Air ride on an alko chassis (1 Viewer)

[Polar bear]

I am thinking of buying a new van on an alko chassis and will need to raise the rear of van to clear crown of road onto my drive. Has anyone got any experience of an alko chassis with air ride fitted any how much can the rear be raised.

 

[Speve]

We have just had VB semi air fitted to our Exsis i698 and it will raise about 50 mm we use it when towing to keep rear end up when trailer hitched and van loaded.

 

[Baycott]

We've had AS Air assist on the rear of our Alko chassis and when fully inflated raises our 1mtr overhang by about 2" (50mm). The rise will be different depending on the length of overhang.

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[icantremember]

Same as @Baycott

 

[PeteH]

Spoke to a guy at Lincoln Show, who retails Air suspension, It`s Bloody expensive! In region of 1.5 to 2K fitted. The whole Rear suspension is markedly different from Standard.

Pete

 

[Speve]

Spoke to a guy at Lincoln Show, who retails Air suspension, It`s Bloody expensive! In region of 1.5 to 2K fitted. The whole Rear suspension is markedly different from Standard.

Pete

This is a quote we had earlier this year
Our price to supply and fit VB semi air will be £1,600 + VAT

Our price to supply and fit VB 2C full air will be £2,950 + VAT

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[Bart]

This is a quote we had earlier this year
Our price to supply and fit VB semi air will be £1,600 + VAT

Our price to supply and fit VB 2C full air will be £2,950 + VAT

Mention the word Motorhome and the price just gets crazy...

 

[PeteH]

I spoke at length with the retailer, and he showed me the difference, which includes a completely different Radius arm and heavy duty fitting on the frame. So I could see where the extra expense goes it`s pretty much a full "re engineering" of the rear set-up. Most of the extra cost is in the fabrication of specialist Parts. "Small Batch" production, even with modern CNC tooling is very costly, the cost benefits only come with mass production.

Pete

 

[bluesurf989]

Ive been looking into it too for our full Alko. Ive been speaking to Gliderite. i could just do with about 4" lift though on the rear!

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[Speve]

Mention the word Motorhome and the price just gets crazy...

When you look at the kit that's fitted you can see why the cost is high but it works a treat and Court Conversions did a good job wouldn't hessitate to recommend them.

 

[PeteH]

I`ve seen somewhere that Alko themselves now have an Air ride system? I`ll see if I can find it?.

Here:- http://www.al-ko.co.uk/pages/air-suspension.html

Pete

 

[PeteH]

I am thinking of buying a new van on an alko chassis and will need to raise the rear of van to clear crown of road onto my drive. Has anyone got any experience of an alko chassis with air ride fitted any how much can the rear be raised.

Specification:- http://www.al-ko.co.uk/pages/technical-specifications-9.html

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[knokinonabit]

Specification:- http://www.al-ko.co.uk/pages/technical-specifications-9.html

I have just looked through all of the technical specs for the AlKo system and the max weight of vehicle it can be applied to is 4.5t, even twin axle like ours.
Unfortunately ours is the AutoTrail Comanche at 5.0t, so no good for us.

 

[Speve]

When considering air ride I contacted Alko they were expensive and I would have had to take the van to Germany to have the work done at their factory I instead went to Tiverton and had it done there cheaper.

 

[Polar bear]

Thanks for all the replies we live in Somerset , what is the name of the company in Tiverton as this is only three quarters of an hour away

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[Speve]

Thanks for all the replies we live in Somerset , what is the name of the company in Tiverton as this is only three quarters of an hour away

@Polar bear Courtside Conversions they are very good
Graham Roberts
Courtside Conversions Ltd
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[Polar bear]

Thank you Speke have phoned them and waiting for call back

 

[jdk62]

Have been considering full air on our alko chassis but am now thinking about just having it on the rear... however do any funsters strongly recommend it on the front too?

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[Steve devon]

Ours is in with graham at Courtside as we speak having full air fitted, looking forward to picking her up at the weekend