KWv3 are adjustable damping rate and adjustable ride height coil overs. They are very well thought of, not just in the world of transporters. If you want modest lowering and don’t plan on messing with the height at a later date coil overs aren’t necessarily for you. You’re paying for features you don’t need.
There are so many options for transporter suspension now that it can be a real mine field getting it right!
For a few hundred quid you can put some lowering springs on and get up to 50mm lower, but I wouldn’t recommend it. Many owners, including me when I ran them, have found the ride quite harsh and crashy/bouncy.
Another option is good quality aftermarket sports shocks matched with lowering springs, again, up to about 50mm lowering will work here. This is a popular choice with owners on this forum, with all those that run them rating them very highly for both performance and comfort. This is one to speak to Steve
@CRS Performance about. More expensive than springs alone, but cheaper than most coil overs.
Next up are coil overs. These are height adjustable and sometimes damping adjustable. The height can be adjusted to suit your needs at any given time and this can be handy for those who don’t want to be stuck running the same height all the time. Those that are damping adjustable have the added benefit of enabling an expert fitter to set them up to give the owner the best balance of ride/handling characteristics possible. These are typically, but not always, more expensive than height adjustable only kits. Steve
@CRS Performance do some gorgeous coil overs that are both damping and height adjustable and Oli
@BognorMotors has an eye watering number of products available that fit the bill here.
It can be difficult knowing which to choose and reviews are only worth so much, one man’s comfortable is another man’s back breaking hard.
One problem here is that Oli and Steve are competitors who have different brand preferences and very rarely would a competitor recommend someone else’s product.
