In a message dated 98-06-22 02:53:10 EDT, Steve writes:

> Adding to the length of the shock will raise the vehicle without
>  changing spring charistics at all.

The van does not sit on the shocks.  You can remove these shocks and the
height of the van will not change.  Removing the shocks will however remove a
limit to the suspension travel, but they do not determint the height of the
van.
See for yourself, it will just take a few minutets to remove the rear shocks.
You'll see that the van's height will not change.  It will however make it
awfully bouncey over bumps & dips.

Regards,
Jim Davis