flex pics...

[long stroke]

Hi all:)
Here ar some pics of my disco on the bank!!
Do you think i should be happy with this flex in the front end??
(4'' shocks and 3" springs)
Not shore how much i should get, just seeing if i should play with shorter shock towers or not;)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/01/566.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/01/565.jpg

I'm happy with the amount in the rear, just enough;)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/01/564.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/01/563.jpg

TIM.

[4wd4fun]

Thee are a couple of photos of mine with an old 2" lift and STD schocks, I am just placing in Dobinson suspension upgrade and sorting it out, Flex photos on it to come when I can. Your front and rear travel down apears to be a lot better then my STD that is the schocks I am running in these photos.
Side shot.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=memo0013nk1.jpg)
rear drop.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=memo0010bg0.jpg)
Front Up.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=memo0008zv5.jpg)

[shorty disco]

i love when they tuck tyre like that! how does it drive on the 3 inch springs?

[long stroke]

Thee are a couple of photos of mine with an old 2" lift and STD schocks, I am just placing in Dobinson suspension upgrade and sorting it out, Flex photos on it to come when I can. Your front and rear travel down apears to be a lot better then my STD that is the schocks I am running in these photos.
Side shot.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6307/memo0013nk1.th.jpg (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=memo0013nk1.jpg)
rear drop.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=memo0010bg0.jpg)
Front Up.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8828/memo0008zv5.th.jpg (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=memo0008zv5.jpg)

Not bad thanks for that!!:)

[long stroke]

i love when they tuck tyre like that! how does it drive on the 3 inch springs?

I havn't tried it over 70km (not rego'd:angel:) but so far i am very happy with them, off-road etc they are great can't wait to test them on the highway one day

CHEERS TIM.

[PhilipA]

Do you think i should be happy with this flex in the front end??
Really what you should be looking at is how far the "stuffed"side is from the bumpstop. While it may not need to be on the bumpstop it should be within say10MM. sometimes if on teh bumpstop it may be too soft dynamically. If further away then the springs are too stiff to give good articulation, or the sway bar is preventing full articulation.
And it depends what you want to do, are you low speed rock crawling or high speed yumping? different springs are needed in each case.
So the photo doesn't tell much. Its for you to get down and dirty and have a look.
Regards Philip A

[discowhite]

why would you want to shorten your shock towers if you lengthened your shocks??

wouldnt you want to lengthen your towers to make use of upward travell??

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/01/863.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/01/863.jpg

you will never get flex in the front as well as you do in the rear, its just the way it is. unless you want to seriously mod it:eek:

cheers phil

[long stroke]

Really what you should be looking at is how far the "stuffed"side is from the bumpstop. While it may not need to be on the bumpstop it should be within say10MM. sometimes if on teh bumpstop it may be too soft dynamically. If further away then the springs are too stiff to give good articulation, or the sway bar is preventing full articulation.
And it depends what you want to do, are you low speed rock crawling or high speed yumping? different springs are needed in each case.
So the photo doesn't tell much. Its for you to get down and dirty and have a look.
Regards Philip A

Thanks Philip
The bumpstops are still along way away on full compresion so i'm looking at extended bumpstops (no swaybars) i'm not planing on any flying over dunes, more camping and playing in the hills behind coffs harbour fairly regually:cool:
I might get some pics of the bumpstops tomorrow;)

CHEERS TIM.

[long stroke]

why would you want to shorten your shock towers if you lengthened your shocks??
wouldnt you want to lengthen your towers to make use of upward travell??

http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/41745/2689342830100509853S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/32261/2406441990100509853S600x600Q85.jpg

you will never get flex in the front as well as you do in the rear, its just the way it is. unless you want to seriously mod it:eek:

cheers phil


Not shore now you've put it in that prospective;) just keeping my options open (suspension mucks with my brain)!!
And i'm aware about front flex not being anywhere near as good as rear without mager mods:)
Thanks for the pics!!!

CHEERS TIM.

[disco_mitch]

Thanks Philip
The bumpstops are still along way away on full compresion so i'm looking at extended bumpstops (no swaybars) i'm not planing on any flying over dunes, more camping and playing in the hills behind coffs harbour fairly regually:cool:
I might get some pics of the bumpstops tomorrow;)

CHEERS TIM.

extending your bumptsops wont make it flex more it will stop it, what you need to look at is why its not reaching bumpstop????, are your shocks stopping this, are swaybars stopping it, are the springs to stiff, downtravel is of more value than uptravel, you could look at taller shock towers than a long travel shock

[4wd4fun]

i love when they tuck tyre like that! how does it drive on the 3 inch springs?

