This could very well be. I was just going on information that someone gave
me that implied that all models got the lowered springs in mid-1988.

At 08:52 AM 7/19/99 -0700, Ari Ollikainen wrote:
>At 10:22 PM 7/18/99, Todd Last wrote:
>[...snip...]
> >
> >P.S: I'm pretty sure that these are NOT the lower springs that were
> >introduced in the 1988 model year. My Westy was manufactured in 3/88, which
> >was before the change - IMHO.
>
>         Strange...I could have sworn that the FULL campers beyond the 1988
>         model year continued to have the standard (ie "tall") springs.
>         At least that's the impression I have from comparing the ride height
>         and ground clearance of our 90MY Carat and GL Westfalia camper...
>
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