I recently purchased some Syncro springs on ebay and have installed them in my 84' Westy. The Syncro springs were 1" longer in length than the stock 2WD springs, but about 19mm in diameter versus 17mm for the 2WD. Before spring swap, distance from fender to center of wheel was 16 3/4". After swap distance from fender to center of wheel is 19 1/8". I've got loads of ground clearance now as the rear end is now higher than the front. I'll have to ride around some more before I decide whether to keep it this way or not. I enjoy the better handling although I'll have to see about how it does with rough roads, but so far so good. I plan on making an extra heavy duty rear bumper that will hold my KLR650 so the stiffer springs will be good for that if I ever get around to it. I would rather have dropped the front end to make it level instead of putting these springs in, but I wasn't able to obtain any shorter springs for the front, so I thought I would try jacking up the rear. I just hope my shocks will be up to the task. Later
David Wilhite 86' Syncro GL (For Sale) 01' KLR 650 84' Subaruvanagon |
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