Anouther Angle shot of Tyres tucked up tyre.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://img105.imageshack.us/my.php?image=memo0006em9.jpg):)

[long stroke]

extending your bumptsops wont make it flex more it will stop it, what you need to look at is why its not reaching bumpstop????, are your shocks stopping this, are swaybars stopping it, are the springs to stiff, downtravel is of more value than uptravel, you could look at taller shock towers than a long travel shock

The reason i want to extend bumpstops is to stop the shocks bottaming out, not for extra travel, the shocks are the first to stop down travel not the springs, but the springs are fairly solid;)
Thanks

TIM.

[discowhite]

The reason i want to extend bumpstops is to stop the shocks bottaming out, not for extra travel, the shocks are the first to stop down travel not the springs, but the springs are fairly solid;)
Thanks

TIM.
another good reason why not to shorten your shock mounts. if you raise them by 50mm then the compressed length of the shock will get closer to the bumpstop, thats IF your spring rates arent to stiff. i found that 220lb in the rear and 190lb in the front of a disco worked really well on and off road, that coupled with 10'' stroke shocks front and rear. if your shocks are +4'' then your running 12'' stroke:eek: would be a good starting point as to why your shocks are topping out!

where did you get the springs and shocks from?

cheers phil

[discowhite]

The reason i want to extend bumpstops is to stop the shocks bottaming out, not for extra travel, the shocks are the first to stop down travel not the springs, but the springs are fairly solid;)
Thanks

TIM.

bumpstops dont have anything to do with downward travell.
they stop shocks topping out.

cheers phil

[long stroke]

another good reason why not to shorten your shock mounts. if you raise them by 50mm then the compressed length of the shock will get closer to the bumpstop, thats IF your spring rates arent to stiff. i found that 220lb in the rear and 190lb in the front of a disco worked really well on and off road, that coupled with 10'' stroke shocks front and rear. if your shocks are +4'' then your running 12'' stroke:eek: would be a good starting point as to why your shocks are topping out!

where did you get the springs and shocks from?

cheers phil

Thanks again Discowhite:)
I got my shocks off Philco, see here..http://www.aulro.com/afvb/verandah/57719-4-inch-lift-shocks.html
And i got my springs off Shane at suspension stuff:)

CHEERS TIM.

[discowhite]

righto,
shanes springs should be dobbinsons, they may be a bit stiff but will work well with a bit of weight in the disco. as others said in the linked post the shocks are only +2'' not +4''.

cheers phil

[long stroke]

righto,
shanes springs should be dobbinsons, they may be a bit stiff but will work well with a bit of weight in the disco. as others said in the linked post the shocks are only +2'' not +4''.

cheers phil

Yep Shanes springs are dobbinsons, they are 3" flexy coils (only flexy in the rear) and he has only sold afew sets as he is still testing them and receiving feedback from the few who have bought them, he hasn't advetised yet;)
I didn't notice those posts about them only being only 2" longer then stock, i measured them against a standard shock and they were about 4" longer;)
Here are some pics of the rear springs against some 2" kings..
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/01/851.jpg

So if i raise shock mounts will i loose down travel?

CHEERS TIM.

[discowhite]

well, yes and no, what it dose is change where the opperating range of the stroke is. there is no point having 10'' stroke shocks if your only using 8'' of travell. say now you have 6'' down and 2'' up, if you raised the towers you ''should'' be able to get 5''down and 5'' up, roughly... as said the front is hard to flex so you might as well get the most out of it that you can. another thing is to flip the big cup washers on the radius arm chassis end's around, this frees the bush up and allows more movement.

cheers phil

[long stroke]

well, yes and no, what it dose is change where the opperating range of the stroke is. there is no point having 10'' stroke shocks if your only using 8'' of travell. say now you have 6'' down and 2'' up, if you raised the towers you ''should'' be able to get 5''down and 5'' up, roughly... as said the front is hard to flex so you might as well get the most out of it that you can. another thing is to flip the big cup washers on the radius arm chassis end's around, this frees the bush up and allows more movement.

cheers phil

Thanks Phil:thumbsup:
I'll do some measuring and play around with raising it and see if it helps;)
I might even flip the big cup washer:)

CHEERS TIM.

