This bothered me in Ron's original description of "ride height".  You cannot
measure from tire top to fender well and have a meaningful number.  To have
your measurement mean anything, you need to measure from the center of the
axle to the fender well (parked on level ground, of course).

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay L Snyder" <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: Vanagon SPRINGS now in!

> How much would they lower my '85?  It is ~1" higher than your '89 to begin
> with.  I not saying this is bad--the handling would be better, especially
> in cross-winds.  The front of my '85 is too high anyway.
>
>                                                         Jay