VANAGON archives -- August 2007, week 1 (#464)

Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 17:58:14 -0700 Reply-To: Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM> Subject: suspension specs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

Hi, the point of this thread is to collect data on 2wd front suspension parts. Rims, shocks, springs.

Here it goes:

Rims: Type - diameter - width - ET - weight - w/2+ET - note stock steel - 14 - 5.5 - 35 - ? - 104.9 mm - very narrow stock alloy - 14 - 6 - 30 - ? - 106.2 mm SA steel - 15 - 6 - 30 - 23 lb - 106.2 mm SA stock alloy - 15 - ? - ? - 19 lb - ? 8 Hole Euro style - 15 - 7 - 23 - ? - 111.9 mm Rhein Alloy - 15 - 6.5 - 30 - 23 lb - 112.6 mm Rondell - 15 - 7 - 25 - ? - 113.9 mm Golf modified - 15 - 6 - 47 - ? - 123.2 mm - wrong offset

Lift Springs: Type - spring constant - length - note vanagon.com - ? - ? SmallCar - ? - ? Go Westy - ? - ? - progressive? not sure if available for 2wd 85 stock - ? - ? - rides at 18.5" unloaded Westy ?

Springs comment: Ride height is not that useful really, because its hard to compare without knowing weight on front axle. Would be nice to know the actual spring specs, but I could find nothing at all. All vendors claim to have designed the springs so they must know the specs, no?

Shocks: There are a range of different shocks for the front of the 2wd Westy. Again I can't find any specs whatsoever, not even length. All I read are: "these are great, these suck" "These are too hard, these are too soft" and so on. Where is the beef?

Bilstein F4-B46-0820-H0 Boge OEM 251413031F Boge / Sachs 251413031FHD Alko A2828 Koni 822100 KYB 345006 Trailmaster custom through Syncro Services (not even sure if the have a 2wd front shock version)

Help please! Fill in the blanks or question marks.

Reinhard

83 "Half-Syncro" Westy, Moose

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