Glad it was helpful. good luck with your upgrade.

Glad it helped

THat video is coming soon hopefully. just waiting on the paperwork to come back from DVLA so I can give a full 'start to finish' guide.

Did you ever do this video? I can’t find it on your channel’s. Thanks

Sounds like the ambulance was kitted out for both weight and a comfy ride so very lucky. Yes, i must improve on my 'screwfix' set I got and get all the odd sizes as well. the 14mm, 16mm, 18mm etc. Every time my wife's Fiat 500 needs attention, I curse the Italians for every bolt being 16mm or 18mm! why cant they use 13, 17 and 19 like everybody else.....

Are you offering?

@@wiltshirecustomcamper7203 lol 😆

Merci. Wow, does that mean I'm now fluent? :-)

have not done it yet, it is about up-plating! coming soon when procrastination period ends....

It came from CAK tanks. I believe Magnum sell it aswell. hope that helps.

​@@wiltshirecustomcamper7203Great. Thank you.

no sorry, not supplied to me at the time so I went with the 'murder tight on the breaker bar' method without anything else to go on. please dont copy that though, that was an option that worked for me.

copied what i saw in another video about changing leaf springs and they said to re-tighten once on the ground in case it moves at all when loaded. hope that helps.

Same here, near to completion and am now worrying 😟 what did it weigh?

A bold statement for sure to say you have finished? is a van ever truly finished? on the weight front, I have not weighed it as scared to do it to be honest. had my MOT in Jan and the combined weight from the brake test rolling road was 3.4t. now it is not an exact science of course as the two axles are weighed separately during the brake test, but it was enough for me to know and decide that an up-plate was going to be required. they reckon I could go to 4.5t which would be great, will wait and see how it pans out and then make a video on it.

Interesting that you can go to 4.5t 🤔 Are the axle weights on the van's 'plate' the maximum without the suspension mods..? Mine add up to 3850kg. Presumably the maximum on the 'plate' is primarily based on suspension spec rather than the actual axel max itself..? Great vid btw..🙄

I had bought the airbags first but then decided to do the leaf springs aswell as not too expensive for what they are really and the ride is much better now. I don't get the 'lean' going around corners that i did with the OEM springs. if you have not already watched already, my airbag video shows how I had to tackle the bump stops....bloody things!

yes I did up-plate and it is now 4.6t, i will do a video on this when i get the time but have very busy of late.

@@wiltshirecustomcamper7203 Fantastic great series and lots of food for thought, was scared in case I had missed the video on the up plating, really interested on trying to get a pop top fitted to one of these, I see Auto Trail and Adria have models with this but at a high cost obviously. It would add another dimension and save a lot of space also would make room for my motorbike hence the interest in up plating. Keep up the good work.

@@graemey85 I too looked at pop tops but dismissed it when I considered it meant no maxxfans and much solar panel difficulty.

To be fair, it didn't as I already had the air suspension fitted but the double leaf springs gave additional stability and allowed for my up-plate which is coming in a video soon.

yes, was a great upgrade and not too expensive really in the big scheme of things. I think a better first step over just buying crazy expensive sumo springs!?!?

@@wiltshirecustomcamper7203 Thanks a lot for the information. Take care .

ah yes, torque you say? The most accurate and scientific answer would be: murder tight with the long bar! that doesn't really help does it....

Thanks for the reply.

If I remember I linked to the supplier in the video for current prices, it was around £300 if I recall. lots of choices on ebay. It took me a day to do with no experience of doing it before. a mechanic would probably clock this at 2-3 hours work. out of the airbags and leaf springs, the hardest and longest part is those damned bumpstops. with my up-plate I am now running at 4600kg . video on that coming soon.

Midland Road Springs. there is a link in the video description.

I'm easily bribed by a brew and a hobnob!

@@wiltshirecustomcamper7203 Oh I dont mind paying because im not way a mechanic...I have screwdriver as a toolkit...LOL, ok maybe a bit more than just a screwdriver lol

Must drive the neighbours mad!

I don't recall hearing that. What is the timestamp in the video please?

@@NomaddUK 21 sec when the coloured bars appear 🐶