I measured my Westy during early Vanagon height discussion waaay back
in 2002.  Here's a pic:

http://www.knology.net/~vw/vws/camel/08.jpg

Here's the procedure I used to lift the saggy back end:

http://www.knology.net/~vw/vanagon/sag/

2008/12/23 Scott Daniel  - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>:
> 85 Wolfsburg Westies are a special case, since stock they ride high in the
> front.
> I put 85 GL springs in the front of my 85 Wolfy ......................
> Ooops..........do you mean Weekender or Westfahlia.?
> Mine is an 85 Wolfsburg Weekender, without full kitchen, but it says
> 'Westfahlia' on the pop top.
> so some might call that a Westy, I call it a Weekender.
>
> I can't say about 85 Worlfsburg Weshfahlia's, but I can say for sure the 85
> Wolfsburg Weekender is high in the front stock.
> 85 GL used front springs made mine  'normal' and perfectly level.
> I just went out and measured 15 3/5 on the passener's side, and 16 inches on
> the driver's side ( no human bodies on board ) , in the front.
> 18.5 sounds way high to me.
> I'd get that down, unless you like it that way.  I don't like the high in
> the front look, if anything, I want a lower in the front look , if it's not
> going to be level.
> And 14 inches sounds quite low to me.
> scott
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris S" <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 3:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Purple springs from H&R
>
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> That was me.  Thanks for measuring.
>>
>> Here's Frank's Vanagon Ride Height Survey which will give you an idea
>> where your bus fits:
>>
>> http://www.frankcondelli.com/survey2.htm
>>
>> My previous camper, an '85 Wolfsburg Westy,  measured a staggering
>> 18.5 in the front with the stock springs.  :-)
>>
>> 2008/12/23 Mark A Kippert <vanagon@kippert.com>:
>>>
>>> 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:
>>
>> --
>> Chris S.
>> Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
>
>

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