

| Subject: | Re: Lowering an 85' |
| From: | Joseph Fortino |
| Date: | Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:43:06 -0800 |
I drag nothing even if i punch a corner hard and make my cheepy tires flex. ohh i have a DIP near my house and just roll slow not full speed like i see some do. but then again i have the spair up front. hey my wife drives it daily, sport low is good. Joe On 13 Mar 2003, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Dustin Fitch wrote: > > > If you do find some springs that would lower > > that baby though, I think you would just > > have to be that much more careful about > > where you went in 'er and how you drove > > 'er.....that motor sits fairly low as it is, > > exhaust included. > > I'm sorry, but a stock Vanagon is *not* a > dangerously low-slung vehicle! :) Compare the > ground clearance under it to the clearance > under a stock Honda Civic, some time. About > the only clearance issue with Vanagons is the > long front overhang. You might have approach > angle problems with steep driveway entrances > if you really lowered it radically. > > Of course, if you've done a Subaru conversion > it might be different. That oil pan really > looks exposed hanging down there. > > > David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 > Honda Civic Si
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