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From: "Kathleen Grebneff" <kgrebneff@shaw.ca> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: Re: Cast control arm upgrade worth it? Springs? Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:55:07 -0600 At 09:39 AM 02/08/2008, you wrote: The local junkyard has '88 GL Vanagon. Would it be worth upgrading = my '84 to cast control arms? What about the GL springs on a Westy?
-- Chris S. "Jeszcze Polska Nie Zgin?" Count yourself lucky... I have been unable to get 86+ front-end parts to = upgrade my 84... whenever someone in the US offers me the parts, they = then disappear... and though I'm in Calgary, Canada at the moment, these = vans are rare here and the only yard who admitted having one was a mite = greedy. I would think that the cast arms would be stiffer, resulting in more = precise steering and handling. Probably only a useful swap if you corner = hard or get into a swerve-and-recover situation. |
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