FORWARDED FOR:  Andrew Grebneff

From: "Kathleen Grebneff" <kgrebneff@shaw.ca>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Re: Cast control arm upgrade worth it? Springs?
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:55:07 -0600

At 09:39 AM 02/08/2008, you wrote:

  The local junkyard has  '88 GL Vanagon.  Would it be worth upgrading =
my '84
  to cast control arms?  What about the GL springs on a Westy?

  --
  Chris S.
  "Jeszcze Polska Nie Zgin?"

Count yourself lucky... I have been unable to get 86+ front-end parts to =
upgrade my 84... whenever someone in the US offers me the parts, they =
then disappear... and though I'm in Calgary, Canada at the moment, these =
vans are rare here and the only yard who admitted having one was a mite =
greedy.

I would think that the cast arms would be stiffer, resulting in more =
precise steering and handling. Probably only a useful swap if you corner =
hard or get into a swerve-and-recover situation.