Glad to know that. Also glad to know that Monroe doesnt build the internals.

Monroe: MON-row,1. poor quality shock installed by most Les Schwab and other
non-VW savvy shops 2. Washington State penitentary location.

Coincidence? I think not :)

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Shock ID and ride questions.
>Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:51:31 -0700
>
>"If they say Monroe on them anywhere; make sure to get those puppies thrown
>in the
>garbage where noone else can put them in their van. Bilstein is my
>preference. However,
>I just got a Syncro so I think OME will be my option."
>
>Careful, when you get your OME's, look real close and you'll notice they
>say
>"Monroe" on them. They are rebuilt to OME specs but they do use the Monroe
>tubes. I'm liking the OME's I have on mine. Can recommend them. Very good
>all around performance, stabililty, especially cross-wind influences and
>lane changes. Good offroad performance too.
>
>Bob Stevens
>'87 Syncro Westy
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>
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