Date:         Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:02:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@ATTBI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@ATTBI.COM>
Subject:      Help! I need an ADDCO front sway bar...
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....and ADDCO won't make any until things slow down in the fall unless they
get at least two more orders! (Three are currently on order, are the other
two also for list members?)

I added front and rear ADDCO bars to my '68 high top years ago, and they
were great.  Now I want to correct the understeer in my '84 Westy, and I'd
prefer to replace the front bar with an ADDCO with urethane bushings rather
than simply replace the worn stock bushings and hope for some improvement.

So, if any of you out there are thinking about this modification, now is the
time to take the plunge and be ready for the summer driving season!

See www.addco.net for info.  This month the price is $189 complete, and will
go up 10% July 1st.  With two or more orders we can push to get into next
month's production run.

The front bar is a replacement for the stock bar, except it's 1" vs. the
7/8" stock, and I prefer urethane over rubber bushings from past experience.
The Vanagon's large rubber sway bar bushings get particularly mushy after
100,000 miles or so.

I've already installed an ADDCO rear bar (which they did have in stock), and
can provide some tips for any of you who decide to do the same.

(Usual disclaimers apply, I have no connection to ADDCO.)

Thanks!

Stuart MacMillan

'84 Westy w/2.l
'65 MGB
'73 MGB GT