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lowering my van for garage

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Hi
Need to get my van in my garage for some restoration work.

Its about 15cm to height though:(

I know I could probably get a few cm's letting the tyres down but I thought about chopping the springs abit.

Anyone forsee any issues? How much would I potentially gain drop wise?

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You could ratchet strap springs down if it's only temporary, or long term swap them out. No one would recommend cutting springs on this forum.


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great idea about the ratchet straps:)
Was going to go down the lower 50-60mm spring route but don't think that will be enough
I would not be using the spings on the road again anyway, they will be replaced, was just for the purpose of getting it in the garage

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Perhaps you could try using standard 14 steel wheels without the tyres.
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8 Spring compressors? Perhaps you could do a bulk buy!!
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4 car dollys and two 6ft scaff planks would do get it a lot closer to the floor with the wheel the removed and sat on the planks ,, I use this method to move shells (Subaru not vans) about all the time , only issue is the surface has to be fairly smooth for the car dollys to work properly

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Would trailer wheels work, something like these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRAILER-WHEEL ... xy7nNTSARk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
possibly with lower profile tyre s.

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Or using lateral thinking:
http://www.diychatroom.com/f19/removing ... ete-59363/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :idea:

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remove tyres, remove springs completely and roll it in on the bump stops and bare rims

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