Date:         Tue, 15 Jul 2003 12:29:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Shock Advice
Comments: To: swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA
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bilsteins aren't cheap. but you get a lifetime guarantee... just try to keep
the receipt, and they last 100,000 miles, so they pay for themselves.. why
not just replace the front and later do the rear... instead of all at once,
and try http://www.shox.com

>From: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>

>
>On 15 Jul 2003 at 8:18, Roger Van Till <rvantill@ISERV.NET> wrote:
>
> > Need new shocks for my 89 Westy. Has anyone tried the Brazilian Cofap
>brand?
> > Price is right but I'm wondering about the quality and longevity. Roger
>Van Till
> > '89 Westy "The Moose Lounge"
> >
>
>Based on their short life span in my Jetta, I'd have to say they aren't
>worth the trouble
>of installing them. (this was the Cofap oil shocks, front and rear, not
>gas).
>I put KYB in my '88 Westy about 5 years ago - they were about 50% more than
>Cofap if I recall, but I suspect the Cofap would have failed by now under
>the torture
>of many very rough roads. One problem with the KYB is the front shock is
>not the
>same as the rear (GR-2 vs GasAdjust I think), and I think the front could
>be stiffer.
>The rear seems about right though. Perhaps Koni or Bilstein in the front
>would be a
>better choice, but they are far more money.
>--
>Shawn Wright
>http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
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