Mercedes Sprinter Adventure Van DIY Rear lift kit for only £80 .Project camper Adventure Van Build
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2022
- Mercedes Sprinter Adventure Van DIY Rear lift kit for only £80 .
Looking into how expensive Adventure Van Sprinter rear lift kits are, i decided to make my own, after a lot of research i made two blocks of alloy and brought 5 ton u bolts, 4x4 anti roll bar links and fitted.
After 4 weeks driving around the kit i made works perfectly.
I was worried about the rear brake flexi hoses but they dont rub as the rear suspension has settled back down.
DIY LIFT KIT
Parts used
Febi 5 ton U bolts
part number 45457
First Line 4x4 ARB Links
FDL 7082
Alloy high strength block was free
I lifted my sprinter 80mm at the rear with no problems
You dont have to go that high but the van drives perfectly .
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Good morning everyone, great job, I have the 4x4 312d and it is almost identical. It can actually be done without any problem.
Nice job, well done. I purchased my lift kit from van concept in Poland, £500. Much cheaper than van compass. But to be fair you don't need a lift kit to drive around any tarmac in Scotland unless your way overloaded...😂 Lived here my whole life. Never needed a lift kit
Luckily my van isn’t over loaded, but at the time in the isle of sky but my tow bar nipped the track roads as it quite low, but now with the lift kit, its perfect, i just had a mot and the van weighs 3272kg so still got some head room of the 3500kg. good job i got rid of the super heavy AGM battery 🤣🤣🤣
Hi, top job mate. I didn`t realise it could be done so easily and quickly. Keep trucking mate.
well done .. Job Done
Hi just came across this video. I fitted Jones 2+1 rear springs giving similar lift and it reduced the travel of the rear shocks eventually breaking one just prior to an MOT. My solution at Mercedes main dealer was to use the heavy duty Monroe shocks they sell as in comparison to the standard shocks they are around 25mm longer. I've not had any issue since.
Great job, looks solid.
Thanks , still fitted and working perfectly 👍👍
good vid on you channel looks good thanks lee
Very useful information thank you
Thanks you 👍👍👍
I didn't raise my Sprinter but I did fit 245/75/16 Falken Wildpeak AT's, great tyre.
They really make the van look cool
Good vid Sean nice and cheep way another way you could do it is longer shackles thanks for the upload
I did try and find a shackle kit, but wasn’t very successful, I just remember the old skool way 🤣🤣🤣
The shackles way is not suitable for the Sprinter. The Sprinter uses the shackles upwards, so, longer means less height (and anyway there ir not room at all for it). What is posible is to install the shackles upside-down, and in such case you get an inmediate superlift using the same shackles. I have been working in automotive re-engineerong for more than 20 years specially in suspensions, and I know everything going off the OEM setups have the negative effect (the more, the more...). Thanks for sharing the P/N
@@tecnology-today I never thought of that good call
Hola puedes poner el enlace donde comprar el kit de elevacion ??
Muchas gracias .
Thatcher well deserved mate. Spot on. I just finished watching your air bags video and come accross another person who had the same problem you had. I then went to look at Creg Virgos air suspension kit. I am really puzzled right now, add spring leaves, airbags or go your way. Could you shed some light on why no airbags? And could I be cheeky to ask for your help in sourcing those alloy blocks? I am London based but happy to meet up anywhere... I will truly appreciate your help and guidance. I have just redid my van to a spec I am happy with but It pains me to see a a low suspension :(
No airbag suspension as Mercedes didn’t design any stress points on the chassis, just look at the leaf spring out riggers they are well capable of larger springs, just think about snapping a bit of wood over your knee, your hands holding the wood are the out riggers, the wood is the leaf spring and your knee is the stress point, ie the air bag mounts, now snap the wood, that’s the chassis. Some air bag companies mount the bags using a cradle type mount, slightly better but only used as a assistant, but still not the best way. Better springs or blocks as Mercedes used to sell as a kit. Mercedes never made a airbag system for the panel vans, only the chassis cabs, ie flat beds, ambulances, and motor home chassis. Not panel vans . I asked Mercedes technical department for commercial vehicles just so I got it right. 👍
Hi thanks for the video, I’m gonna do the same to my van but just wondered what year your van is? I have a 2012 model and just wondered if you know if the part numbers you gave will fit
Cheers
If your van is a ncv3 then yes 👍
It seems that you have no bump stops?
Hi. Have you noticed any vibration on high speed?
Have you now the side line of the body level?
None at all,drives like normal 👍👍
It's great what you have done. I've just been watching some front Sprinter Van Compass lift kits being fitted on UA-cam and when lifting the front of the vehicle, they extend the steering shaft and the power steering hose. They also drop extension blocks under the subframe, engine mount, shock absorbers and gearbox. Do you think you could fabricate blocks for all these different areas and be able to but a steering rack extension and do this yourself? The Van Compass kits are silly money plus I don't think 2" is a lot and think a 3" lift is better and Van Compass only make the 2" lift. The 4x4 Sprinters are 3 inches higher than the usual vans. Your 8cm rear lift is a good lift. I wish you success in doing the front. If you can do an 8cm lift on the front then it will be great. What company did your friend use to have his van lifted and how high was the lift and what did it cost? I'm curious.
I will just fit the 5 ton front sprint as that lifts the front, no faffing with the subframe or rack then. 👍👍
@@ProjectCamper I know you can change the leaf springs on the rear to those from a five ton to achieve a van lift. Are you going to change the front leaf spring to get the same result? I'm unsure if you are talking about a five ton leaf spring. And if so, will you have to extend the steering rack?
