeze things.

I think a lot about air suspension.