Suspension travel is moslty limited to the shock. Thats why I got Bilstein off road shocks for my syncro. I was tired of hearing the rear shocks top out all the time. Now its great. And no I didnt use any fancy springs to lift it. I raised the rear of the van about 3 inches.
Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.522.5503 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA
>From: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> >Reply-To: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: NEW Springs for Vgn (incl Syncro) - Lowered, Taller, & Stock >Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:29:46 -0400 > > > How do taller springs give you more suspension travel? They > > give you less unless you do some serious and expensive work > > with the rest of the suspension components. > > >I'd have to ask the German manufacturer how they came up with these >numbers. The specs I listed (suspension travel increased by approx 3/4"; >ground clearance increased by approx 2") are taken directly from their >literature, except that I converted them from metric to inches. > >- Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc. > www.busdepot.com > (215) 234-VWVW > >_____________________________________________ >Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT _________________________________________________________________ Discover the best of the best at MSN Luxury Living. http://lexus.msn.com/ |
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