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<font face="Century Gothic">I have a photo of my van with the H&amp;R
springs with tape measure - you can see 14" from hub to fender lip.<br>
About 8.5" from the ground to the bottom of the spoiler in front.<br>
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Todd<br>
'88 Westy<br>
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Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:016f01c96558$a75b8490$6401a8c0@PROSPERITY"
 type="cite">some of my 2WD vans are measuring 15 3/4 on the front,
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and one is 15 inches, but 14 inches sounds quite low to me.
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but no way any of them are 17.5 inches.
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From: "Mark A Kippert" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vanagon@KIPPERT.COM">&lt;vanagon@KIPPERT.COM&gt;</a>
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To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM">&lt;vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM&gt;</a>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:49 PM
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Subject: Re: Purple springs from H&amp;R
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Someone had asked me to measure the height at the front of my van with
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the H&amp;R springs. His '84 measured 17.5" from center hub to the lip
of
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the front fender. Mine measures 14" (on both sides). A 3.5" drop seems
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pretty significant.
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Is 17.5" standard (again as measured from the center hub to the bottom
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lip of the fender)?
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-Mark K
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On Dec 23, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Todd P Last wrote:
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  <blockquote type="cite">I agree with Raimund. I had H&amp;R springs
(on a westy) and added
    <br>
bilstien's - it still was jarring on short bumps.
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Might be different with a non-camper.&nbsp; It did corner like it was on
    <br>
rails. But I decided I liked my back better than cornering like a&nbsp; race
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car.
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    <br>
Todd
    <br>
'88 Westy
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:JordanVw@AOL.COM">JordanVw@AOL.COM</a> wrote:
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    <blockquote type="cite">In a message dated 12/17/08 3:10:12 PM
Eastern Standard Time,
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ray@V6BUS.DE">ray@V6BUS.DE</a>
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writes:
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      <blockquote type="cite">Purple H+R are NOT stiffer.
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They are just lower.
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I had them installed about 8 years ago. They wore out a lot, 3 of 7
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spring turns are "on block", so no more spring effect there.
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The stiffness is independent from the springs, it&acute;s the shocks!
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I used the purple springs with stock shocks. Sucks...
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Stiffer shocks made the Van better in corners.
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Whether with or without new shocks, the purple springs don&acute;t like&nbsp;
short
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bumps. These really hurt!
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Raimund
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