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advice on drop shackles

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:27 pm
by 57oky
hey guys, im looking for some advice on DROP SHACKLES. With my ute being IFS and heavy leaves in the rear, I have been thinking of running them as my flex (or lack thereof) is quite bad, but Ive heard mixed feedback on them. Have any of you blokes run them or know of anyone who does that can help me out. I know that they are illegal, but Ive also heard that they are dangerous on hills as they tend to want to tip the vehicle over?? I see them alot lately on full leaf setups like sierras and early cruisers. any advice would be awesome
Thanks
CHAD

Re: advice on drop shackles

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:41 am
by mudslut
Being in the rear of a ifs vehicle i would think they would be fine i do know that in the front of a full leaf vehicle bumpy hill climbs can get pretty interesting

Re: advice on drop shackles

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:12 pm
by v6triton
hey guys, gettin back to the drop shackles discussion, heres what it looks like with standard rear suspension[Image], think its time to start the rear suspension mods

Re: advice on drop shackles

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:39 pm
by 57oky
ha ha, nice pic mate, thats the same story with my ute.!! I know that being a ute that its designed to carry weight and everything but, I must be able to get something out of the arse end, something. Ill be watching to see if you improve on yours V6triton. thanks

Re: advice on drop shackles

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:47 pm
by v6triton
going to put leafs on top of diff, and et longer shocks to suit, goin to stay away from extended shakles, in a way there great, but im more worried bout on road driveability