Hello from Germany especially to all T5 Transporter Freaks

[BilsteinB14VWT5]

Hi

I found this forum because some of our customers told us that they are shipping more and more Bilstein coilover kits for the VW T5 Bus / Transporter/ Multivan to Australia , which was a big surprise to me, because I thought that VW would not export the T5 to Australia.
I am working here at an automotive suspension dealer here in Germany for many years and during the time as a car freak who spent too much money in cars which I couldn´t afford and which were sometimes too fast for me....I was getting (older+ a bit wiser ) more and more a fan of the snug but spacious VW T5 Multivan/Transporter which my family and me would never ever change against anything else with four wheels. It is not too big for daily traffic , not too big for overcrowded european cities, perfect for holiday trips, snug and perfect to have a picnic inside at a rainy day, to spend the night inside at a comfortable bed and comfortable for Autobahntrips. At the company here I am not the only one now with the T5 . I guess if you have drivven a T5 once it is getting so familiar that you would´t miss it. And so we found that we were getting deeper and deeper into the T5 suspension theme , because the original VW T5 suspension offers a big possibility of improvements. So I guess that I could maybe help at some T5 threads or questions around the T5 and also especially regarding the suspension of the T5.
Regards
Stef

[Transporter]

Welcome to the forum, it's good to have you on board.

[Sunny43.5]

Where were you two years ago when I made the mistake if listening to information from some idiot in the UK who sent over a complete set of rubbish coil overs from FK Suspensions they ended up on the tip Bilsteins B14 are now on my van and we love them .

[lynnos]

Hello Stef, I like your enthusiasm for the T5 and couldn't agree more. Mine is a 4Motion crewvan SWB and very enjoyable. I took it up a local 4WD road here last week (Duck Creek Road) and it was no problem. It runs out of warranty in 6 months and I might look into a 50mm lift kit and by the sound of it B14's.

[Sunny43.5]

Is that Duck Creek rd the one out near Injune ? . Ah just found the one you mentioned on Google Earth that's the one down from the Lamington plateau , I thought it might have been that one , I went down there about twenty years ago in my Falcon ute was probably the most scariest road I have ever been on . I was stopped by a 4wd coming back in the opposite direct while still up on the plateau he told me I was nuts to do it in a 2wd but hey who ever listens to advice DOH . Took us about half an hour to pick our way down across washouts and foot deep gullies . By the time we got to the bottom we had next to no brakes left and stopped to let them cool down , not sure what condition its like now days . It actually was the original bullock and dray route used by timber loggers in the early 1900's they used to take the timber to Beaudesert along that track . For those who have not ever driven the road {track} there were no safety rails no signage and incredibly steep drop offs into the valley floor below and was only just wide enough for a single vehicle .

[lynnos]

Yes Sunny the road is the one to Lamington National Park. It is still very rutted with a lot of exposed rocks that are mostly rounded over so they're reasonably kind to the tyres. I took it steady and did not bottom out anywhere. I mostly left the dsg in auto and was surprised sometimes to see that despite the steepness and slow pace it was happy to stay in 2nd gear a fair bit. There was only one time when the front wheels gave a slight slip, otherwise we just keep moving on. It would be nice to have a dash light or some indication of when the 4motion is bringing in the rear drive. Anyway, I'm pretty happy with it. I certainly wouldn't try this road in the wet.

[Sunny43.5]

I would imagine the 4 motion was better suited than our Ford ute it was lowered 50mls and no traction control . We laughed at first because the first few kays were on fairly level ground still on top of the range and then all of a sudden you get to the edge of the mountain its all down hill , the smile was wiped off the face as it was not possible to turn around once committed you had to keep going . They describe the road in a 4WD website today as "maintained "definitely not when we drove it more like a goat track and it was not 20 years ago I checked it was 28 years so you can imagine how bad it was then .

[greymad]

Hi

I found this forum because some of our customers told us that they are shipping more and more Bilstein coilover kits for the VW T5 Bus / Transporter/ Multivan to Australia , which was a big surprise to me, because I thought that VW would not export the T5 to Australia.
I am working here at an automotive suspension dealer here in Germany for many years and during the time as a car freak who spent too much money in cars which I couldn´t afford and which were sometimes too fast for me....I was getting (older+ a bit wiser ) more and more a fan of the snug but spacious VW T5 Multivan/Transporter which my family and me would never ever change against anything else with four wheels. It is not too big for daily traffic , not too big for overcrowded european cities, perfect for holiday trips, snug and perfect to have a picnic inside at a rainy day, to spend the night inside at a comfortable bed and comfortable for Autobahntrips. At the company here I am not the only one now with the T5 . I guess if you have drivven a T5 once it is getting so familiar that you would´t miss it. And so we found that we were getting deeper and deeper into the T5 suspension theme , because the original VW T5 suspension offers a big possibility of improvements. So I guess that I could maybe help at some T5 threads or questions around the T5 and also especially regarding the suspension of the T5.
Regards
Stef

Do you know of any available camber adjustment kits to suit T5's? Ours, like so many modern vehicles, is non-adjustable.
Mercedes Benz may be one of the very few which can be adjusted.

[BilsteinB14VWT5]

I don´t know...but if it exists than Martin from the T5 forum in Norway should have it.
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