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Subject:Re: Looking to lower the van.
From:Sudhir Desai
Date:Wed, 22 Jul 1998 18:45:38 -0400

> Has anyone out there lowered a 1984 vanagon and had no problems with the
> vehicle? If you have successfully lowered the vanagon, can you please send
> me some specs on what would have to be done?

corky, don't lower your van, just put some better tires on it, and some
progressive rate springs and some bilstein shocks. all stock except for
the wheels. get borbet replica II wheels 15x7 i think, and get sporty
tires. that way, youwil have effectively lowered your van, and made it
handle better without any major suspension changes (castor/camber, and
major alignment problems)

my $.02 worth

Sudhir H. Desai                         1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu            1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4
sudhir_desai@geocities.com              1997 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 liter I-6
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