I was in a crash and still think the clearance saved most of the back
of the van, if i was stock clearance it would have gone into me lower hitting
more of the motor, as it stands it hit me smack in the middle ( lucky )
BTW i have blisteins on the van with HR coils and its a real stiff ride
but i still love it, just wish they would fix crappy roads :) plus i have
old tires and need sometime better to really get the effect but it handles

have fun :)
Joe

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ri [mailto:ri@RASAPRABHU.ORG]
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 02:03 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: H&R Springs Happiness
>
> Greetings Listees,
>
> We got our H&R Springs installed on our 87 Westy, and are very happy campers.
>
> We were concerned about it looking like a kids car (last thing we needed)
> as well as concerned the ground clearance, tire clearance and ride would suck.
>
> We were pleasantly surprised when we picked up. It's definitely lower, but
> not "slammed", and if one didn't park next to a stock one, I bet you
> wouldn't even notice.
>
> We sure noticed the difference on our windy drive up the valley home. It
> handles like night and day, and the fear of this top-heavy feeling springy
> thing have all been relieved.
>
> It's ride reminds of us our old 96 850 turbo wagon. It has some bounce on
> the front, but the mechanic said the shocks were bad. Some bilsteins are on
> the way.
>
> So, just wanted to let you all know who want to do the conversion.. that
> are a bit afraid about it... that it worked well for us!
>
>
> Ri, Glen & the River Clan
>
> 87 Tiico Westy
> 67 Singlecab
> 02 Prius (Soon to be swapped for a TDI Beetle/Biodiesel)
> =================
> Oregon Coast
>