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As above

80 series will fit Nissan and Disco 1 front

Bazzle

Thanks Bazzle, I've added it to the bible.

Area54 wrote:Thanks Bazzle, I've added it to the bible.

In the bible you have them listed as -

Shock absorbers:

OME LTR catalogue sheets-> http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... hp?t=38416

Their are actually only the L spec (for long travel I think) OMEs, LTRs are something different again.

May confuse peoples ...

I was all set to get a set of L series shocks for the rear of my GQ. The ARB guy said no warranty on these as deemed to be for competition use only. Sounded dodgy to me but I ended up chickening out and going with the normal ones. At the expense of at least and inch and half of rear wheel droop.

Looking at the figures, I'd say that if you want to run 80 Series fronts on a GQ front you'd need to raise the front shock towers on a GQ by at least 40mm so the shock doesnt bottom on compresion. I could use about 70mm more extended shock length on the front of my GQ before the springs start to fall out. So even with the raised shock towers, with 80 series shocks I'd get close to 100mm more droop at the wheel.

And you can use 80 series bump stops or put blocks on bottom spring perch to prevent bottoming out.

Bazzle

Mark2 wrote:Looking at the figures, I'd say that if you want to run 80 Series fronts on a GQ front you'd need to raise the front shock towers on a GQ by at least 40mm so the shock doesnt bottom on compresion. I could use about 70mm more extended shock length on the front of my GQ before the springs start to fall out. So even with the raised shock towers, with 80 series shocks I'd get close to 100mm more droop at the wheel.

I'm currently fabricating some flash bump stop extensions for the front of my GU which just happen to be 40mm longer. I'll post pics when they're done. Basically a big block of poly 4" dia rod (same stuff as body lift blocks), a thread extension sleeve and some latheing to size should do the trick.

You could extend the bump stops. Apart from being illegal (in QLD at least) arent you loosing that same amount of compression travel? By raising the shock mount you dont have to loose any compression travel and will get the same amount of extension anyway because wiith a stock radiuis arm set up there is only so far the axle can droop, regardless of what springs you have. I'm talking about standard linkages. Five link etc, different story......

I have a 3" sus lift without a body lift. Primarily the bump stop extensions are to keep my 36"s out of the guards. An advantage with this is I can run longer shocks. To lift the shock towers I would need a body lift which I do not want to fit. I'm trying to keep my COG low, and so far am very happy with my setup. Also this will stop the shocks topping out and bottoming out, ultimately reducing wear and increasing life of the shock.

Height is not always a good thing ... and is definately not the only option.

RoldIT wrote:I have a 3" sus lift without a body lift. Primarily the bump stop extensions are to keep my 36"s out of the guards. An advantage with this is I can run longer shocks. To lift the shock towers I would need a body lift which I do not want to fit. I'm trying to keep my COG low, and so far am very happy with my setup. Also this will stop the shocks topping out and bottoming out, ultimately reducing wear and increasing life of the shock.

Height is not always a good thing ... and is definately not the only option.

You can extend the towers without a body lift. It is just a bit more fiddly.

MKPatrolGuy wrote:

RoldIT wrote:I have a 3" sus lift without a body lift. Primarily the bump stop extensions are to keep my 36"s out of the guards. An advantage with this is I can run longer shocks. To lift the shock towers I would need a body lift which I do not want to fit. I'm trying to keep my COG low, and so far am very happy with my setup. Also this will stop the shocks topping out and bottoming out, ultimately reducing wear and increasing life of the shock.

Height is not always a good thing ... and is definately not the only option.

You can extend the towers without a body lift. It is just a bit more fiddly.

indeed, cut a hole, and run them into the engine bay.

ozy1 wrote:

MKPatrolGuy wrote:

RoldIT wrote:I have a 3" sus lift without a body lift. Primarily the bump stop extensions are to keep my 36"s out of the guards. An advantage with this is I can run longer shocks. To lift the shock towers I would need a body lift which I do not want to fit. I'm trying to keep my COG low, and so far am very happy with my setup. Also this will stop the shocks topping out and bottoming out, ultimately reducing wear and increasing life of the shock.

Height is not always a good thing ... and is definately not the only option.

You can extend the towers without a body lift. It is just a bit more fiddly.

indeed, cut a hole, and run them into the engine bay.

I agree but for my application unnecessary as my primary goal is to keep tyres out of the guards. After extending bump stops to achieve this, I can then run shocks that are longer than the stock radius arm setup can droop before binding occurs anyway.

I think that people forget running tall springs that a lot of the time the springs won't compress enough to get their full, original compression back anyway. This is what I have found anyway.