Ride Height Survey
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It improves a lot of things and in this mad business of modding Transporters its a common sense moveDoes reducing tyre width improve comfort? I'd have thought the opposite.
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Ride Height Front: 338mm (hub centre to wheel arch vertical)
Ride Height Rear: 338mm (hub centre to wheel arch vertical)
Rake: ?
Springs: SoLow Lows (15mm on adjuster ring from full drop)
Dampers: SoLow Lows
ARB: Stock/Factory (currently, H&R sat in garage waiting to be fitted)
Wheel size: 18"
Tyre model: 255/45 R18 103 W & Y
Fronts - Michelin CrossClimate 2
Rears - Continental AllSeasonContact
Normal Load: 7 seat Caravelle Exec layout and 3 kids
Ride Comfort: love it with the solows, firm but much better than the OEM. Needs a bit of levelling work but with passengers the rear does level better to front.
Yeh agreed mate, any recommendations? 10mm spacer?
I’ve been playing with the height of mine this week.
Vehicle Type: 2018 LWB Shuttle
Load Rating: T32
Ride Height Front: 340mm
Ride Height Rear: 350mm
Front springs: Solow Low
Rear springs: Solow Low
Dampers: Solow Low
Anti-roll bars: Factory
Wheel Size: 19”
Tyre size: 245/45/19
Tyre model: Michelin Pilot Sport 5
Normal load: Caravelle floor and rear bench
Comfort: Good. Pleased with it. Not perfect but it’s a van lowered 120mm. It’s a lot better than you’d think.
I’ve just had to raise it slightly to that height, as with the 15mm rear spacers I have on the OSR tyre was rubbing on the bulge in the arch liner. Fine in a standard van, but as this is a Shuttle with aircon in the rear that bulge houses the aircon pipes. So something to bear in mind in your Caravelle before you put spacers on.
I’m a bit gutted as I liked it lower. I’ll have to see how I get on with it like this before I decide whether to take the spacers off too. I rarely carry people in the back but removing the aircon isn’t really something I want to do.
Vehicle Type: 2018 LWB Shuttle
Load Rating: T32
Ride Height Front: 340mm
Ride Height Rear: 350mm
Front springs: Solow Low
Rear springs: Solow Low
Dampers: Solow Low
Anti-roll bars: Factory
Wheel Size: 19”
Tyre size: 245/45/19
Tyre model: Michelin Pilot Sport 5
Normal load: Caravelle floor and rear bench
Comfort: Good. Pleased with it. Not perfect but it’s a van lowered 120mm. It’s a lot better than you’d think.
I’ve just had to raise it slightly to that height, as with the 15mm rear spacers I have on the OSR tyre was rubbing on the bulge in the arch liner. Fine in a standard van, but as this is a Shuttle with aircon in the rear that bulge houses the aircon pipes. So something to bear in mind in your Caravelle before you put spacers on.
I’m a bit gutted as I liked it lower. I’ll have to see how I get on with it like this before I decide whether to take the spacers off too. I rarely carry people in the back but removing the aircon isn’t really something I want to do.
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Have you ever managed to measure how this sits?
Mine's on STX with the adjusters in place atm and I'm about to swap the set to my new van and am wondering whether to remove the adjusters.
Not like that. There was pretty much emptyvan then. Its lower now it has ply floor and Cali bed in.
I'm thinking of putting the adjusters back in to get it back to how it was.
i ended up changing tyres to 265/40R20's in the end, mad no difference to the comfort of the ride at all, steering slightly lighter, but more importantly getting ready for a significant drop hopefullyDoes reducing tyre width improve comfort? I'd have thought the opposite
20 inch wheels are unlikely to be the most comfortable comparatively to smaller diameters such as 18" or 17". A wide tyre for the same diameter wheel still has the same wall height as a narrower tyre for the same wheel. Running on the correct pressures is advisable, not having overly dropped suspension having the best dampers and springs paying more attention to function rather than fashion might all help in improving comfort.
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