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Date:         Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:11:59 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <dhaynes57@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes57@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gabriel HighJacker shocks for Vanagon?
Comments: To: KENWILFY@AOL.COM

These shocks only serve one purpose. To give welders practice reattaching the mounts they eventually brake off. Since the Vanagon shocks are attached to brackets fabricated from sheet metal and spot welded in place, I would use these long term on a bet.

Dennis

-----Original Message----- From: KENWILFY@AOL.COM <KENWILFY@AOL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 11:32 PM Subject: Gabriel HighJacker shocks for Vanagon?

>I helped my friend install a set of these Gabriel High Jacker shocks on his >F*rd Ranger pickup today. The way they mount looks very similar to how the >rear shocks mount on a Vanagon. I was wondering if anyone had tried to use >these shocks on a Vanagon? They are a nice idea if you are putting heavy >loads in the rear sometimes and need some extra lift. No where near as nice >as a set of Bilsteins or Boges but just kinda neat I guess. >Ken Wilford >Van-Again >John 3:16


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