some of my 2WD vans are measuring 15 3/4 on the front,
and one is 15 inches, but 14 inches sounds quite low to me.
but no way any of them are 17.5 inches.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark A Kippert" <vanagon@KIPPERT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: Purple springs from H&R

Someone had asked me to measure the height at the front of my van with
the H&R springs. His '84 measured 17.5" from center hub to the lip of
the front fender. Mine measures 14" (on both sides). A 3.5" drop seems
pretty significant.

Is 17.5" standard (again as measured from the center hub to the bottom
lip of the fender)?

-Mark K

On Dec 23, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Todd P Last wrote:

> I agree with Raimund. I had H&R springs (on a westy) and added
> bilstien's - it still was jarring on short bumps.
> Might be different with a non-camper.  It did corner like it was on
> rails. But I decided I liked my back better than cornering like a  race
> car.
>
> Todd
> '88 Westy
>
> JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>> In a message dated 12/17/08 3:10:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> ray@V6BUS.DE
>> writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Purple H+R are NOT stiffer.
>>> They are just lower.
>>>
>>> I had them installed about 8 years ago. They wore out a lot, 3 of 7
>>> spring turns are "on block", so no more spring effect there.
>>>
>>> The stiffness is independent from the springs, it�s the shocks!
>>>
>>> I used the purple springs with stock shocks. Sucks...
>>> Stiffer shocks made the Van better in corners.
>>>
>>> Whether with or without new shocks, the purple springs don�t like  short
>>> bumps. These really hurt!
>>>
>>> Raimund
>>>