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Raised springs, standard shocks?

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Raised springs, standard shocks?

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What is the net effect of raised springs (2") and standard shocks? It would be a tempory messure (it is a money thing).
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Post by Daisy »

Not that much of an issue on the road.

If you take it offroad there will be a chance of shock failure eg snapping in half.

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Post by glen1n »

Perhaps you should just wait till u buy shocks? Patience is a virtue :D
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glen1n wrote:Perhaps you should just wait till u buy shocks? Patience is a virtue :D

Normally I would but have warped my rear leaf springs. Instead of a bow, they look more like a wave.
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Post by stumped »

i ran standard shocks after 2" spring + extended shackles... only had 'bout 30mm travel left in em, but nuffin broke offroad. could be cos the zook is light tho, and i didn't take anything real hard til i got the new shocks
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stumped wrote:i ran standard shocks after 2" spring + extended shackles... only had 'bout 30mm travel left in em, but nuffin broke offroad. could be cos the zook is light tho, and i didn't take anything real hard til i got the new shocks

wheras I did that and busted a shock going over a speed bump 3 or 4 days after I installed the springs ..
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love_mud wrote:wheras I did that and busted a shock going over a speed bump 3 or 4 days after I installed the springs ..


but you should expect that when ya get air off speed bumps :D

maybe i got lucky then...
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Thanks guys. Next question is who in Sydney (prefer southwest) have good prices and what is a good price for leafs??? Are places like Pedders ok or stick to 4X4 outlets (a mate saved over $350 going there instead of 4X4 outlet and all is fine but I don't want to find a saggy rear in a couple of months),
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Post by glen1n »

mate, you should check out any of the wreckers in the yellow pages and prolly save even more money!
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Post by MY45 »

$100 bucks at the wreckers, and you can get almost any size you want :cool:
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