Chris, someone sent me a verbal discription of what you did. I believe the
where referencing you.

I have nosed arround, and the 85's did have higher springs that the later
years.  I guess for 85, there was a "lower street" spring option you could
order - that became standard in the later years.  The lower height allowed
access to garages and improved handling.

I guess we have three choices, "jack that saggy ass up", or " pull the perky
nose down", or spend $400 bucks on a new set of low rider springs.

Where the springs hard to remove?

----- Original Message -----
From: <mrvolkswagen@hotmail.com>
To: "Andrew Nock" <mcnock@easystreet.com>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: leveling van ride height /cheap way to do it

> > Problem: I have an 85 westy with a sagging rear end.
>
> Allow me to share the fix I did on my '85 Vanagon.  The year may not be a
> coincidence.  Based on my experience all '85 model vans sit a bit higher
> than the rest save a Syncro (others may want to confirm/deny).  The
> alternative would be a trip to a junk yard for different front springs.
>
> http://www.knology.net/~vw/vanagon/sag/
>
> Chris S.
> www.knology.net/~vw/
>
>