Cheap alliterative to lowering a bus?

[Islandlife4ever]

I've been researching the different ways to lowering a bus, and it seems the nicest, easiest way is with the kit off of Wagenwest. Only issue is it's pretty pricey for me at the moment. Wondering if there's any other places you could recommend on how to do this, kits sold? or maybe someones stories on their attempts at it! Thanks for your help

[ChaseEverett]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=156211

little reading never hurt anyone right?
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[Red Fau Veh]

I lowered one with different wheels only, works great. 15 inch Fuchs in front with low profile tires dropped it 2 inches and the rear is 17's with low profile tires.
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[jtauxe]

Let's see... an alternative to lowering a bus... and cheap...

Oh, I know! How about not lowering the bus!

I suppose another alternative to lowering could be raising, but that would not be as cheap.
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[Islandlife4ever]

Yea, i know lowering and cheap do not go hand at hand! Hearing others experiences help, i didn't see there was already a forum open on the topic. 250 pages worth, guess i've got a lot of reading to do!

[borninabus]

drop spindles + re-indexing the back = pretty cheap.

probably cost less than a set of properly rated tires
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[Wildthings]

Probably the cheapest way to lower a bus is to buy one someone else has already lowered thus killing the value of.

[streamr]

[aeromech]

I'll be happy when people outgrow the feeling that they need to lower a bus. Some day there might be a good market for offering a reversal service.
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[MadMax78]

[airkooledchris]

someday id like to ride in a bay that's been lowered with just the drop spindles in front and a horseshoe plates in the back. the way those methods work doesn't seem like it would change the handling characteristics very much....

[jtauxe]

People, you're not listening! The OP said he was looking for alternatives to lowering a bus. That means doing other things to the bus besides lowering it. The cheapest way to not lower a bus is not to lower the bus. I don't understand why you keep talking about lowering buses! Clearly he wants to do something else.
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1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD

[ChaseEverett]

[germansupplyscott]

not to get all spelling-policey, but 'alliterative' means pertaining to alliteration, nothing to do with a bus. unless we're talking a big black bouncy bus.

thread titles can be changed by the OP. or alternative-ly we can just go on mentally changing the spelling of the thread title every time we look at it.
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[jtauxe]

Wow. Good catch, Scott. I totally read that as "alternative"...

This must be what he is after:

Alright, alliteration aside, altitude adjustment alternatives alienate all aircooled authenticists.
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1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD

[Islandlife4ever]