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31 Jan 2017 19:30 #177577 by Busta
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1066boy, do you have 40mm spring spacers fitted as well as the lift springs?

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31 Jan 2017 20:07 #177581 by 1066Boy
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No just +2" springs, +2" shocks and shock relocation brackets.

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31 Jan 2017 21:45 #177588 by Busta
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1066Boy wrote: No just +2" springs, +2" shocks and shock relocation brackets.


I'm confused why you have fitted shock extenders to extended shocks with matched springs? Surely that increases the chance of the shock bottoming out or the spring dislocating?

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01 Feb 2017 07:19 #177603 by 1066Boy
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I think the Pro comp es1000 is actually a little more than 2" in reality. Have used them quite hard and never
bottomed them out yet. I have spring location clamps so that keeps them in place. I have gone the extender
route to gain more axle droop. Some of the places I go its very easy to get a wheel in the air and lose traction.
I miss having a centre locking diff and a rear air locker but don't want to modify little Jim that far as its only for fun. :)

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01 Feb 2017 07:28 #177604 by Busta
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1066Boy wrote: I think the Pro comp es1000 is actually a little more than 2" in reality. Have used them quite hard and never
bottomed them out yet. I have spring location clamps so that keeps them in place. I have gone the extender
route to gain more axle droop. Some of the places I go its very easy to get a wheel in the air and lose traction.
I miss having a centre locking diff and a rear air locker but don't want to modify little Jim that far as its only for fun. :)


If the shocks are longer that only exacerbates the issue. Axle droop is useless if there is no pressure pushing the wheel down. You are joking about the centre locking diff bit, right?

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01 Feb 2017 10:24 #177606 by wilku
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Why would you want a central locking diff??? When you have a wheel in the air you'd have to lock it. Without it the car behaves just as if it had a central diff locked.

Or did you mean an air locker that you can engage from inside?

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