[Grimace]

I would expect better travel from shanes flexy coils. Exspecially in the rear.

[Slunnie]

I would expect better travel from shanes flexy coils. Exspecially in the rear.
Same. The axle drops nicely which is a function of the shocks you're running, but they don't seem to stuff all that well.

This is where I am with 10" travel shocks + 4" stiff touring springs but draw the comparison between the top of the rim and the sill lines (ie not the tyres/sill as these are a variable)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/01/841.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/1342.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/1341.jpg

[long stroke]

I would expect better travel from shanes flexy coils. Exspecially in the rear.

Yeah my shocks are the first to stop travel;)

[long stroke]

Same. The axle drops nicely which is a function of the shocks you're running, but they don't seem to stuff all that well.

This is where I am with 10" travel shocks + 4" stiff touring springs but draw the comparison between the top of the rim and the sill lines (ie not the tyres/sill as these are a variable)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/01/841.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/1342.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/1341.jpg

Yeah your tyres munch up way better:(

[knotty7]

Hi all

Here's my flex 2'' dobinson coils and 27.5'' procomp shocks from shane.
http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/42764/2133745030102076742S500x500Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/43168/2540738050102076742S500x500Q85.jpg

[Slunnie]

Whats the travel on the Procomps?

That travels really well at the rear!




edit: Does that have a body lift?

[long stroke]

Now thats some nice flex:cool:

[Grover-98]

I am yet to find that perfect place to flex up Grover!

[long stroke]

I am yet to find that perfect place to flex up Grover!

Yeah same here, i've been looking all day:angel:

[knotty7]

Whats the travel on the Procomps?

That travels really well at the rear!




edit: Does that have a body lift?

Yeah Slunnie I it has a 2 1/2 lra body lift:twisted:

[knotty7]

Sl;unnie

The procomp shocks are 27.5'' shocks and I know they work really well but thats as much as I know sorry:(

[dirtdawg]

hey disco white whaty is the hole next to your number plate for i have the same bar also are they the stock plastic corners just cut down?

[Grover-98]

Yeah same here, i've been looking all day:angel:

I had a perfect rut climb on my property! was brilliant place to pose a wheel far up in the air whilst the rear flexed...or a great place to roll a zook :p...went there today thinking i would get some pics to find the hill is now mounds of road base :o:(:mad:

[long stroke]

I had a perfect rut climb on my property! was brilliant place to pose a wheel far up in the air whilst the rear flexed...or a great place to roll a zook :p...went there today thinking i would get some pics to find the hill is now mounds of road base :o:(:mad:

To bad, who did that:eek:

[Grover-98]

A family friend who dump **** out here and "fixes" the rough sections on our tracks :twisted:

[discowhite]

Sl;unnie

The procomp shocks are 27.5'' shocks and I know they work really well but thats as much as I know sorry:(

11-11.5'' stroke shock.

[discowhite]

hey disco white whaty is the hole next to your number plate for i have the same bar also are they the stock plastic corners just cut down?

its a cut out for a recovery point i made that bolts to the chassis rail. i didnt have any where under the car to attach a strap to that wasn't pulling onto something.
they were cut down plastic end caps.

cheers phil

[Slunnie]

I had a perfect rut climb on my property! was brilliant place to pose a wheel far up in the air whilst the rear flexed...or a great place to roll a zook :p...went there today thinking i would get some pics to find the hill is now mounds of road base :o:(:mad:
Do we need to phone a friend.... Eddy. :p

[DiscoDan]

12842

This was the first time out in the D2

There will be many more

Danny

[long stroke]

Thanks Danny planty of up travel there!!
Looks like your rear step is coppen it to:o

CHEERS TIM.

[Grover-98]

Do we need to phone a friend.... Eddy. :p

:wasntme: Ah let me have my fun :D


I'm guessing Eddy is your friend? ;), him and i really hit it off:p :D:D:D

[Slunnie]

:wasntme: Ah let me have my fun :D


I'm guessing Eddy is your friend? ;), him and i really hit it off:p :D:D:D
My friend..... hell no! I thought he was a complete and utter hypocrit and a general ****wit.

[Disco95]

My friend..... hell no! I thought he was a complete and utter hypocrit and a general ****wit.


