So would raising the bus to stock height with stock suspension. --- On Mon, 10/13/08, chuck blue <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: chuck blue <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 3:05 PM Yes, this is Denis. I don't know that you can adjust the front torsion springs, you just pull out the (in my case) tired and corroded springs and replace them with a clean set from a junkyard. Coilovers may make your suspension travel less in a bounce, but that means your ride is more harsh. Paul has coilovers. ( Paul has everything). Like the gas adjust, they won't raise or lower your bus, they just reduce the travel Airbags will solve your problems, be expensive, give a harsh ride, but they will solve the problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Woodall" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 2:15 PM Subject: [tcb] Re: GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust >I assume this is Denis and not Chuck? > Yeah, I remember your debacle. > How did you adjust your front torsion springs? I always thought they > were fixed? > Coilovers might be a good change. > > chuck blue wrote: >> Eric, I am surprised if you hadn't heard of my whole drama with the >> tires rubbing from the lowering. I worked hard for a long time to stop >> the tires from rubbing. I even changed out the torsion springs ( which >> actually helped. Mine were all stuck together and weren't really >> springing much). The thing I did that helped the most was adjusting my >> springplates higher. It's not too hard and it cost nothing. Murray >> does not sit as low as he did before, but it really did help. I can >> carry a passenger now and it rarely rubs. >> >> Lower profile tires in the front help, too, but that's a whole other >> discussion. >> >> If I was to make a new bus project I think I would still lower it at >> least some. The campers, like Fred's for instance, sits quite a bit >> lower than Chuck's Bluebus, which sits way high. I guess this is the >> result of all the weight the camper holds. So, if you wanted a >> passesger bus to be lower and stay stock, you have to carry some >> concrete bags or lead ballast bars. >> >> I like the feel of a lowered bus. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Woodall" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: "Texas Coalition of Buses" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 10:22 AM >> Subject: [tcb] GR2 vs. Gas-Adjust >> >> >>> Coming home from T@P Sunday morning I started wondering if I should >>> switch out my GR2 shocks for Gas-Adjust. >>> My bus is lowered via dropped spindles on the front and I am running the >>> beefy Hankook RA08 tires. >>> When I hit a bumpy country road both of the front tires slam into the >>> tops of the front wheel wells giving off a hell of a sound. >>> Anybody running Gas-Adjust shocks on the front? >>> I have heard that I will hate it, but just wanted to get some opinions. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > >