

| Subject: | Re: Shimmiong coil springs - wsa Purple springs from H&R |
| From: | courtney hook |
| Date: | Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:11:02 -0800 |
Ah, yuh just kill me. :-) Love the neoprene enforced toes, and the crayon comments :^b Regards, Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:50 pm Subject: Re: Shimmiong coil springs - wsa Purple springs from H&R To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > I did this on my '85 Westy to bring up the sagging back end up > to near > level with the front. The procedure, done in 2002, is > explained here: > > http://www.knology.net/~vw/vanagon/sag/ > > ...and I trimmed my reply as requested by The Administrator. > > 2008/12/17 Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>: > > You get a half inch thick white Teflon cutting board > from Wal-Mart, and > > you cut that into round half inch thick shims for your > coil springs..... > > That's one way to raise a coil spring car that's lower > than you want. > > Not sure you can get all that you want this way in terms > of suspension > > travel, but it is the low tech, low dollar way to raise coil > springs that > > are too low. > > You can read about it online in many places I'm sure. > > Sounds like you need more than a half inch...........just > wanted to mention > > this option. > > Heck there are even thingey's that screw into the coils to > make the spring > > taller, but they're pretty hokey too. Not really recommended. > > Scott > > > > > -- > Chris S. > Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur" > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an > e-mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------
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