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Old 10-18-2015, 05:49 PM   #1
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hello from England - cadet / n126 /freedom microlite owner

Hello from England! Bought a n126 in march, was a kids play house, painted white & pink inside, leaking window seals and generally in a bad way with shot leaf spring suspension, gutted it and made new Suspension! It's coming along and works well with our vw t4! Didn't realise there was so many different fibreglass caravans!
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Old 10-18-2015, 06:08 PM   #2
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Welcome to the FGRV family. Your hard work did not show up in pictures.... at least for me.
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Old 10-19-2015, 05:16 AM   #4
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Funny to see that we tow the same kind of caravan with VW T4s. I believe your T4 might be lowered too, since that is very popular in the UK. My T4 is at original hight, but the tow bar is still a bit low for the caravan, with less then 10 cm clearance between the support wheel and the ground and its lending forward. I would love to see photos of the new suspension you've made and how it sits behind your T4.
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Old 10-19-2015, 05:46 AM   #5
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Hi,the suspension is made up of 2 new avonride indespension units -upside down, so instead of pointing down to the road 45° they point up ! Iv another standard n126 with standard suspension and wheels and it measures 20 inch from ground to wheel arch,the modified suspension measures 13inch so it's 7 inch lower!Iv towed it about 600miles miles in total with no problems and is very stable at 60/70 mph . My van is slightly lowered around 50mm and the towball is on the lowest setting of 2 holes on towbar (top of ball is 30cm from the road) this makes the caravan level when hitched up! I'll post pics
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Old 10-19-2015, 05:54 AM   #6
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Old 10-19-2015, 05:58 AM   #7
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Hello from England! Bought a n126 in march, was a kids play house, painted white & pink inside, leaking window seals and generally in a bad way with shot leaf spring suspension, gutted it and made new Suspension! It's coming along and works well with our vw t4! Didn't realise there was so many different fibreglass caravans!
Hi: camperpete... Welcome to our little fiberglass world. Nice to see you've returned the n126 to being an "Adult playhouse".
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Old 10-19-2015, 09:03 AM   #8
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Hi,thanks -nice 5th wheel set up there ;-)
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Hi,thanks -nice 5th wheel set up there ;-)
Hi: camperpete... Thanks also... We love it. Tug is a V6 Auto Trans. Nissan Crew Cab long bed. Same truck as the Navara in Europe... but we have no diesel YET!!!
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Wow, looks great! Doug here in the middle of America! Very cute trailer. Our Scamp has been greatly improved since buying it just a year ago. Factory mods topped it off.
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That's NEAT Pete.
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Nifty fiberglass rig Peter! What is the top bit showing in your first photo and the last photo? It looks like it is on top of the fiberglass top?
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Hi,thanks - it's the pop top,it's on 2 scissor hinges ,held down with 4 clips and pushes up to give 6ft 2in standing room,has a fly net around, keeps fly out (and in lol)
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Old 10-19-2015, 02:52 PM   #14
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Love the Cadet! You have done some really slick renovations. Wish I could see it in person. Keep up the good work. Lee in Idaho
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Old 10-20-2015, 04:45 PM   #15
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Here are suspension mods
I didn't expect that you used what for me looks like rubber torsion suspension. Interesting to see that you more or less just let the swing arm lend upwards, instead of downwards.
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Old 10-20-2015, 05:29 PM   #16
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Hi PerH, these indespension units are a basic principle, a solid square bar in a square tube, at 45° to one another and 4 solid rubber rods/tubes pulled through the triangles created - if you know what I mean! They are a very solid unit with not much give in them -and only minimal travel either way up! They are rated 350kg and work a treat! The roads here in the UK are good and the closest we get to wild camping (boondocking you call it) is pulling into a field lol - oh and the odd speed hump
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Ps and no dampers /shock absorbers fitted!
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Old 10-20-2015, 06:04 PM   #18
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Ps, did I read your a member of the t4 forum? Me too as O===vw===O
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Old 10-21-2015, 04:18 AM   #19
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Hi Pete, yes I've been on the VW T4 forum almost since I bought my T4 back in 2006. Maybe my biggest contribution might have been to inspire other T4/T5 owners to have hot showers on the road

www.vwt4forum.co.uk: My Caravelle as a temporary Camping-Car - Hot water shower solution

The wheel axle (Knot) on my "Freedom Microlite" has got the same kind of rubber torsion-bars suspension that you've got. They work without shock absorbers, but shock absorbers can make the caravan to jump less on bumpy roads.
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