Date:         Tue, 18 Apr 95 09:44:59 CDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: Generic Vanagon ?

On Tue, 18 Apr 95 09:39:57 CDT Jon Christensen said:
>I've noticed a few Vanagon GL's around town that have nice looking
>factory alloys, metallic paint and lotsa ground clearance (not Syncros).
>At what year did VW lower the suspension on these wedges and when did
>they start offering the five hole alloy wheels?  Thanks in advance.

the lowered suspension became standard on the GL models in 1988. prior to
that, it was "available" on the Wolfsburg Limited Edition models, along
with the fibreglas Zero-MPH Bumpers. :)  the alloy wheels showed up in
about 1985, i think, on the Wolfsburg WLE models. after 1988, certain
"packages" were available on the GL's and one of those was the alloy wheels
and fatter tires. most of the buses with the alloys were automatics, but i
don't know why. they also were loaded down with the power window/locks/mirrors
stuff as well.

joel