BenT - that's good news!  Please keep us posted!

Chris S.

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:58 AM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:

> We have all heard how harsh the ride is on lowered Vanagons which use the
> H&R purple springs.
> At the suggestion of someone who had similar set-up in his Westy I went
> about to cut the bump-
> stops on my front shocks. You see the ride of the H&R equipped Vanagon is
> relatively firm but
> acceptable for me. The problem was the body bottomed out on every big bump.
> I have to admit that
> I was initially apprehensive that cutting about an inch off the bumpstops
> was going to be enough.
>
> Well, I embarked on this project today. Basically you take the shocks out
> of
> the front. Takes the
> sleeve/boot off. Note that there are 5 disc-like rings on top of the
> sleeve.
> Those are your bump
> stops. I cut two rings off then duct-taped the upper and lower halves
> because I did not have any
> means to glue them together. The seams is hidden by part of the A-arms. I
> would liken this to
> cutting two washers off the five.
>
> Result is a delightful ride. I still firmer than normal but acceptable
> IMHO.
> So if you have installed
> H&R's and are/were unhappy, you might want to consider this option. I
> almost
> installed a $1500
> air-suspension system to keep the low stance. Now I can save that mod for
> my
> Syncro  instead.
>
> There is some concern about bottoming out the shock since there are less
> bumpstops. I am
> using Bilstein HD's. I will find out soon enough I suppose.
>
>
> BenT
>