Date:         Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:44:20 -0500
Reply-To:     Chuck Mathis <cmathis@HOUSTON.RR.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chuck Mathis <cmathis@HOUSTON.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: Leveling a Westy
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The Airlift 1000 kit is a real basic setup that can work with almost 
any vehicle with coil or leaf springs that don't have the shocks inside 

the coils (like the front of a 2wd Vanagon).  The kit is real generic 
so there are a whole bunch of neat parts left over after correct 
installation on the Vanagon.  I've got one of these kits without the 
compressor on my '85 Wolfsburg.  It will counteract some of the 
characteristic lean but there isn't enough lift to level the van if the 

unlevelness is noticable.  The hoses they provide rot very quickly but 

the air bags are quite tough.

Chuck
'85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo'

> Date:    Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:26:36 -0400
> From:    The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
> Subject: Re: Leveling a Westy
>
> > Check the AirLift web site for auto level systems.
> > They even offer kits for 85-01 VW Vans!
> > http://www.drivetrain.com/airlift1000.html
>
>
> This may be a case of an aftermarket manufacturer not knowing much 
> about VW
> vans. Their website says the product fits "Eurovan, '85-01."  Which of
> course makes no sense, as EV's didn't exist in the 80's (nor would an 

> '84
> Vanagon have had a different spring from an '85, or an '02 EV be 
> different
> from an '01). Perhaps this is only a Eurovan kit and the years are 
> wrong.
> Anyone actually use one on a Vanagon?
>
> - Ron Salmon
>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>   www.busdepot.com
>   (215)  234-VWVW
>