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Subject:Re: Spring advice
From:Jeff Palmer
Date:Sun, 18 Apr 2021 23:18:46 -0500

Nope - not scraping at all.  Mostly highway or limited gravel roads.  Not even any snow anymore.  

So what you’re saying is don’t mix and match springs :) 

Thanks
Jeff

> On Apr 18, 2021, at 10:56 PM, Alex MeVay <alex@MEVAY.ORG> wrote:
> 
> I have the gowesty +1.5" progressive springs.  The springs seem fine,
> but I'd recommend against the lift unless you are scraping bottom
> off-road.  I was, and I'm mostly glad I did it, but I seem to be
> paying the tax in extra CV and upper ball joint wear.
> 
> I did the rears first, and was driving around like that for a year or
> two, and it did give the van a pronounced nose-down posture.  1.5" is
> a lot.
> 
> Can't comment on the swaybar, but I did recently replace my worn and
> incorrect sway bar bushings with new ones from T3, and, like Eric say,
> WOW, what an improvement even getting the stock swaybar working as it
> should.
> 
> -Alex