I got a set of Steve's springs. They are great. My van was restored to the
stock ride height plus a little.  I added shims on all four corners.
12mm(1/2") in the front
19mm(3/4")+12mm(1/2") in the back.
With all the shims I have added it is a little too tall in the back. This
lead problems with my old cv's. I had to replace them with good used ones.
The new steeper angle of my axle had changed the range of motion that my CVs
were going through.  It was just too much for my worn out CVs.  I still have
a slight vibration. I should take the small shim out but I like the way it
looks.  The rear axel to fender lip height is 18".  The addition of a 1"
swaybar in front made the biggest difference on the reduction of sway.
Later I added a rear swaybar which I did not feel the effect of as much as I
did the front.

Derrek Wittmann
----- Original Message -----
From: "phil stanhope" <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] New springs on my 1989 Vanagon with shims for the
lefty camper sway

> Could you say that this is a better solution to reduce
> sway than to add front and rear sway bars? I would
> much rather do this if it REALLY reduced swaying, and
> from reading Developtrust's posts it seams to be so.
>
>
> Phil,
> 84' "Westy Millenium Falcon"
>
>
>