Yes,

        Third thumbs up for the bombay version.  I use the light duty shocks and love the ease of use.  Also helps a bit as I keep my tom B shelf permanently installed on my lift bar.

Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto Westfalia 

> On Jul 2, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Richard Smith <richard_smith@GNWC.CA> wrote:
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> I have the bombay ones, so can’t offer a comparison so much as a personal
> experience: completely easy to install, the one hole you drill is easily
> accomplished and no harm to the top (it is in the side) and the result is
> SO much better you wonder how you lived without it.
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> Mine arrived without instructions but a quick email resulted in a PDF
> arriving and we printed that out. Super simple to install.
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> On 2015-07-02, 1:14 AM, "Vanagon Mailing List on behalf of PB"
> <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com on behalf of pbrattan@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> Does anyone have handy the link to the installation instructions?  Ken
>> Wilford posted an excellent tutorial
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mVDVe5X040> on YouTube, but I'd like to
>> have printable instructions.
>> 
>> Also, comparing the Bombay struts and the GoWesty struts, is one of them
>> known to be better than the other?
>> 
>> The Bombay struts involves drilling only one hole on each side of the
>> poptop.  The GoWesty struts involve drilling 8 holes per pair of struts,
>> but the strut bracket is installed underneath the rooftop. Looks like 6 of
>> one, a half dozen of another!  A bracket underneath the rooftop seems like
>> it would be more stable than a side installed bracket, yet I would think
>> that it's better to drill 2 holes than 8!
>> 
>> Patti
>> 90 Westy Automatic
>> Los Angeles
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