i think i will fit some red9, 2 inch drop spring plates upside down to lift my rear since that pic i have fitted coil over shocks to the front and the back looks low now
Haven't got the hang of putting photos on site, but mine is the L reg blue and white one in the Clumber Park March 2013 pictures. As I said the ride was unchanged after the adjuster was fitted.
I had a cut a twisted beam on my first bus.Looked nice,handled well,but i got through a couple of sets of ball joints in the 9 years that i owned it.
Mine was lowered with an adjustable beam front and splines on the back. Reckon it's about 3" down from stock. The front bottoms out the shocks on the very worst of bumps so I have a Gaz coilover set on order for that. The spring assistance and adjustable damping should help firm up the bounce and rebound a bit. The back is a little saggy when loaded with my bike rack on the hitch, so I also have some load adjustable air shocks on the way from USA too. It should mean I can just pump them up a bit when needed and let it down for garaging. That's the theory - will see how it all works out when the stuff arrives in a week or so, the interesting part is the rear end. Was thinking adjustable spring plates but then I don't want to be having to get underneath and mess about when I want to carry a load, this should be a 5-minute pump and go, then unload and let some air out to get under the 2m bar.... will update when it's all tested.
Here's mine, dropped spindles on the front, splines on the rear, tastefully done I believe and drives & handles really well. I can get in and out of mine quite nicely, was in @Lardy's and you climb in & fall out. Front Rears Next to a splitty @ stock height
Update on the shocks if anyone's interested. Or even if they're not!: Fitted the airshocks to the rear, and coilovers on the front, and took it for a quick run tonight. Quite pleased with the results. The Gaz adjustables on the front have got rid of that 'bouncing' and replaced with a much more controlled 'bobbing' over bumps now. it just feels a lot tauter up front, less roll, all to be expected really. I went for 125lb springs so that helps for starters, and the adjustability is great, just wind the knob until you get the ride you want. I set them to 8 clicks from soft after a test at 10. The air shocks were the unknown aspect. They're pretty close on clearance but they do fit. Now I can just pump them up with a track pump from the valve at the tow hitch for a bit more height and stiffness when loaded up. The front rose from 26" at the arches by around 1/2", and the back went up 1" to 21" with 40psi in the system. The heights are fine for stock wheels and tyres clearance-wise, it's what I wanted anyway. It was first test so I'll do some more tweaking and see what happens, but so far so good - big improvement!
Stock Rocks. Actually, it sort of sways and wallows but doesn't bang about over the pitiful roads round ere (cotswolds) and once you're sat in the bus especially if you're over twelve stone and carrying a passenger, to everyone else looking at you driving by, the bus will look normal height. Saggy behinds though, take it easy on the MacHorsemeat.