I bought his grandma for $10. Damn he's a good salesman.:rolleyes:

[dullbird]

who is eddie..............Hope he is not someone on this site :no2:

[long stroke]

who is eddie..............Hope he is not someone on this site :no2:

I THINK it might be eddie off who wants to be a millionair the show;)

TIM.

[klappers]

I have a quick question... is anybody running tough dog shocks??? And are they any good?? I have been trying to find a good combination...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[mickashay]

heres my little flex from a little play tonight,broke the hose clamps on the rear springs again
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/04/372.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/04/369.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/04/370.jpg

[long stroke]

I have a quick question... is anybody running tough dog shocks??? And are they any good?? I have been trying to find a good combination...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

A mates just put a set of tough dog adjustables in his d2 they seem great!!!!:)
Thanks for the pic aswell:)

TIM.

[long stroke]

heres my little flex from a little play tonight,broke the hose clamps on the rear springs again
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/04/372.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/04/369.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/04/370.jpg

Thanks Mick!
Yours is flexing well now:cool:
Your rear bar is the same as mine:D

TIM.

[long stroke]

Had another play around today;)
I decided to un hook the brake lines and one of the rear shocks to let it flex to it's full potential, here are some pics..
The tyre is munched alot further into the guard, almost as much as Slunnies;)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1240.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1241.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1242.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1243.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1244.jpg

CHEERS TIM.

[long stroke]

Heres a pic of the shock on the compressed side, the green mark on the shock is the shocks full compresion mark, so the only thing stoping more flex is the springs being a bit stiff, but if i could get as much flex as this i would be quite happy:)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1237.jpg

A pic of the spring on the compressed side..
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1238.jpg

I'm thinking of lowering the shock mounts around 2-3''s and then make up some cones for the rear, that way i should get around the same amount of flex and still have heaps of up travel on the other side.
Then i can start looking at my bumpstops.
I'm shore i've got something wrong here so please correct me:D

CHEERS TIM.

[Redback]

Here is mine from a weekend ago at Yadboro:D
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/bazzar/Yadboro09047.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/bazzar/Yadboro09048.jpg

Baz.

[2_door]

this is my old D1. It had 2 inch raised EFS coils and 27.5 inch procomps on the rear. as you can see from the pic, the extra length shocks made the coils dislocate a few inches which was fixed with some dislocation cones or maybe they should be called relocation cones ;)

pretty much the same as Knotty's truck. they allow heaps of rear articulation but the front was still way too hard as you can see in the pics. I sold the truck before getting the front sorted :(

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1228.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1229.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1224.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1230.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1231.jpg

ps. yes, its has a 2 inch body lift as well and running 245/75/16 Cooper STT's :D

[long stroke]

this is my old D1. It had 2 inch raised EFS coils and 27.5 inch procomps on the rear. as you can see from the pic, the extra length shocks made the coils dislocate a few inches which was fixed with some dislocation cones or maybe they should be called relocation cones ;)

pretty much the same as Knotty's truck. they allow heaps of rear articulation but the front was still way too hard as you can see in the pics. I sold the truck before getting the front sorted :(

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1228.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1229.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1224.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1230.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1231.jpg

ps. yes, its has a 2 inch body lift as well and running 245/75/16 Cooper STT's :D


Thanks Shorty oh i meen 2 door:D
Thats a very nice amount of flex, thats what i'm after;)
Maybe a better option would be to get some longer shocks?;)
How much did they set you back?

CHEERS TIM.

[2_door]

just for the rear shocks they were $270 delivered to me in Hobart. I left the EFS ones on the front and I think they were the limiting factor.

here is a link to the shocks and I got them from Shane at Suspension Stuff in sunny Qld. He was very helpful and they arrived a few days later in an express satchel, great service seeing as I didnt pay for the delivery.

https://www.suspensionstuff.com.au/shop/product_info.php?cPath=27_56_111&products_id=275&osCsid=4cash00l1drcdrj4na8h8nf2q3

thanks for the compliment, I was very happy with the travel and I will be doing something similar to my new 2 door when I pick it up next week. You cant beat great articulation.

good luck mate

[long stroke]

Thanks again:thumbsup:
That aint a bad price:cool:
I've gone through Shane before and was very happy with him:)
It'll be good to see some flex like that coming out of your 2door.

CHEERS TIM.

