I was in a crash and still think the clearance saved most of the back of the van, if i was stock clearance it would have gone into me lower hitting more of the motor, as it stands it hit me smack in the middle ( lucky ) BTW i have blisteins on the van with HR coils and its a real stiff ride but i still love it, just wish they would fix crappy roads :) plus i have old tires and need sometime better to really get the effect but it handles have fun :) Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: Ri [mailto:ri@RASAPRABHU.ORG] > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 02:03 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: H&R Springs Happiness > > Greetings Listees, > > We got our H&R Springs installed on our 87 Westy, and are very happy campers. > > We were concerned about it looking like a kids car (last thing we needed) > as well as concerned the ground clearance, tire clearance and ride would suck. > > We were pleasantly surprised when we picked up. It's definitely lower, but > not "slammed", and if one didn't park next to a stock one, I bet you > wouldn't even notice. > > We sure noticed the difference on our windy drive up the valley home. It > handles like night and day, and the fear of this top-heavy feeling springy > thing have all been relieved. > > It's ride reminds of us our old 96 850 turbo wagon. It has some bounce on > the front, but the mechanic said the shocks were bad. Some bilsteins are on > the way. > > So, just wanted to let you all know who want to do the conversion.. that > are a bit afraid about it... that it worked well for us! > > > Ri, Glen & the River Clan > > 87 Tiico Westy > 67 Singlecab > 02 Prius (Soon to be swapped for a TDI Beetle/Biodiesel) > ================= > Oregon Coast > |
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