I measured a couple of new vans back in March on the showroom floor. 203cm containing only what they were delivered with, 150 4M as I remember. No idea of the tyre pressures of course.
Brilliant. Very helpful. I understand there will be some differences between vehicles but if generally most people’s are under 2 meters or very close to it that gives me piece of mind. I’d like to leave the suspension standard ideally so thanks for your help & il keep my fingers crossed.
Thank you, 203cm would be very tight indeed. Thanks for the message and information. I guess I will have to hope that once I put my camping gear etc in the vehicle & once the suspension has settled it will go in no problems. It was really tight on my previous T6 Transporter, always made me nervous but having it in the garage is a real plus . Cheers Paul
Being under 2m is the whole point of the California. That's the most important single feature that makes this van so attractive. Because of the 2m height many can use it as a car and park it like a car in garages, private and public in addition to fuel economy/speed.
I am confident it will be below 2m especially an Ocean. It will definitely drop with camping gear. Infact the majority of people complain here of the opposite problem, that the rear end sags!
Yes, I read some conflicting information in this thread. I also read online on VWs technical information it read 1900mm but I assumed that didn’t include the pop top or awing so started to to worry how high it actually measures. Thanks for the help
Happy days. Yes, I will have somebody checking behind it etc when I eventually reverse it in. I saw about the sagging when looking at the lowering springs. I think that made me lean towards just leaving the ride height standard & not play about with things. Is the ocean lower than the coast? Iv opted for 18inch wheels but don’t think it’s makes any difference once the tyres a lower profile
I think the coast and ocean will be similar. They both are heavier than a Beach because of the furniture and batteries etc. 18" not an issue if ordered with suggested tyres combination (i.e. not higher side wall).
The 18" option with 255/45/18 will give a negligible height drop of 0.1" over the standard 215/60/17
Thank you. Full of information this forum. Impressed
Our Coast has been lowered by VW by 30 and was measured this morning (to awning top) at 1970. Hardly anything loaded yet, so are hoping to clear 2m height barriers easily.
Havent measures my t6.1 coast but I’ve had it under several of those 2.1m yellow height barriers with a fair bit of clearance.
2.1m seems fine. It’s the 2m ones I’m unsure about… but good to know you feel you have a fair bit of clearance at 2.1m, thank you.
At the entrance of the underground carpark where my office is, there is a 2m barrier. I touched it a couple of times as immediately after the barrier it slopes downhill. I retried going very slow in order to minimise damage and didn't touch at all.... Underground there's plenty of pipes and illuminated signs hanging at about 2,0001m. it looked from the driving position extremely low and close, confident that I would knock one off sooner or later but I didn't.
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Cali arrived 31st July and I ordered a new sectional garage door 4 days later, after the estimater convinced me his plan would give me enough headroom. The lead time slipped (just like plenty of others) And it was eventually installed today. So four months after bringing her home, she is at last tucked away tonight. Sectional door fitted inside the brickwork (not between as was previously) with the wooden frame removed has given me the 2.06 mentioned above. The pic below suggests that 2m plus the gap equals my 2.06 headroom. Pleased with the look of the new door and even more pleased that the Cali is locked away safe and sound.
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