Lowered 70mm on 20s - does it look *low* or not?

Newcs said:
Sorry to hijack. @Scrabby67 I’m having the same dilemma hence finding this thread. I’m booked in for these wheels and twin adjust sensitive or bilstein komforts (I cannot decide!).

This set up looks excellent. What kit did you use and how are you finding it? I was thinking 70mm drop and wondered if I would be better going 70mm on So Low’s so they were pretty much at full height.

Mine is a camper and my only worry is it needs to be practical without the risk of bottoming out anywhere.
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You should be concerned about bottoming out and sadly the kits you are looking at bottom out way to quickly due the poor design , have a rethink and talk to someone who can put all this into perspective and more importantly make sense from an engineering point of view
 
WHSE said:
Hi all,

Those of you down around 70mm on 20 inch wheels, would you describe the van looking low, or just right? Having a hard time deciding what I want to go with so any pictures would be great.

I know there are lots of choices and ride height is only part of the decision making process, but seeing how things look at this height might help me pull my finger out and get it done!

Thanks
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This is dropped 65mm on 20’s. Look nice and low without sacrificing ride quality. I have H&R coilovers from @CRS Performance

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Lowered 70mm on 20s - does it look *low* or not?

Sorry to hijack. @Scrabby67 I’m having the same dilemma hence finding this thread. I’m booked in for these wheels and twin adjust sensitive or bilstein komforts (I cannot decide!). This set up looks excellent. What kit did you use and how are you finding it? I was thinking 70mm drop and...
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mattyd247 said:
The tyre size is 245/40/20. That's a 103 load rating. The alloys are 9", ET38 with a 20mm spacer on the rear to fine tune the fitment to the lip.

245/40 20 is very close to 275/35/20 circumference which VW recommend as the correct size for 20" alloys.

I don't have any issues with rubbing anywhere. It still gives me quite a bit of ground clearance. I use my van for a lot of fishing where I'm quite often driving down rough country roads with grass growing in the middle and I don't have any issues.

I was running 255/40/20 before that (when I had the B14 komforts) and they looked just a tiny bit too big and would have probably rubbed at the drop I'm at now.

Another pic from a different angle:

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what is the ground clearance now? I am in between wether go solow on highest setting with 245/40 or nsl with lowest setting.
 
oinkersan said:
what is the ground clearance now? I am in between wether go solow on highest setting with 245/40 or nsl with lowest setting.
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My front bumper and start of side sill are 8” off the floor. The rear of my sill near the back wheel is 9” off the floor and the rear bumper is 10” from the floor.
 
I don't normally post pictures here as I've a T5.1 but think my experience is worth sharing. I'm on the original SoLows so that's 100mm minimum even on a 2.0 TDi Manual T28. I've a full camper conversion in the rear and did find the rear SoLow's springs a little soft, the ride however was excellent, better than my previous Koni Short Sports / Eibach comfort lows 50/60. To overcome the issue I'm now using the Eibach 50/60 rear springs from my previous set up with out the adjuster (adjuster delete). So its a kinda hybrid solution and expensive (springs alone are nearly 500 but I can see why). Just back here from a round Ireland trip, fully loaded up, bikes hanging of the rear bike rack and absolutely no issues, never rubbed etc.

I also have 9X20 ET42 running 255/40's with a 15mm spacer on the rear and H&R antiroll bars, no rubbing, no bottoming out. I trimmed a little off the rubber part of the rear bump stops when I was using the rear SoLow springs but still plenty left, doubt I'd need to with the current setup.

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It’s a H&R coil over kit so fully adjustable front and rear, the rear springs have adjusters on them.
Also had H&R anti-roll bars fitted at the same time.
 
BenT5 said:
Looks great, what tyres are you running there ?
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255/35/20. Using ‘Will they fit’ they were the closest in circumference to my original 205/65/16 tyres making the speedo more or less spot on.
They’re very low profile and only available in budget brands in the correct load rating but I couldn’t be doing with wider tyres rubbing or the speedo being out using a taller profile.
 
mattyd247 said:
This is mine on Solow NSL. All the way down at the rear and about 5mm left to play with on the adjuster at the front. No rubbing or scraping on full lock.

Just as, if not more comfortable than the B14 komforts I had on before, plus you are able to go lower with the NSL's if you want.

Hope this helps in some way.

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TheGrapeEscape said:
I'm really confused with ride height. Mines on 30mm eibachs on standard shocks, but looks (to me) the same height as this one at 70mm?

I was looking at going 70mm, but doesn't seem any different

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It looks to me you are running on bigger tyres than the van in first pic, that could make difference on the gaps distance between the the top of the wheel and the arch, what is your tyre size?
 
Yeah it's definitely got bigger tyres than the grey van. Also, weight. Yours is a camper, the grey van looks like a kombi, weight makes the van sit lower.
 
TallPaul_S said:
Yeah it's definitely got bigger tyres than the grey van. Also, weight. Yours is a camper, the grey van looks like a kombi, weight makes the van sit lower.
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Ah okay, so if I went 70mm mine would sit lower, or the grey kombi would? I just don't want to waste money and it not sit low enough :)
 
TheGrapeEscape said:
Ah okay, so if I went 70mm mine would sit lower, or the grey kombi would? I just don't want to waste money and it not sit low enough :)
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I'd stay by measuring your ride height, centre of the wheel to the arch. Stock height is 460mm I believe. I'm betting you're probably sitting at about 410mm, so 50mm down.

70mm would mean changing shocks as well as springs, but you're probably not far off that already.

My van is on 17" wheels, it's a Caravelle so it has slightly shorter shocks, and has more weight than a van. I've 'only' got 30mm springs fitted but I'm down at 70mm front and 50mm rear! So there's a lot of factors that determine ride height.
 
TallPaul_S said:
I'd stay by measuring your ride height, centre of the wheel to the arch. Stock height is 460mm I believe. I'm betting you're probably sitting at about 410mm, so 50mm down.

70mm would mean changing shocks as well as springs, but you're probably not far off that already.

My van is on 17" wheels, it's a Caravelle so it has slightly shorter shocks, and has more weight than a van. I've 'only' got 30mm springs fitted but I'm down at 70mm front and 50mm rear! So there's a lot of factors that determine ride height.
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Thanks for this. I'm 38 now and last modified a vehicle when I was 21, so a little rusty haha.

I'll measure it
 
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