Hey Frank --- I just installed my kit and they are fabulous. One of these
kits is a doorprize at BusFusion this year :-) The guys name is Mark Goodard
email is megoddard@hotmail.com and he's a good guy to deal with too.
Cheers,
Doug

On 6/9/08, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 06/06/2008 12:31:28 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
> There's  a guy on The Samba who has developed a kit  with all the needed
> parts to  install lifting shocks on your poptop.  He seems to have done a
> good
> amount of trial and error and research before settling on the kit(s) he
> offers
> now.
>
> There's a regular duty kit for tops with no racks/boxes/kayaks  etc., and a
> heavy duty kit for tops that do have some stuff up  there.
>
> People have reported being able to lift the top with as little  as two
> fingers!  Closing the top is supposed to be a bit of a pull down,  but
> nothing
> difficult.
>
> I haven't purchased a kit yet, but have been  pondering it.
> I believe he charges $85 for the kit, which doesn't seem  unreasonable to
> me
> to get all the pieces that actually work!
>
> _http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2847737#2847737_
> (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2847737#2847737)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> These kits are the cats  meow !  I have just installed mine and with the 25
> lb solar panel on top  the pop top goes up with the touch of my fingers.
> Pulling it closed is a  bit more difficult but nothing compared to having
> to open
> that top with the  solar panel on there before the struts were installed.
> I
> have bough  a whole pile of them for sale to my customers here.  Everyone
> who's
> tried  them loves them !  One of the better new items for our Westys is
> some
> time.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank  Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) )
> _Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html
> )
> - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
> _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust  Systems_
> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/exhaust.htm)
> _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
> camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15,  2008
>

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