Thanks for your comments.  I was planning on buying the Boge OEM, but always
here about the KYB.  I plan on purchasing the boge OEM shocks this week for
my new 83 Westy.

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: Steven X. Schwenk <sxs@schwenk-law.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 1999 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: Another word on shocks

> They're completely different types of shocks.  The Boges have
> no gas in them.  Of course you can compress them easily.
> Stiffness ain't everything, and it sure isn't a measure of
> the quality of a shock.  In my view, the boge is a better
> shock.  They are much more responsive to terrain change, use
> better/stronger materials and are more precisely damped for
> the application.
> steve
>
> Mark Mages wrote:
>
> > Well, I can't remember who said they could compress
> > the KYB's with one hand, but where were you a few
> > hours ago when I was putting my rear shocks in?  Huh?
> >
> > Man - what a difference - the ones I took out were the
> > stockers, 87K on them... I could compress them with
> > one FINGER... not pushing very hard either.  The KYB's
> > I had to lay on my back & push with both hands on the
> > first one.. the second I knew better & didn;t take the
> > plastic off til it was in place.
> >
> > Shoot - for all four shocks for the price of one
> > Boge/bilstein... I am quite pleased with the end
> > result.  Now I just need to get those bastards who
> > used an impact wrench to tighten the lug nuts to
> > UNtightem them so I can actually get the front wheels
> > off to replace those.
> >
> > ===
> > Mark
> >
> > 87 Westfalia Gl
> > 84 Scirocco 8v
> >
> > http://members.tripod.com/~jehanno
> >
> > _________________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
>