@@peterthegoodboy1 hi there ,sorry yes just the front spring as you dont have to extend the steering as your not changing the distance between the chassis and the subframe,its the same as the rear, just on the front. The van compasses lifts the chassis with spacers so the steering also has to be done, Mercedes just use the spring to give a lift, the VC is way over complicated not to mention expensive, when Mercedes have a massive parts bin and good used parts on Ebay from ambulance's and the 518, chassis cab sprinters etc.
@@ProjectCamper this is an interesting video. Here the guy fits 5 ton springs to the real only ua-cam.com/video/qwsjxa_NVAo/v-deo.html
Hi thanks for the video, great work. What were the dimensions of each of the ali blocks that you used?
Basically the width was the same as the spring as it has to fit between the u bolts, the length was about 20mm long than the plate on the axle to give it some slight overlap and the height if I remember was around 80mm, as the brake flexi hose still has to sit over the top of the spring, if you go the full 90mm you will have to replace the hoses with longer ones as when to suspension is in compression ( ie going up) may touch the flexi hose and damage it, hence the measurement explained in the video 👍👍
@@ProjectCamper Thanks mate! Do you know if the front shock absorber from the 906 5-t sprinter could be used on the 3.5-t? Im planning on upgrading the front and rear leaf springs first then fit some ali blocks.
Hi great idea mate. Can I ask a huge favour? Could you measure from the bottom of the floor to the bottom of your Diff box after you have now raised the back end? I want to fit a 220V Air condition split unit. If there is enough room I will cut a hole in the floor reinforce it around the hole in the floor I will then install the condenser of the AC unit in the space. I know a portion of the condenser will stick up above the floor but I will work round that.
Let me check at tonight as I will have some time 👍👍
@@ProjectCamper Hi there thanks that will be great it might just make it possible
Did you measure your pinion angle before and after? Lift blocks tend to have a slight taper. Wondering if you’ve experienced any vibrations as a result.
After nearly 20k miles there’s absolutely no difference, the tyres are not worn and I’m super impressed how easy it was just using the dimensions from Mercedes blocks available online 👍
1.25 degrees
Hi! Do you have dimensions of the blocks? Lenght and width, height is not important. Also pin dimension and hole dimension and depth would be perfect to pre-prepare blocks without double-disassembling
Hi there, the width of the blocks are the same as the spring, then once cut to find the centre mark from corner to corner that gives you the centre , its only a 10 minute job per side so i just made the blocks as i went.
Are you going to do the front too? Curious to see that one. This one also gave me a lot of convincing to diy this. Would polyester round blocks work too you reckon?
Yes definitely will do the front, I have seen at least one company that is selling the hard nylon plastic front spacers and the rear blocks 👍
@@ProjectCamper i have been searching really hard to find the front spacers, but no luck (except van compass, of couse). Can you share what you have found?
@@tecnology-today yes mate it’s VC but there’s a company on eBay that do a front and rear kit for £250 + £50 p&p they do a 40mm kit
Hi mate did your rear shock/dampers top out at all? And did you have you buy extended anti roll bar links?
Yes to both, it was a while ago now as I can’t find the details to pass on, but the rear arb links were from the new 4x4 sprinter 👍
Thank you, I’ve order the 4x4 ARB links and dampers, as the stock dampers were topping out
Could you use wood?
Hello, can you put the link where to buy the suspension lifting kit.
Hi there if you watch the video It explains how I did it myself 👍
Mate any idea the size of the locating nipple on the block? Or the hole it has to fit into?
Hi Committed 1000, like i did in the vid, i just scribed a line to find the centre, drilled a hole using a step drill and its be fine even after all this time, as long as its a snug fit it cant go anywhere.
Na all good, I meant the size of the hole that Mercedes have.. I’m getting the blocks made and the guy want to know how big to make the nipple on the block 👍🏽
I made mine on the fly , like the video, have you looked online to see if there’s dimensions for it, im pretty sure a manufacturer has listed measurements.
@@Commited1000 hi bud, I don’t suppose you’d be good enough to share the exact spec now you’ve had yours made up would you? If you could that would be great 😁👍🏻
@@aqici82qb4ip Sorry mate I changed my mind and ended ordering another leaf spring…
Hi buddy, could you possibly give me the measurements for the blocks please? HxWxD and the nipple/dimple size please?
Thanks a bunch! 😁👍🏻
Hi there as mentioned in the video the blocks are as wide as the springs the blocks are 80mm high and as long as the u bolt plates with a very small amount out over hang ( about 10 mm each way) the dimple size was the same as the spring, just drilled out with a cone cutter into the block. 👍👍
Any problems yet? I am thinking at the pinion angle...
With over 12,000 miles since fitting them, absolutely no problems , the tyres show no signs of wear, I’ve only done what Mercedes Benz did.
Hi Sean, I sent you a message to your email mate. Look forward to your next vlog.
Hi there Ken, just seen your email, i think it was a M10 allan bolt rounded off. without taking it all aprt i cant be sure but looking at my allen bolts i still have 8 left of the ten in the pack. 👍👍
Thanks Sean Im looking forward to getting it done. @@ProjectCamper
You don't think the aluminum will be too soft for that application? Are you going to get longer shocks too?
As mentioned in the video it’s high tensile alloy and Mercedes only do one size shock absorbers including as do after market unless you want to purchase the Agile kit from The USA 👍
The issue with the length of the shock absorber can be easily solved just with relocation of the lower end
@@tecnology-today no need if you find the correct length dampers 👍
Link of superlift pleasee
There is no link, i made them myself as explaned in the video An Gh C1 👍
@@ProjectCamper OKAY! I don't speak English... greetings from Spain
@@ElCaminoSeHaceAlAndar no hay problema