New Springs have my Vote ~ & will add that you can probably GetAwayWith PuttingOff Swapping

the Fronts 'til SomeOtherday ~ Just recently took a BusRide from ABQ to Flagstaff to pick up an 85Westy

for a Friend & DidNotKnow until a couple of days after I had driven it back to ABQ that I had been Sitting

OnTopOf a Broken Front DriversSide Spring ~ No ObviousIndications WhatSoEver ~ 

        We put a set of GoW' LiftSprings on that one ~

                                                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 25 Jan , 2015, at 9:39 PM, Neil N wrote:

> Earlier today, was eyeballing van-cafe's set of 4 springs.
> (I'm a fan of theirs)
> Figured i could replace the rears now,
> fronts later. Worst case scenario, a
> front spring fails, no big deal.
> 
> It's "always something" and on a higher mile bus,
> projects tend to become restorations of sorts.
> 
> Neil.
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/25/15, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On the Sirocco the shocks or struts sill hold the spring in place. Same for
>> Vanagon front.
> 
> 
> --
> Neil n
> 
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