Before buying the eBay Bilsteins, it would probably be a good idea to check
which model of Bilstein shocks he's selling.  If the part numbers are
B46-0820 (front), and B46-0830 (rear), then $209 + $29 is a great deal.

Cheers,

Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Florian Speier
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 6:40 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Front Shock Absorbers

hi list,

there is another cheap great option: there is a guy on ebay selling
bilsteins for vanagons for 209$ a set with buy-it-now, plus 29 shipping
(ouch). i have bilsteins in my van in the front and its absolutely great
(KYB in the back as i was out of money). however i can only compare to the
stock ones i took out at 128000miles.

here is the link to the ebay auction, if they are gone they will reappear,
it seems, or just mail the guy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BILSTEIN-SHOCKS-VW-VANAGON-79-91-FULL-SET_W0Q
QcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33590QQitemZ8019002758QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

i am not affiliated or anything.

florian