hi,

now looking to lower the rear of me van, how do i go about doing it without putting 2tonnes of ruble in the back lol ive read somewhere that you move the position of the beam, but would like some advice please,

cheers

 

this was my old van mate. pm me any questions you have an i will try to answer them. also did you have them panels i was after for my fiesta?

 

hi sorry bout late reply the panels are not pressed in and are part of the rear quarter, the van looks well cool, is lowering it easy to do?

 

the repositioning of the beam is what a lot of people do, basically you put the axel on top on the springs, its a crude way of doing it and can cause a few problems, somebody told me something about a load sensor coming on , but a lot of people do it and get away with it

the best way of doing it would be to have the springs 'de-cambered' by a specialist

the front is the same as any other escort

 

to fit the axle on top of the springs on a mk5 or 6 tho you will have to cut off the flat bracket that sits under the springs and reweld it to the underside of the axle to get it to sit on top of the springs tho

 

as botters has said, but i made up something very similar to that flat bracket to sandwich between the axle and spring. then used for long bolts to clamp it all together. i did it this way incase i needed to return the van to its normal height.

and you will have to disconnect the lsv, which isnt a problem unless your planning on carrying any weight in the back.