I've got the touring Bilsteins on my westy & they are nice, not to
stiff, but firm.
The touring ones are less expensive than the HD's FWIW.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

On May 5, 2008, at 4:42 PM, Loren Busch wrote:

> IIRC (from discussion and research about two years ago) even though
> Bilstein
> has a touring shock that fits they DO NOT specify it for the
> Vanagon.  They
> do specify it for the Bus.  And I know for sure that at the time I
> ordered
> and installed the Bilsteins Van Cafe only showed the part number
> for the HD
> version.  That's what I have and I'm very very pleased with them.
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Florian Speier
> <groups.florian@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> anyone considering bilstein shocks please remember there are two
>> versions
>> -
>> the bilstein touring and the bilstein hd.
>>