Date:         Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:34:49 -0700
Reply-To:     "Danny C." <bruiserbabie@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Danny C." <bruiserbabie@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gowesty 2wd lift spring spacers
Comments: To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
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I bought the gowesty 2wd lift springs but I did my research before hand and came to the conclusion that stock syncro rear springs are tougher and will not sag over time like the gowesty springs. So my rear is sitting on stock syncro rear springs and the gowesty front springs. I also put a much heaver duty shock in the rear (Monroe) and the bilsteen in the front with the ball joint spacers to keep the correct geometry. I have a 1/2" spacer on the driver side rear. Been over a year now and the ride is awesome and it handles so good. I was able to sell my gowesty rear springs on the samba in 1 day. I wish gowesty would break up the set (ft and rear). Good luck......


Danny C.
Portland, Oregon
'84 Westy (Vanny)
 
 

--- On Thu, 6/17/10, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> wrote:


From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Gowesty 2wd lift spring spacers
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 6:26 AM


Those springs will not adjust a variance for very long. I have the
Syncro.org
spring experience but they "adjusted" to return to driver-side droop of 1/2"
after
a year or so. Just the weight of me and the cabinets over time. Very easy to
add one on the psgr side if you choose to later. You won't be sorry you put
it
in the driver side now. I also added Pro Comp MX6 adjustable shocks and I
think they made more 'difference' in ride/stability than the springs.
Bob
'87 Syncro Westy


> On 16-Jun-10, at 8:16 PM, Alex Madison wrote:
>
>  Hi I just received my 2wd 1.5 lift springs made by gowesty from
>> vancafe. I ordered a spacer to put on my driver side to compensate for
>> the westy lean but reading on the samba sounds like others put in a
>> spacer on each side that came with the kit. Can anyone tell me if they
>> have spacers on both sides with there gowesty lift springs.
>> Cheers
>> Alex
>> 1989 westy
>> Bostig in the back
>>
>