The off-road corner

[zeratul]

Good idea. Count me in.
The only problem I see is that there is some legal work to be done and it may differ depending on the country.

VB is a Dutch company, cheapest prices should be in Holland.

What service does it require? Can a local VW dealer do this?

 

[estresao]

I need no homologation in UK, so can do anywhere. I guess the VB service (which service?) could be done by any authorized VB dealer

 

[bvddobb]

Since we have had a lot of questions again recently on some of the off-road mods to our Cali, and realising that the forum topics on them are somewhat scattered across this forum, I will try to 'consolidate' them here, FYI. Photo's and videos are in the various topics.

Over the years, we have done the following mods:

• VB air-suspension, with an 'off-road' raised (+3 cm) modus. (A.o. this topic on this forum)
• raised drive train vents (Seikel kit, this topic on this forum)
• raised air intake (Relleum kit, this topic on this forum); alternative: Terranger kit
• aluminum underside protection (Seikel kit, this topic on this forum)
• reinforced towing eyes in front (Relleum kit, see here)
• Michelin Latitude Cross AT tyres (this topic on this forum)
• conversion of our bike rack to carry an additional spare wheel (Terranger kit, this topic on this forum)
• a 12V air compressor, because we regularly need to deflate or inflate the tyres, depending on the terrain.
• an additional hydraulic jack. With the raised suspension (either fixed, such as Seikel's, or the VB air in service mode) and slightly larger AT tyres, the standard jack can't raise the Cali high enough to change a tyre... We bought a separate hydraulic jack, small enough to go under the Cali, but with enough raising height.
• a set of Tred Pro recovery boards and mounting kit, like you can see here.

And then we have done two off-road driving courses with our Cali:

• a beginners course in The Netherlands (this topic on this forum)
• a more advanced, specific 4Motion Transporter course at the Seikel 4Motion Transporter Off-road Festival in Germany (this topic on this forum)

 

[GrannyJen]

Since we have had a lot of questions again recently on some of the off-road mods to our Cali, and realising that the forum topics on them are somewhat scattered across this forum, I will try to 'consolidate' them here, FYI. Photo's and videos are in the various topics.

Over the years, we have done the following mods:

• VB air-suspension, with an 'off-road' raised (+3 cm) modus. (A.o. this topic on this forum)
• raised drive train vents (Seikel kit, this topic on this forum)
• raised air intake (Relleum kit, this topic on this forum); alternative: Terranger kit
• aluminum underside protection (Seikel kit, this topic on this forum)
• reinforced towing eyes in front (Relleum kit, see here)
• Michelin Latitude Cross AT tyres (this topic on this forum)
• conversion of our bike rack to carry an additional spare wheel (Terranger kit, this topic on this forum)
• a 12V air compressor, because we regularly need to deflate or inflate the tyres, depending on the terrain.
• an additional hydraulic jack. With the raised suspension (either fixed, such as Seikel's, or the VB air in service mode) and slightly larger AT tyres, the standard jack can't raise the Cali high enough to change a tyre... We bought a separate hydraulic jack, small enough to go under the Cali, but with enough raising height.

And then we have done two off-road driving courses with our Cali:

• a beginners course in The Netherlands (this topic on this forum)
• a more advanced, specific 4Motion Transporter course at the Seikel 4Motion Transporter Off-road Festival in Germany (this topic on this forum)

Brilliant summary, thank you