I have to get under the van to read the numbers. They're certainly no harder than the 8-10 year old OM Emus but my van is loaded, right at 5000 lbs without driver, according to the local dump scale On Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 6:08:11 PM PST, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: That’s interesting dan. I’m still not sure if the HD bilsteins you reference are the b6 or b4, or a third option? Chris’ comment about the b6 being quite firm gives me pause. I still like the idea of them , but I’m thinking more. That’s hard :-) Alistair > On Feb 12, 2020, at 9:52 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have 2 tintop syncro.. > the white 1990 has stock springs and OME shocks front and rear, empty it sits about 1" taller than 2WD van or westy, 14" OEM alloys rims, General Grabber ATX 27X8.5 tires. > the beige 1991 has Schwenk springs by the previous owner and I installed recently HD Bilstein shocks front and rear, empty it sits about 1" taller than the white van, BFG AT KO2 215/65x16 tires on 16" Borbet rims. > somehow I feel that the ride (both empty vans) on the white one is a bit smoother than the beige one, fully loaded the difference is less obvious but it's there. I'd think the difference in the ride is due the the stiffness of the side wall of the tires (BFG vs. General Grabber) combined with the age of the shocks - the OME shocks is older than he HD Bilstein. > > dan |
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