I've certainly notice that short bumps are very annoying. Speed bumps, raised road seams, they all seem to make the suspension "bang" hard when I go over them. I have to creep slowly over speed bumps. I also noticed that stock mud flaps actually make contact with speed bumps as I go over them! -Mark K
On Dec 17, 2008, at 3:07 PM, Raimund Feussner wrote: > Purple H+R are NOT stiffer. > They are just lower. > > I had them installed about 8 years ago. They wore out a lot, 3 of 7 > spring turns are "on block", so no more spring effect there. > > The stiffness is independent from the springs, itīs the shocks! > > I used the purple springs with stock shocks. Sucks... > Stiffer shocks made the Van better in corners. > > Whether with or without new shocks, the purple springs donīt like > short > bumps. These really hurt! > > Raimund > > ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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