Need some custom advice!
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I think the colour, and all the glass doesn't help. My Black LWB doesn't look as long as yours and I had to actually put them against each other to compare.
I'm not sure i'd lower it, basing on the fact you live in Norway and get your fair share of snow. I'd actually go the opposite way, and fully 4x4 it out, with side bars, big chunky tyres on possibly some nice steels, sump guard, and VW arches. The bars in Black, against the darker plastic arch kit would break up the long space of colour I think.
But that's just me.
Make sure if you put on the roof rails, that you can still fit it in your garage.
I'm not sure i'd lower it, basing on the fact you live in Norway and get your fair share of snow. I'd actually go the opposite way, and fully 4x4 it out, with side bars, big chunky tyres on possibly some nice steels, sump guard, and VW arches. The bars in Black, against the darker plastic arch kit would break up the long space of colour I think.
But that's just me.
Make sure if you put on the roof rails, that you can still fit it in your garage.
Yup, I hear you. The garage will go by the hair!
I agree, i’d go big and chunky off-roader look, with Heikel lift kit suspension and some big ole nobbly tyres.
Agree with the above; lift it, chunky tyres, some black scuff arch covers; make it look like a rough, tough van.
You could also put some black vinyl below the chrome side strips. Protection from stone chips and looks cool. I’ve gone matt black on mine 
You could also put some black vinyl below the chrome side strips. Protection from stone chips and looks cool. I’ve gone matt black on mine
I'd go a step further and match the exact tone of the VW arch kit, and tuck the vinyl behind the arch, remove the chrome trim if it's only double sided on, and vinyl that full lower section to give that chunky off road look. Tucking the vinyl behind the arch kit would make it look more of a factory fit, like the Audi Allroads. Stop at just that lower section though, and not follow it round the bumpers like in the drawing above.
I wouldn't lift it, but rather just fill the arches with a bad ass set of General Grabber style tyres. As for wheels, it would possibly be a set of 18" VW steels also in Black.
Saying all that, none of this would stop the body roll you mentioned in another thread. The only way to stop that would be to improve the suspension, but that might mean lowering, which will lose that whole 4x4 look, unless money is no object, in which case you could mess around with a different suspension set up that would keep the stock height, but make it stiffer. So everything in reality is a compromise, looks? or drivability? Again, unless you want to throw a lot of money at your T6, in which case you can possibly achieve both.
Me personally, it's aesthetics first, then fine tuning any drivability issues. I still wish i'd of opted for the 4motion, because i'd of gone mad on mine and fully 4x4'd it out to give some great ideas. I still look now, and try to justify to myself/the wife, ditching all the cars, and buying a SWB T6 4motion as a full family car, and just use mine for business. It falls on deaf ears though, and prizing her mini keys out of her hands is like trying to put 82 litres of diesel into a T6 fuel tank....
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@SofaKing Is that factory fit side chrome strips or aftermarket? If it's the later, can you tell me where you sourced them from?
For what it's worth, I was thinking just the other day that black wheel arch extensions, with black sills to match, off road tyres and jacked suspension would look good. Stick 'VW T6 off road' into google. Loads of inspiration and ideas in images tab. Some LWBs there too.
For what it's worth, I was thinking just the other day that black wheel arch extensions, with black sills to match, off road tyres and jacked suspension would look good. Stick 'VW T6 off road' into google. Loads of inspiration and ideas in images tab. Some LWBs there too.
Two souls, one thought
the strips are factory mounted. Sills from vw store look like the pic below:
Great colour , and why do you want to make it look shorter ? It's a lwb, take pride in your extra few inches and just don't lower it no no no .
and just don't lower it no no no .
Thank you, good perspective mate! Colour was not my first pick, but gradually more and more appreciating it. In low light the car looks golden(?) and in bright sun light brown-greyish (is that beige?) kids love the the gold-car!Great colour , and why do you want to make it look shorter ? It's a lwb, take pride in your extra few inches
I take my pride, but after driving a swb it just seem out of proportion in some way. Lowering is not the way to go for me as I use it on all sorts of terrain by the sea and mountains
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Saw a T6 today same colour with black alloys, looked really nice.
@SofaKing shame team starlight are a van down but I must admit seeing other coloured vans now I would be easily swayed on another colour. A friend of mine has the darker brown not sure on the name, and like yours nice to see something different. His is also a lwb t6 and I think it looks more individual as the majority around here are swb vans.
Have a look on here Will They Fit - Online Wheel and Tyre Fitment Calculator
They will obviously be a much bigger circumference,(which may effect your speedo) but if they do fit, they will certainly fill the gaps in the arches, and more importantly, they will look rather tasty.
They will obviously be a much bigger circumference,(which may effect your speedo) but if they do fit, they will certainly fill the gaps in the arches, and more importantly, they will look rather tasty.
