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Old 10-09-2019, 05:45 PM
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^ What Donny said... First thing we did with my car was pull the coil springs, put new arms on the spindle and cycled it to see what hit first. Be sure to figure on increased caster which points the steering arms up (and on my case, put my tie rods right into my sway bar) Once we rearranged all we could, we measured max compression length between shock mounts and max extension, then where ride height would be. Then ordered shocks the correct length. I run 3.6" shock up front and they never bottom out and ride nice. You could put a longer shock in if you raised upper mount but that in itself isnt going to get you any more travel if lower arm still hits frame in same spot.
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