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benji
Joined: Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 266 Location: coffs harbour
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just curious of the advantage of moving top rear shock mounts. put longer shocks in not that long ago and ive noticed a lot of people have moved mounts closer together. ????????
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jimbo_jones

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Joined: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 4361 Location: gong
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invert em for better flex
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steak_knife

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Joined: Fri May 22, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 21335 Location: Smart Ass Island
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you can run longer shock's with out haveing to cut huge hole's in the floor.

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benji
Joined: Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 266 Location: coffs harbour
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 Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:25 pm |
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invert em for better flex ????
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marcman
Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 106 Location: logan city
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jimbo_jones wrote: invert em for better flex
how much further in do you move them? and wat shockies do u need for the mod? anyone got some pics?
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ZookiMonsta
Joined: Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 1625 Location: Jimboomba
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marcman wrote: jimbo_jones wrote: invert em for better flex how much further in do you move them? and wat shockies do u need for the mod? anyone got some pics?
Check out alexs' build thread, it's covered in there somewhere.
http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... pic&t=4269
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alex

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Joined: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 2151 Location: Brissy
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i do i do pics as requested
altho i dont know what size the shox are 
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alex

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Joined: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 2151 Location: Brissy
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ZookiMonsta wrote: marcman wrote: jimbo_jones wrote: invert em for better flex how much further in do you move them? and wat shockies do u need for the mod? anyone got some pics? Check out alexs' build thread, it's covered in there somewhere. http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... pic&t=4269
thanks im not quick enough
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ZookiMonsta
Joined: Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 1625 Location: Jimboomba
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alex wrote: i do i do pics as requested altho i dont know what size the shox are 
I thought these were 'long'... am I wrong? 
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alex

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Joined: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 2151 Location: Brissy
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ZookiMonsta wrote: alex wrote: i do i do pics as requested altho i dont know what size the shox are  I thought these were 'long'... am I wrong? 

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ZookiMonsta
Joined: Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 1625 Location: Jimboomba
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alex wrote: ZookiMonsta wrote: alex wrote: i do i do pics as requested altho i dont know what size the shox are  I thought these were 'long'... am I wrong?  
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MART
Joined: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 282 Location: Sydney
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There is a advantage of moving the shocks together , but that is rediculously close , the shocks will do bugger all at dampening the ride , and also cause stability problems on road , yes you can move them , but it has to be justified to match the ammount of suspension travel , not just copying a cheap mod. Shock mounts suffer tremedous ammounts of force and can easily fatigue and snap , that is why lift kits are supplied with longer shocks to suit the ammount of lift. you will get minimal extra travel out of a lift kit because you still apply the same leverage to the suspension to force it to articulate. I bet more than 90 % of guys on here have either removed a leaf , swapped them out for another vehicles leaf spring , added longer springs or used longer shackles or drop shacles. A combination of either or all to make the vehicle have better travel , thus making it unstable when it conts , at high speed on the road where there are other people to hurt.
The main reason is to add larger tyres for more clearance , but what you really need is some sort of traction aid/diff lock to avoid losing forward momentum when lifting wheels off the ground when you run out of travel , there is a limit to how much flexyou really need when four wheel driving , Cheers Paul.
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alex

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my car will never be driven on the road 
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neofitou
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 1088 Location: Melbourne
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If you do choose to move them inbound they will need to be much stiffer to compensate for the extra leverage. A little trig will tell you how much, but at 40Deg or so it would have to be very stiff, so adjustable ones that are for a big car would be best make the ride ok.
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eldo

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Joined: Sat May 30, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 2770 Location: sunny coast
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hey alex what springs are those in the rear diff pic above? i have the same ones here second hand and was wondering what brand they are???
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benji
Joined: Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 266 Location: coffs harbour
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might just leave them where they are the already bad enough on the road
steers like a drunk three legged pony that can only see out one eye
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ZookiMonsta
Joined: Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 1625 Location: Jimboomba
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eldo wrote: hey alex what springs are those in the rear diff pic above? i have the same ones here second and was wondering what brand they are???
I'm 98% sure that they're EFS. If they're not, they're Dobinsons.
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mcwilly
Joined: Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 867 Location: nsw, newcastle
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I have inboarded mine and it rides no different then b4 which was shit.can U expect much else from a zook.
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ninjamoses

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Joined: Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:30 pm Posts: 1787 Location: Butler, WA
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benji wrote: steers like a drunk three legged pony that can only see out one eye
ahaha funniest shit Ive read all week 
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alex

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ZookiMonsta wrote: eldo wrote: hey alex what springs are those in the rear diff pic above? i have the same ones here second and was wondering what brand they are??? I'm 98% sure that they're EFS. If they're not, they're Dobinsons.
10 points for the coily driver!!  . dobinsons didnt work well for me 
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marcman
Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 106 Location: logan city
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alex wrote: i do i do pics as requested altho i dont know what size the shox are 
cool cool thanks for the pics 
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