On Sun, 23 Jun 1996, Lawrence Stivers <lstivers@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
>I must interject to the list snobs here.  I have been wanting to lower my
>'85 Westy Wolfsburg.  Before the snobs delete...The reason for this
>desire is that my Vanagon rides 2-3 inches higher in the front than in the
>back.  I know I am not the only one with this situation.  For the
>snobs/purists, I believe that my Westy would ride better, and maybe even
>look like an 80-83 or a 86-90 Vanagon. Why would that be so horible?

I believe that your Vanagon, like many 10-year-old busses, suffers from
"rear end sag".  This is especially profound in the Westfalia camper model.

I have an old issue of HotVW's magazine that describes a procedure for
raising the rear end back up where it's supposed to be.  Basically, you "wind"
the trailing arms of the rear suspension.  Email me for details.

You want to raise the rear back up, not lower the front to match the sagging rear.

Jack  '73 Westfalia
Costa Mesa, CA