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FJ45 coil over shocks

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FJ45 coil over shocks

Post by tuff 45 »

Has anyone got any pics of 45 series cruiser with coil over shocks in the rear. .
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Post by ats4x4dotcom »

how about you post some pics, and we can tell you whats what?
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Post by tuff 45 »

ats4x4dotcom wrote:how about you post some pics, and we can tell you whats what?

Ok but can someone tell me how please.
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Anyone ???
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Post by tuff 45 »

Can someone tell me why this rod is so long and can i shorten it, it is 1.74m long.


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Post by tuff 45 »

Pic of the coilovers, if they were moved inwards at the top would it give more wheel travel.
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Post by ats4x4dotcom »

My suggestion would be to search the net, and find some good 4 link set up programs from pirate 4x4 or similar, as none of that engineering looks like it will suit a 4wd application.
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Post by RUFF »

Tony did you buy this or build it?

Those coilovers look like a set of old motorbike rear shocks?

And the links look very weak.
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Post by tuff 45 »

[quote="RUFF"]Tony did you buy this or build it?

Those coilovers look like a set of old motorbike rear shocks?




Hey Tony, i bought this thing as is to fix up and finish. I took one of the shocks off and they are 95 mm round and 730 mm long as it stands in the pic below, look too big to be off a motor bike, the a frame is made of 40mm solid round bar and the side bars from the diff to the chassis are only 25mm solid round bar, hope to get some ideas at TTC and try and sort this thing out. How did you go with the F350.

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Post by bj on roids »

long links is cool, those buggers would be heavy, as for the join in the middle, weird but maybe for adjustment and cheaper than adjustments on each end...

i would leave the coils straight up at down, just make sure they dont stop or bind during travel, maybe angle them slighty forward or inward, but dont lay them over too much or they will lose effectiveness....
then you need to run stiffer springs etc
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Post by tuff 45 »

Thanks BJ, the rods look like 2 joined together so i might separate them and just use 1 either side, being so long will get bent easy i think.
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Post by mule75 »

those shocks look to have very short travel.
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