Date:         Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:55:18 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Purple springs from H&R
Comments: To: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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85 Wolfsburg Westies are a special case, since stock they ride high in the
front.
I put 85 GL springs in the front of my 85 Wolfy ......................
Ooops..........do you mean Weekender or Westfahlia.?
Mine is an 85 Wolfsburg Weekender, without full kitchen, but it says
'Westfahlia' on the pop top.
so some might call that a Westy, I call it a Weekender.

I can't say about 85 Worlfsburg Weshfahlia's, but I can say for sure the 85
Wolfsburg Weekender is high in the front stock.
85 GL used front springs made mine  'normal' and perfectly level.
I just went out and measured 15 3/5 on the passener's side, and 16 inches on
the driver's side ( no human bodies on board ) , in the front.
18.5 sounds way high to me.
I'd get that down, unless you like it that way.  I don't like the high in
the front look, if anything, I want a lower in the front look , if it's not
going to be level.
And 14 inches sounds quite low to me.
scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris S" <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: Purple springs from H&R


> Mark,
>
> That was me.  Thanks for measuring.
>
> Here's Frank's Vanagon Ride Height Survey which will give you an idea
> where your bus fits:
>
> http://www.frankcondelli.com/survey2.htm
>
> My previous camper, an '85 Wolfsburg Westy,  measured a staggering
> 18.5 in the front with the stock springs.  :-)
>
> 2008/12/23 Mark A Kippert <vanagon@kippert.com>:
>> Someone had asked me to measure the height at the front of my van with
>> the
>> H&R springs. His '84 measured 17.5" from center hub to the lip of the
>> front
>> fender. Mine measures 14" (on both sides). A 3.5" drop seems pretty
>> significant.
>>
>> Is 17.5" standard (again as measured from the center hub to the bottom
>> lip
>> of the fender)?
>>
>> -Mark K
>>
>> On Dec 23, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Todd P Last wrote:
>
> --
> Chris S.
> Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"