| BAY
& SPLIT TWIN WISHBONE COILOVER SUSPENSION
Our kit bolts
on to your chassis, replacing the beam, steering box
and all associated linkages.
Comes complete
to the spindles and includes all the mounting plates,
wishbones, rack and pinion steering, column support
brackets, bevel box, universal jointed link to rack
and a few bolts.
All the wear
parts are sourced from Volkswagens parts bin, so that
spares should be readily available for many years to
come. The wishbone bushes are an up rated Ford item
which should also be available in the future.
The ride quality,
steering sharpness and lightness are all outstanding!
It blows my mind whenever I drive ours, it is so different
to what was there before! The ride quality is the same
at whatever height you choose! You are more than welcome
to test our Bus.
Speaking of which,
we attended Vanwest in Weston Super Mare in May. A little
round trip of 420 miles towing a trailer full of kit!
NOTE: we did
not trailer our Bus to the Show and try to sell products
we don’t use.
It is adjustable
for height using two methods. The first is a coarse
adjustment on the 4 bolt holes. This give 3”, 4”, 5”,
and 6” drop. Then there is approx. 1.5” on the coilover
which makes a possible total of 7.5”! Fine adjustment
can then be carried out using the coilover.
Stiffness is
adjusted as our other coilovers using the knob at the
bottom.
Camber is adjusted
using the original camber nut we are all used to.
Caster is adjusted
using shims to move the relative positions of the top
and bottom wishbones. If it’s good enough for Lotus
it’s good enough for me!
Toe is adjusted
using the track rods as normal.
Using the coarse
adjustment allows the wishbones to be kept at their
optimum angles over a wider range of heights.
The track is
40mm narrower than a Bay and 24mm narrower than the
Split, that was done so that by the time our adaptors
are fitted if you want wide 5 wheels the track would
be stock on a Split.
No narrower options
are available as the wishbones would be too short to
give good geometry control.
We use modified
late Bay spindles so that disc brakes are available
to all at reasonable cost (we could do it for £1900.00
for a Bay Kit with Late Bay Brakes Complete). Upgrades
can still be used, from mild to wild as well as the
wide variety of wheel and tyre combinations that are
in use today.
So it’s £1600.00
for the Bay and £1745.00 for the Split Screen Based
kit. The difference is that we supply a complete new
column for the Split Screen Bus, and yes there is a
hole down the column so you can use the Horn!
Hope that’s all
good for you and look forward to speaking to you soon.
Need it fitting,
get it fitted right! We can do this for £425.00
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