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Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« on: July 30, 2008, 03:32:52 AM »
Has anyone done it? What complications did you run into? Pics?
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2008, 10:24:34 AM »
coils all roung so fairly basic the one problem you will find is the front effective weight is high............. even tho the vehicle has a low front weight the geometry of the bottom arms and pivot points give a high spring loading, you cant relocate a bag to compesate for this without fouling steering arms etc. so there is more fabricating than other vehicles.
you'll need AT LEAST a 2B6 ext bag and preferably a high pressure/load bag with a system running 175psi working pressure.
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2008, 01:29:22 PM »
It is not coils all around. The front is a torsion bar setup. Please remember that the van is FWD.
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2008, 01:40:24 PM »
ah........ mixing up my models/years there  :oops:

even more fabbing to do on the front then. you need to wind the torsion bar laoding right off AND find somewhere to install a bag that is around 3" closed and 5.5" min dia clearance
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2008, 05:41:25 PM »
Like possibly a Slam RE5?
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2008, 06:21:10 PM »
Quote from: "funbags"
Like possibly a Slam RE5?
good timimg you Tom............ couldn't think of the name when I posted  :oops:
that's exactly [i:3tny35wz]like[/i:3tny35wz]
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2008, 08:01:29 PM »
What about the fronts?
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2008, 08:34:05 AM »
Quote from: "fatdaddy"
Quote from: "funbags"
Like possibly a Slam RE5?
good timimg you Tom............ couldn't think of the name when I posted  :oops:
that's exactly [i:3bhbybrg]like[/i:3bhbybrg]


Hey, I try ;)

Smooth, that would be for the front. Out back I would recommend either the 2B6 as FD said or Slam RE6's.
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2008, 01:33:00 PM »
So I guess I will just have to do some fabrication in the front to make it work?
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2008, 02:15:34 PM »
considerable farication.......................
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2008, 03:08:51 PM »
Here are pics of the front setup so you can see what I am dealing with:








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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2008, 03:32:43 PM »
very tight...........

if you wanted Hydraulics then a cyl would replace the shock fairly easy but for air I see no where to mount a bag and a sleeve or bag over shock would be way too big in dia.
Maybe you need to look at the other end of the torsion bar and see if a cantilever system can be fabbed there in place of the fixed mount
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2008, 03:38:38 PM »
That is what I am afraid of. It has been done before on a Eurovan but can't seem to find any pics of anyone's setup.
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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2008, 05:58:22 PM »
Airdraulics could be one option??

Then you couls use 7's or 8's for a nice smooth ride.



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Re: Air ride on a VW T4 Eurovan
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2008, 06:07:54 PM »
Not interested in hydraulics
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