Yeah, I find that advice a little odd. I bought KYB's for my '87 Westy based on recommendations from this list and have been very pleased with them. I seem to recall that I got the Gas-Adjust ones for the back . . . but memory is a funny thing. I don't find the ride hard at all and my van handles significantly better than it did before I replaced those 120,000 mile old shocks. :^) Marc Perdue Neil Wasbrikoff wrote: > Any specific reason why? > > KYB'a are not inherantly bad shocks. They're 1/4 the price of Bilsteins ... They work on my Westy well... Not all vanagon owners have the money to spend on the expensive shocks. > > They might have a harder ride then others ... But KYB's are a decent shock for the money. > > I'd love to more on their reasoning. > > Just curious, > > Neil > > > My mechanic says stay away from KYB's. > > > > YMMV > > > > On 12/5/02 5:04 PM, "Houston" <dubwisened@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > > > >> My 84 westy needs shocks. Never bought em before. Any greats ones? Any > >> ones > >> to stay away from? > >> Houston > > __________________________________________________________________ > The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ |
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