[mike 90 RR]

Very flexible .... :eek:

I see that you made an extension bracket for the rear brake "joining block" ... But the hose still has that 90 degree kink in it :(

Bend the top of the bracket further to get the hose to bend at 45 degrees and take the stress off the flexi hose .... or buy a longer hose




https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1224.jpg


Well Done tho :)

[long stroke]

Very flexible .... :eek:

I see that you made an extension bracket for the rear brake "joining block" ... But the hose still has that 90 degree kink in it :(

Bend the top of the bracket further to get the hose to bend at 45 degrees and take the stress off the flexi hose .... or buy a longer hose




Well Done tho :)

I did the same thing with my brake line bracket, and it was alsmost as tight as that when at full flex, but i just noticed today that a stick has snaged the lines at some stage and almost kinked the steel lines:eek:
Wouldn't have happened if it wasn't sitting off the diff:(

TIM.

[mike 90 RR]

I did the same thing with my brake line bracket, and it was alsmost as tight as that when at full flex, but i just noticed today that a stick has snagged the lines at some stage and almost kinked the steel lines:eek:
Wouldn't have happened if it wasn't sitting off the diff:(
TIM.


Your right ..... Another thing I just picked up on is

IT's also a tutorial on how to change your rear springs .... :) ... :p

[long stroke]

Your right ..... Another thing I just picked up on is

IT's also a tutorial on how to change your rear springs .... :) ... :p

Yes, very good pic mate :Rolling:

[2_door]

yeah, thanks guys.

If I can get that flex out of the rangie, I will be happy.

I cant see why I shouldnt, the chassis/axle configuration is pretty much identical.

The spring rates might have to be different as the body/loading is a bit different to the disco body.

:D

[long stroke]

yeah, thanks guys.

If I can get that flex out of the rangie, I will be happy.

I cant see why I shouldnt, the chassis/axle configuration is pretty much identical.

The spring rates might have to be different as the body/loading is a bit different to the disco body.

:D

Just don't go to stiff with the springs otherwise the tyre won't stuff into the guard real well:angel:

TIM.

[2_door]

this set up was good for stuffing tyres up in the opposite guard.

heres a pic

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1154.jpg

its not a great pic but gives a general idea of how far up they can go :p

this one is a bit better

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1155.jpg

[long stroke]

this set up was good for stuffing tyres up in the opposite guard.

heres a pic

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1154.jpg

its not a great pic but gives a general idea of how far up they can go :p

this one is a bit better

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1155.jpg

Thats nice!!
Need more flex in the front though:D

[disco_mitch]

so the back is easy to get good flex with spring and shocks what about the front what stops it flexing it gets bugger all and causes the body to be on a lean when flexed rather than sitting level

[2_door]

so the back is easy to get good flex with spring and shocks what about the front what stops it flexing it gets bugger all and causes the body to be on a lean when flexed rather than sitting level

the front is limited by the sway bar and it is a different configuration to the rear so it is a bit harder to get as much flex from it.

I hadnt done anything to the front of mine and thats why it is still 'undeveloped' as such. You can fit things like modified shock towers, sway bar disconnects, softer coils and longer shocks and get more out of it but in the end, it is very hard to get the front to flex like the back without spending big bucks and changing the whole configuration of arms etc

[Grover-98]

Can relocation cones be placed in the front?

[long stroke]

Can relocation cones be placed in the front?

Yes but they are a bit harder to make, because of the shock in the centre of the spring;)

TIM.

[Tombie]

this set up was good for stuffing tyres up in the opposite guard.

heres a pic

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1154.jpg

its not a great pic but gives a general idea of how far up they can go :p

this one is a bit better

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/1155.jpg

Nice flex...

I am concerned how you go with bottoming out the rear shocks due to length.

Without extended bump stops, and/or raised shock mounts back there a 27.5" shock is going to bottom out over a decent bump and trash the shock or mount or both!


As for front flex, you will never get "jeep" flex from the front of a disco by design... Jeeps flex in the front, Rovers in the back.... Plus real life loading on the front will flex it more than just ramping it!

But your doing a great job...

Keep the development up!!!

