That's my experience as well. I have syncro rear springs on my 2wd w/
Porche CV and Syncro OME rear shocks. The front has HD Bilsteins w/
Schwenk springs + a spacer; I may try fitting a set of syncro
springs/struts up front while the van is in pieces for a
balljoint/control arm update.

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Mark Drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> As far as installing goes this is not the case in my experience. You can
>  put the rear Syncro springs into a 2wd without unbolting the the a-arm
>  as I have several times.  You do for sure need to release the parking
>  brake and sometimes, especially if a diesel, you need to loosen the cv
>  bolts on the tranny end a few turns. That said, it is probably a bad
>  idea unless you use the longer Syncro rear shocks and make sure the cv
>  angles are ok, which on a diesel they won't be unless you lower the
>  tranny nose a several inches and this adds other problems.
>
>  Mark
>
>
>
>
>  Chris S wrote:
>
> > Syncro rear springs on a 2WD Vanagon make for a very stiff ride.  I put
> them
> > on my '85 and found that all my negative suspension travel was gone.  The
> > Westy bounced over small and medium bumps instead of absorbing them.  Part
> > of the problem is that Syncro spings have to be compressed to fit.  You
> > actually have to unbolt the rear A-arm, put int he spring, then compress
> the
> > suspension by using a jack and reinstall the outer a-arm bolt.  So, unless
> > you have a GM V6 engine weighing down the back end, don't do it.
> >
> > If you simply need to lift a sagging rear, I made some spacers from
> > polyethylene cutting board.  It worked very well.
> >
> > http://www.knology.net/~vw/vanagon/sag/
> >
> > Chris S.
> >
> > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Brendan Slevin <totorovan@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Will a set of syncro springs fit on my 84 gl 2wd?  How much will they
> lift
> > > it, if any?  Adverse effects?  Thank you!
> > >
> > > Brendan Slevin
> > > 84 GL Totoro
> > > Bend, Oregon
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>