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Subject:Re: ride heights
From:Nock
Date:Thu, 2 Jan 2003 17:10:45 -0800

I see two types:

1) Synco owners (and some others) wanting to increase ride height to get
more suspension travel.

2) Roadies, who seek the direct oppsite, lower ride height at the expense of
suspension travel.

And I thought we where all in the same club.

----- 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/
>
>