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Hi all I have some 15" t4 wheels that I'm goin to get banded and am unsure how wide I can go, they are going on a doka pickup with a set slightly wider arches fitted so I want to go as wide as possible any help would be greatly appreciated. Ps any advice on slamming this truck would be appreciated as well springs etc? Cheers.
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You're out of luck as far as slamming it goes! there's not enough suspension travel or room in the arches to get them properly low. I spent months cutting the arches out and fitting airbags to a mates van, but even when lowered so the wheels won't go round and the steering arms are being bent up against the chassis rails they aren't actually all that low. The top of the wheels here are sat hard on the top of the front tubs and the front wishbones would have pushed the seats up an inch on a stock van! The lowest front springs I have found are the cheapo ebay "german red" ones. They are a bit soft though, and you will definitely need shortened dampers to make it anywhere near driveable. I have them on mine but I will probably get a set of brickwerks AVO -70s which are higher but drive nicer. They rears that come with the kit are too high even on a panel van so on a doka they would be way high. The lowest I've found for the back are some rear "coilovers" for a t4 used without the adjuster ring, but they were too stiff and I was always spinning the rear wheels. People fit BMW e30/e36 lowering springs on the rear but they are not really up to taking any kind of weight, it's not ideal but I suppose it depends on how you are using the van. I presume you know the T4 wheels will need the center bore machining out before you band them? There are a lot of merc wheels (Vito IIRC) which are a better offset to start with and have a bigger center bore to fit over t25 hubs.
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Last Edit: Feb 3, 2015 21:47:23 GMT by cobblers
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Hi there cheers for all the info mate, well handy as far as the bow e30 springs go would they be already lowered springs? And how much by?? Thanks again.
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