vanagonman wrote:Hey Paddy...can you give us a link and the parts you amassed so far, along with the recipe of what's needed?

13 window deluxe wrote:i will take some more pictures at the weekend when its light hopefully with the steering arms fitted

cost so far:
£50 steering rack & shipping
£30 saxo pas pump
£20 hydraulic hose
£12 17mm steering shaft beaing
£10 t25 relay box
£10 vectra steering column uj
£5 all fixing nuts & bolts required
£137 so far

i had the mk2 golf lower column uj,steel work,paint etc kicking about in the lockup so that didnt cost anything but might have cost another £20 or so if i had to buy it and i still have to pay for the machine work on the steering arms, if you didnt want power assistance you could easily knock £50 of straight away for the pump and hose? but i figured while i was rack and pinion'ing i may as well go power

BBBCVW wrote:these guys do a conversion
http://www.valleygasspeedshop.com/parts.html

the ce kit isnt as easy to fit as they say not driven the van any distance yet so cant coment on that but think there was a few unfinished bits to the kit

Valley Gas own VW split screen camper steering rack conversion, get you bus flat on the floor, get rid of the worn out box and raise clearance the floor you won't believe how low you can go £1100 steel (also available in stainless).

gin23deluxe wrote:Hi Guys mark hopley gingersbuses, yes are new bolt on kit is being road tested now, i drove ians van today right hand drive panel and its fantastic. he s running 5 1/2 mengles on 3 1/2 dropped spindles, it super smooth, very light (slightly lighter than my mk4 golf) lighter than stock for parking (not any different than it is driving) no tracking/tramming, self centers, and the horn works as it should the wire comes out behind the column just above the cab floor.
Ian built his 12 yrs ago and it was vauxhaul astra based as is mine(he s knackerd one tie rod end in 12 yrs, an it was all second hand when he fitted it) but we ve binned it as the racks are not available new, so its a no brainer and its physically much bigger, are racks are brand new, plus we like it as it uses nice hex bar for tie rods...
Its also a true rack system, no center idler or pitman arm, takes up space directly behind the beam, we will be using vw jims columns when where up and running.
we ll keep you posted on it, but it wont be available until where 100% happy and its had essentially a good hiding
cheers mark

cloudinspector wrote:

gin23deluxe wrote:Hi Guys mark hopley gingersbuses, yes are new bolt on kit is being road tested now, i drove ians van today right hand drive panel and its fantastic. he s running 5 1/2 mengles on 3 1/2 dropped spindles, it super smooth, very light (slightly lighter than my mk4 golf) lighter than stock for parking (not any different than it is driving) no tracking/tramming, self centers, and the horn works as it should the wire comes out behind the column just above the cab floor.
Ian built his 12 yrs ago and it was vauxhaul astra based as is mine(he s knackerd one tie rod end in 12 yrs, an it was all second hand when he fitted it) but we ve binned it as the racks are not available new, so its a no brainer and its physically much bigger, are racks are brand new, plus we like it as it uses nice hex bar for tie rods...
Its also a true rack system, no center idler or pitman arm, takes up space directly behind the beam, we will be using vw jims columns when where up and running.
we ll keep you posted on it, but it wont be available until where 100% happy and its had essentially a good hiding
cheers mark

I like the sound of this. Do you have any idea of a timescale and approximate cost?

gin23deluxe wrote:Hi Guys mark hopley gingersbuses, yes are new bolt on kit is being road tested now, i drove ians van today right hand drive panel and its fantastic. he s running 5 1/2 mengles on 3 1/2 dropped spindles, it super smooth, very light (slightly lighter than my mk4 golf) lighter than stock for parking (not any different than it is driving) no tracking/tramming, self centers, and the horn works as it should the wire comes out behind the column just above the cab floor.
Ian built his 12 yrs ago and it was vauxhaul astra based as is mine(he s knackerd one tie rod end in 12 yrs, an it was all second hand when he fitted it) but we ve binned it as the racks are not available new, so its a no brainer and its physically much bigger, are racks are brand new, plus we like it as it uses nice hex bar for tie rods...
Its also a true rack system, no center idler or pitman arm, takes up space directly behind the beam, we will be using vw jims columns when where up and running.
we ll keep you posted on it, but it wont be available until where 100% happy and its had essentially a good hiding
cheers mark