extended shackles

Post by **gavinc** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 7:51 pm

iam wanting to get extended shackles in my luxs i allready have a 2inch lift and just want to no what another mods i need to do like longer brake lines,shock and steering mods any help would be great cheers gavin

Post by **eliteforce32** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:38 am

apart from longer break lines is the cross over steering conversion...which is the way to go or if $$$ are tight have to get dropped drag link. the other thing uve got to worry about is wether your front drive shaft is longer enough..thats if ext. shakles are on the front.

Post by **gavinc** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:58 am

eliteforce32 wrote:apart from longer break lines is the cross over steering conversion...which is the way to go or if $$$ are tight have to get dropped drag link. the other thing uve got to worry about is wether your front drive shaft is longer enough..thats if ext. shakles are on the front.

how hard is it to do cross over streeing or is this something that i should take to some one that knows what they are doing

Post by **eliteforce32** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:50 pm

hey bud u said that u had alocker fitted by mica at superior?? he does the x over steering well...and yes unless u have really goodskills in cuting and plating chassis rails leave it to the experts..ull pay any where from btween 1200 and 1500 bucks for this conversion or the dropped link is around 330 bucks...superior, snake, ori make them

Post by **De-lux** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 4:15 pm

just a quick pointer, i'm not sure if you know,but extended shackels are totally 100% Illegal in qld.

just my 2 cents worth.

Post by **eliteforce32** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 5:06 pm

live on the wild side

Post by **gavinc** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:13 pm

De-lux wrote:just a quick pointer, i'm not sure if you know,but extended shackels are totally 100% Illegal in qld.

just my 2 cents worth.

yes i do no this but i dont realy care

no i have email mick and he has not replied so when i get some time i will have to ring him. the cross over sound good have seen it before but dollars are a bit short geting married next year :roll:

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does the extended shuckles give you any more flex or should i just save some more and get a spring lift

Post by **eliteforce32** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:56 pm

depends on the length og ur spring pack....most standered ones will give u the same flex and about an inch more lift.....thats why people are going for the ifs rear for the fronat and rear of solid axle models hiluxs..i run mics shackles all round and get good flex but want to put drops on the back...just savin the dosh.

Post by **high n mighty** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:54 pm

I have extended my fronts by 2 1/2" and had to exted the drive shaft by 40mm. I extended the brake lines by 4" but they still stretch and of course you will need to extend your shocks, I extended mine 4" to stop the tyres grabbing the guards.

Post by **gavinc** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 6:33 pm

high n mighty wrote:I have extended my fronts by 2 1/2" and had to exted the drive shaft by 40mm. I extended the brake lines by 4" but they still stretch and of course you will need to extend your shocks, I extended mine 4" to stop the tyres grabbing the guards.

was that on 2inch spring or standed springs.
that is y iam extended my shackles to try and stop my 33 jungle trekers from eating my guards as well and the 4" you talk about is that the shocks you are talking about
cheers gavin

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