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Date:         Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:11:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cutting bumpstops on lowered 88 2wd Doka with H&R springs
Comments: To: BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <ccafde090806092158v6432bd0ch9c32332905ba47f6@mail.gmail.com>
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BenT - that's good news! Please keep us posted!

Chris S.

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:58 AM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:

> We have all heard how harsh the ride is on lowered Vanagons which use the > H&R purple springs. > At the suggestion of someone who had similar set-up in his Westy I went > about to cut the bump- > stops on my front shocks. You see the ride of the H&R equipped Vanagon is > relatively firm but > acceptable for me. The problem was the body bottomed out on every big bump. > I have to admit that > I was initially apprehensive that cutting about an inch off the bumpstops > was going to be enough. > > Well, I embarked on this project today. Basically you take the shocks out > of > the front. Takes the > sleeve/boot off. Note that there are 5 disc-like rings on top of the > sleeve. > Those are your bump > stops. I cut two rings off then duct-taped the upper and lower halves > because I did not have any > means to glue them together. The seams is hidden by part of the A-arms. I > would liken this to > cutting two washers off the five. > > Result is a delightful ride. I still firmer than normal but acceptable > IMHO. > So if you have installed > H&R's and are/were unhappy, you might want to consider this option. I > almost > installed a $1500 > air-suspension system to keep the low stance. Now I can save that mod for > my > Syncro instead. > > There is some concern about bottoming out the shock since there are less > bumpstops. I am > using Bilstein HD's. I will find out soon enough I suppose. > > > BenT >


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