Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:33:30 -0800
Reply-To: Todd P Last <Rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Todd P Last <Rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Purple springs from H&R
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<font face="Century Gothic">I have a photo of my van with the H&R
springs with tape measure - you can see 14" from hub to fender lip.<br>
About 8.5" from the ground to the bottom of the spoiler in front.<br>
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Todd<br>
'88 Westy<br>
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Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
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type="cite">some of my 2WD vans are measuring 15 3/4 on the front,
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and one is 15 inches, but 14 inches sounds quite low to me.
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but no way any of them are 17.5 inches.
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From: "Mark A Kippert" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vanagon@KIPPERT.COM"><vanagon@KIPPERT.COM></a>
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To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM"><vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM></a>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:49 PM
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Subject: Re: Purple springs from H&R
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Someone had asked me to measure the height at the front of my van with
<br>
the H&R springs. His '84 measured 17.5" from center hub to the lip
of
<br>
the front fender. Mine measures 14" (on both sides). A 3.5" drop seems
<br>
pretty significant.
<br>
<br>
Is 17.5" standard (again as measured from the center hub to the bottom
<br>
lip of the fender)?
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-Mark K
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On Dec 23, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Todd P Last wrote:
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<br>
<blockquote type="cite">I agree with Raimund. I had H&R springs
(on a westy) and added
<br>
bilstien's - it still was jarring on short bumps.
<br>
Might be different with a non-camper. It did corner like it was on
<br>
rails. But I decided I liked my back better than cornering like a race
<br>
car.
<br>
<br>
Todd
<br>
'88 Westy
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:JordanVw@AOL.COM">JordanVw@AOL.COM</a> wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">In a message dated 12/17/08 3:10:12 PM
Eastern Standard Time,
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ray@V6BUS.DE">ray@V6BUS.DE</a>
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writes:
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<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Purple H+R are NOT stiffer.
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They are just lower.
<br>
<br>
I had them installed about 8 years ago. They wore out a lot, 3 of 7
<br>
spring turns are "on block", so no more spring effect there.
<br>
<br>
The stiffness is independent from the springs, it´s the shocks!
<br>
<br>
I used the purple springs with stock shocks. Sucks...
<br>
Stiffer shocks made the Van better in corners.
<br>
<br>
Whether with or without new shocks, the purple springs don´t like
short
<br>
bumps. These really hurt!
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<br>
Raimund
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