Burbage; Market Harborough is about 20-25 miles away so not an issue. However, I have a local garage that I will approach first (once I find out exactly what is required) if they can't do the job or want silly money, I will give SJW a call. Thanks.Where in Leicester are you?
My brother in laws garage SJW auto tuning in market harborough can fit.
They know the van too well given they maintained my t5.1 and b14s on my t6. I'm sure they could track down the springs to but need part numbers.
Guessing your nose weight is still only around 75kg though? For me the issue seems to be a fully loaded camper, with trailer, plus bikes hanging on the back adding to the weight over the rear axle. As above, not overloading but position of weight is bringing the back end down. Fix I'm pursuing is VW's recommended PR no 2MK (whatever that may be - any luck @Pauly ?) if not available (or the same thing) I will source some T32 springs and get swapped out.Mines On H&R heavy springs all round, weighs in at 2700kg fully loaded. Tows like a dream too.
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Thanks - no immediate rush, I just want a plan of what to do to get fixed sometime between now and March/April when I will next want to fully load with bikes and boat, i.e. will be using as a camper all winter but too cold for us to sail.Havent had chance yet mate but am seeing a few people tomorrow so will see what i can sort out for you
Guessing your nose weight is still only around 75kg though? For me the issue seems to be a fully loaded camper, with trailer, plus bikes hanging on the back adding to the weight over the rear axle. As above, not overloading but position of weight is bringing the back end down. Fix I'm pursuing is VW's recommended PR no 2MK (whatever that may be - any luck @Pauly ?) if not available (or the same thing) I will source some T32 springs and get swapped out.
Thanks - I'm not too keen on putting second hand parts on my (nearly) new T6. I know this example only has minimal delivery mileage but, to cover the warranty, etc., I would prefer to have something with a bit of a paper trail to confirm that I've used genuine, brand new, parts.@Dave Harris, just flicking through t'bay and there's a full set of T32 T6 suspension on there for £175.... thought I'd flag. (Item no 152329194094).
Yep, sorry for my poor choice of words - £100 per spring.Same thing here @Rookie i have the part numbers and prices but each spring is listed as weight range 1 (OYA) to weight range 9 (OYJ)
I looked at California bits also and they are identical in weights and prices so have used this to compare against the MK2 stuff
I can tell you a standard Cali Ocean (i used Polzeys VRN) came back as weight range 7 so this is what we are looking at ordering for Dave but the prices are per spring not per pair !!
We are looking around £200 per set inc vat + delivery
Good to see the results @Davenjo, i guess time will tell exactly how the end result looks next year under full load but does look promising so far.
Just to clarify for others the springs supplied are classed as the 'heavy duty range' so do not fall in with the range of standard springs in terms of colour coding.
They do share the 3 digit code on the end defining the weight range 1-9 but are listed in a separate class, even separate to that of the california springs (although the price is identical so i do suspect they may be the same or very very similar)
FWIW i kept on digging and have found californias running on weight 7 springs (@Polzeylad ) and as low as weight 4 springs (@Loz ) and they are similar specs ie both 4motion oceans (not sure about dsg)
Whilst the answer seems to be good thus far it may not be definitive