Pat Dooley wrote:

> I was always under the impression that the vanagon has upper and lower
> control arms, not struts.
> Unless you are referring to the strut bar which locates the lower control
> arm.

You're right, the Vanagon has upper and lower control arms, but on the
Syncro, the lower spring mount is not on the lower control arm, but instead
on a spring perch, making the shock and spring into a strut.

PerL
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