{"id":7650,"date":"2018-07-13T14:28:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T12:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwr-shop.de\/produkt\/mercedes-benz-w-638-vito-v-class-lwr\/"},"modified":"2020-02-20T13:23:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T12:23:57","slug":"mercedes-benz-w-638-vito-v-class-lwr","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/lwr-shop.de\/en\/umbaukits\/mercedes-benz-w-638-vito-v-class-lwr\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz W 638 (Vito \/ V-Class) (LWR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The W 638 series was produced by Mercedes-Benz as a van and minibus. It was sold as a commercial vehicle under<br \/>\nthe Vito name, see Mercedes-Benz vans, and in the passenger car segment as a V-Class, see Mercedes-Benz cars.<\/p>\n<p>It is the successor to the MB 100. The W 638 has a transversely installed front engine and is driven by the front wheels. It was produced at the Vitoria-Gasteiz plant in Spain from 1996 to 2003. The successor is the 639 series. In 1996 the Vito was voted Van of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Vito is the commercial vehicle from the W 638 &#8211; 638\/1 series.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>However, the more comfortable variant of the series is the V-Class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technically, the variants are almost identical, but the V-Class is better noise-insulated and comes with air suspension for the rear axle as standard, which was only available as an option on the Vito.<\/p>\n<p>The variants differ optically, among other things. on the headlights, radiator grille, texturing of the rear lights and the exterior mirrors (larger and unpainted on the Vito).<\/p>\n<p>The Vito name is derived from Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain, where the vehicle models are manufactured.<br \/>\nThe vehicle was originally intended to be marketed as Vitoria, but Seat had had the name protected for its own use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The headlight range control of the V-Class is accomplished by ENR (level lift) on the rear axle.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> However, there are usually problems with the level lift, so that it is converted to conventional shock absorbers.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> This of course means that the headlight range adjustment required for the T\u00dcV is missing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This can be remedied by retrofitting to Vito headlights that are controlled by an LWR.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Here you have the choice:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You can install the original pneumatic LWR from the Vito or the electrical variant offered here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The two following LWR control conversion kits are intended for the Vito headlights from the years 1996 to 2003.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Of course, it doesn&#8217;t matter whether these headlights are installed in a Vito or in the V-Class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The W 638 series was produced by Mercedes-Benz as a van and minibus. It was sold as a commercial vehicle under the Vito name, see Mercedes-Benz vans, and in the passenger car segment as a V-Class, see Mercedes-Benz cars. It is the successor to the MB 100. The W 638 has a transversely installed front [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7648,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[61],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7650","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-mercedes-en","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"product-type-grouped"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwr-shop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/7650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwr-shop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwr-shop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwr-shop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwr-shop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwr-shop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=7650"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwr-shop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=7650"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwr-shop.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=7650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}