Thread: Suspension questions

Originally Posted by au.shammus

I have been watching this from the sidelines as i am in the process of buying the bits to do a 2" lift on my D2a with airbags. i have bought the airbag spacer kit and SLS Sensor extenders from Andrew at LRA, some new springs for the front, spacers for cross member, some longer sway bar ends, was getting ready to buy some shocks until i saw mention of the +2" shocks in the rear not being long enough(now i am really confused). Does this affect the Air bag rear end the same way? i can fix a computer real good and wield a soldering iron pretty well, but get really confused trying understand suspension .
going by the conversation; would i be better served putting +2" shocks in the front and +3" on the rear?

cheers
Owen

It depends on what your free lengths end up being. You will probably find those shock lengths are too long for the front and rear. I really suspect they will pull on the brake lines at both ends and the rear ABS lines, but you can unclip and pull the front ABS lines through a bit. You may also have to review you bumpstops also, but I suspect the watts linkage will be ok. The problem with the SLS is that you can not run shocks that will allow the airbag to be pulled on at all otherwise it will tear the bag off the top mount and then it is shot - which is why I probably wouldn't run more than a 2" longer shock with a 2" SLS spacer.

Thanks Slunnie, I forgot to mention that I had already done extended brake lines, so 2” shocks it is, and to check the ABS wiring as well
Much appreciated
Owen