RE:    I've read about a K& N Engine filter improving performance.  It would
probably be a good idea

> for me to try it.
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Won't help any great amount unless the old filter was really plugged up and
then a stock filter would have been as good. BTDT, I still run the K&N but
gained little or nothing from it.

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> As for the dipping - my van DOES have fiberglass bumpers.  That's how it
> came.  Was that an "upgrade" done by one of the P.O's?  What are my
> options
> regarding the bumper?

The fiberglass bumpers were stock on later models, not an upgrade.  They
were an upgrade trim package on some other models but are factory, stock.
As for replacements that would reduce your approach angle the only ones I
know of are the bumpers from GoWesty.  The tube bumpers from Van Cafe or
aircooled.net will be worse than what you have.  I have the Van Cafe bumpers
on my '90, I know.

New shocks shouldn't change the ride height at all (though you probably
would like the Bilsteins especially if you current shocks have a lot of
miles on them or are the very harsh KYB shocks.  But there are other good
shocks on the market that are cheaper than the Bilsteins and should give
just as good a ride on the highway.

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