[disco_mitch]

i have taken the swaybar of the front, it didnt even make a differance, at the moment its all stock so i assume my shocks are stopping further droop, is it to do with the radius arms that it cant droop, will different bushes make it better

[2_door]

;)Tombie, I never got around to measuring the compressed length of the shock verses the compressed length of the coils to see if they matched or came close to bottoming out. My offroading is all slow work, crawling over trees/rocks/ruts so if the shock did bottom out, it would have been a slow action. Admittedly its not the best but at least they wouldnt be bottoming out at speed with alot of force on them. I didnt have any thumping or strange noises coming from them, and they never bent or broke so things couldnt have been all that bad :p

Jeepboy, lack of flex in front radius arms is probably one of the biggest reasons the front wont flex but having siad that, it is a combination of things that reduce front flex. I think its Superior Engineering or Snake make a raduis arm that has a rose joint or a ball joint in them to allow greater flex. Nice idea but you have to mortgage the kids to be able to afford them :eek:

If you took the sway bar off and it made little difference, try taking the shocks off all together (if you have somewhere VERY close to home) and see how the front flexes up then. If it goes really well, get in there are see how the coils are going, are they at their limit of travel. If they are, measure how long a shock needs to be and then go out and see if you can buy one at that length. Procomp shocks are probably the cheapest (but not in a quality sense) shock you can get in many lengths and no doubt one to suit your length.

good luck

[discopete]

i have taken the swaybar of the front, it didnt even make a differance, at the moment its all stock so i assume my shocks are stopping further droop, is it to do with the radius arms that it cant droop, will different bushes make it better

Longer shocks will help, possibly cranked radius arms if lifted, and you can get slotted bushes for radius arms.

Pete

[long stroke]

If anyones after long shocks talk to shane from suspensionstuff i was talking to him yesterday, he can get 27.5" procomps for about $280 a pair and if you want a bit better quality shock he's got the new Boss 12stage adjustables for $400 a pair;)
Aparently the procomps are going up in price soon..:(

CHEERS TIM.

[2_door]

thanks Tim. I want some procomps for my Rangie, will have to get my act together and get them b4 the price rise :eek:

[Cap]

bwahahah - we all new it wasnt going to be long before the mods start 2_door, and you dont even have the vehicle yet!

But good point, I dont have the reddies for rear shocks if I did I would get some too.

[2_door]

bwahahah - we all new it wasnt going to be long before the mods start 2_door, and you dont even have the vehicle yet!

But good point, I dont have the reddies for rear shocks if I did I would get some too.


yeah mate, I cant help myself....only 3 sleeps to go, its like waiting for christmas. I went out to Molesworth the other day and picked up the spare parts (wheels/bumper/grill/rubbers etc) and had another look over the beast and I cant wait to get it home and start on it. Have a long list already :p

[long stroke]

yeah mate, I cant help myself....only 3 sleeps to go, its like waiting for christmas. I went out to Molesworth the other day and picked up the spare parts (wheels/bumper/grill/rubbers etc) and had another look over the beast and I cant wait to get it home and start on it. Have a long list already :p

mmmm i'm getting excited now;)
Love the old 2doors:cool:

TIM.

[2_door]

mmmm i'm getting excited now;)
Love the old 2doors:cool:

TIM.

thanks Tim, its nice to know that others get excited about these thigs too. SWMBO just rolls her eyes :bat: whenever I talk about it.

Timaus was over today and we had a good old chat about it, what its got and what needs doing then had a good look (again) over, under and thru his 2 door.....

not long now ;):p

[long stroke]

thanks Tim, its nice to know that others get excited about these thigs too. SWMBO just rolls her eyes :bat: whenever I talk about it.

Timaus was over today and we had a good old chat about it, what its got and what needs doing then had a good look (again) over, under and thru his 2 door.....

not long now ;):p

Don't forget the pics when it arrives:D
What are your plans for it??
Big, tyres, lockers ETC:twisted:

TIM.

[disco_mitch]

Longer shocks will help, possibly cranked radius arms if lifted, and you can get slotted bushes for radius arms.

Pete

can you elaborate on cranked radius arms and slotted bushes

[that_kid]

heres a couple flex pics of my freshly coil converted D2, havent gotten any good action shots yet but heres a couple backyard shots, one on the bigger tires n one on the standards, note the big tires are on a smaller step,

all its got is dobinson springs+2" n lovells shocks from trusty ol shane n works well, brake lines are still standard n sway bars etc are all in place, although the rear will be coming out shortly, and a front disconnect when i can find one :P

GL with the rangie!!!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/961.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/04/1453.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/962.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/963.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/964.jpg

[long stroke]

Not bad with the swaybars conected, looks so much better with the lift and tyres:)