--- On Wed, 7/4/12, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Shocks recommendations?
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 6:02 PM

���Following advice, I went to NAPA auto parts and found some Monroes for
very cheap...like in� the $20 range...and they improved my Van 100% (I had
KYBs also) It no longer sways, wanders, jars the crap out of me or loses
traction coming up my rough gravel road....� These were mounted about a
year ago, 30k miles of hard loaded driving and I can feel no degradation of
the ride or the handling.
���I like em.
 I could have spent $500 on some Konis, I guess...But I never found the
Konis to be worth the money in their so called "sport" shock...and saving
$400+ pays for a couple of fun trips..
� I was pretty amazed to go to my local NAPA store and find the inexpensive
shocks right on the shelf and have them work so well

���Don Hanson
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:46 PM, David M <covrambles@yahoo.com> wrote:

> The suspension on my Vanagon is brutal.
> It has KYB shocks, the adjustable kind.
> They are about 15 years old but not that great a mileage.
> Is there anything better that wont cost an arm and a leg?
>
> There is a road near me that has 4 or 5 'dips' to drain water from a field
> to drains on the opposite side of the pavement.
> My Mercedes sails over them with teutonic panache.
> The Vanagon lurches over them with a jaw jarring bump and my head almost
> hits the roof for each one.
>
> -David (1987 Wolfsburg GL, 1984 Mercedes 230e)
>