going rate it 90 per shock so thats 4 bills.
BTW i'm using Roberts HR springs with the bilsteins
and the ride is hard if the road is tore up. I have crappy
tires right now so i bet things will change once i get something with a nice firm sidewall.

Joe

On 18 Feb 2003, Mark Dorm wrote:

> I picked my bilstein shocks from shox.com -
> think I paid 240??? I don't remember, but they
> certainly weren't 400 dollars... I've since
> lost the receipt which is a real bad thing,
> because that receipt is needed for the
> lifetime warranty... on a bmw I had (really
> slow 320i... - honda civic of same year is
> much faster) bilstein tested the shocks found
> out they needed to be replaced so they gave me
> new ones for free, but told me they could only
> do that once cause I didn't have the
> receipt...
>
> >From: Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@AOL.COM>
>
> >When I bought my van a few years back, it
> >needed shocks. So I bought some KYB shocks to
> >save a few bucks...
> >
> >Since then, my wife complained about the
> >bumps... The ride was a bit stiff going over
> >bumps, but I though this was normal...
> >
> >Later I switched to H lower springs, ride
> >was stiff, it handled curves much better, but
> >the wife complained about the bumps...
> >
> >Did notice that a squeak developed in the
> >door area, could never trace the source, the
> >ac ducts creaked whenever I went over bumps
> >... this is normal on a 15 year old van
> >right...
> >
> >Well, I changed back to stock springs and
> >still the ride was rough in the rear ... and
> >the noise...
> >
> >I changed the rear shocks to some NON gas
> >shocks, the ride was better. No more bouncing
> >around in the rear.
> >
> >I then finally got around to changing the
> >front shocks out to the Boge NON-gas shock.
> >There is a sizable difference in the main
> >shaft of the KYB and the Boge on the front.
> >The shaft on Boge is about half the size of
> >the KYB.
> >
> >Well, after the change, the mysterious squeak
> >disappears unless it is rough road, much
> >quieter now...
> >
> >The ride is also much better over bumps,
> >smoother...
> >
> >The wife is not complaining any more :) about
> >the ride...
> >
> >
> >If you are looking for new shocks, spend the
> >extra bucks and get the Boge.
> >
> >As far as the Blisteins, I do not have $400
> >to test them...
> >
> >
> >For the handling part add front and rear
> >sway bars.
> >
> >
> >These shocks are on a street Vanagon that
> >will seldom see off road conditions.
> >
> >I have 15" rims and 205x65x15 Mich. Arglis at
> >40 PSI rear and 30 PSI front.
> >
> >
> >Robert
> >
> >
> >Soon I will be rebuilding the rear suspension
> >and adding in my Boge performance springs...
>
>
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