Alpen
Hi all,
We took delivery of our new 30 years special, 150 FWD, California in May. It was a bit of a commitment but made sense to me to buy this over a nearly new Ocean, as it wasn't much more money, and had all the extras.
The only compromise really was that we had quite wanted the 2 tone paint, which wasn't an option on the 30 years, although ours is Oryx white with an iridium grey roof and mirrors.
Anyway we've had an awesome time in it so far, and are touring a family of 4 - 2 adults + 20 month old and a 3.5 years old. So far we've hit up the North Coast 500 which was a bit of a baptism by fire over Easter, we've also been to the Peak District and Pembrokeshire, and have just completed a 2 week jaunt from Santander to St. Malo. Loving vanlife.
I do however want to customise the van a little. I think having spent so much on it, what's a couple more grand to make it a bit more individual and cool. Transporters generally are so often customised it's almost a necessity to make it stand out! Although I've equally been embarrassed at times by having such a flashy new van.
I don't however want to do anything to it that VW wouldn't recommend as a standard mod, as I don't want to compromise (too much) on ride, I want to protect the warranty and I still need it to be able to get on and off fields, and down the occasional dirt track. I was thinking about lowering 30mm on the VW springs and putting some 18" wheels on it. However I don't want to spend all that and then still be disappointed. Maybe coil overs could be an option as VW are now offering an Eibach coilover option, but then that's considerably more money, and I still don't think that going too low, on coil overs or not, would be at all practical for a California.
I was wondering if anyone has any photos of a van that has been lowered 30mm, and sitting on 18's, just so I can get an idea of how this genuinely looks. As I say even though these changes are quite small, they are still quite expensive, and I don't want to spend the money if it doesn't achieve something I'd be happy with. I'd be better off just leaving not standard in that case.
Let me know if you can help?
Thanks all
Alex
We took delivery of our new 30 years special, 150 FWD, California in May. It was a bit of a commitment but made sense to me to buy this over a nearly new Ocean, as it wasn't much more money, and had all the extras.
The only compromise really was that we had quite wanted the 2 tone paint, which wasn't an option on the 30 years, although ours is Oryx white with an iridium grey roof and mirrors.
Anyway we've had an awesome time in it so far, and are touring a family of 4 - 2 adults + 20 month old and a 3.5 years old. So far we've hit up the North Coast 500 which was a bit of a baptism by fire over Easter, we've also been to the Peak District and Pembrokeshire, and have just completed a 2 week jaunt from Santander to St. Malo. Loving vanlife.
I do however want to customise the van a little. I think having spent so much on it, what's a couple more grand to make it a bit more individual and cool. Transporters generally are so often customised it's almost a necessity to make it stand out! Although I've equally been embarrassed at times by having such a flashy new van.
I don't however want to do anything to it that VW wouldn't recommend as a standard mod, as I don't want to compromise (too much) on ride, I want to protect the warranty and I still need it to be able to get on and off fields, and down the occasional dirt track. I was thinking about lowering 30mm on the VW springs and putting some 18" wheels on it. However I don't want to spend all that and then still be disappointed. Maybe coil overs could be an option as VW are now offering an Eibach coilover option, but then that's considerably more money, and I still don't think that going too low, on coil overs or not, would be at all practical for a California.
I was wondering if anyone has any photos of a van that has been lowered 30mm, and sitting on 18's, just so I can get an idea of how this genuinely looks. As I say even though these changes are quite small, they are still quite expensive, and I don't want to spend the money if it doesn't achieve something I'd be happy with. I'd be better off just leaving not standard in that case.
Let me know if you can help?
Thanks all
Alex
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