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Old 03-18-2010, 07:51 PM
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Well I was welding in my upper rear shock mounts in my 69 camaro with DSE mini tub kit and noticed that when I install the shock its almost bottomed right out at ride height.It only has about 2" of travel before it hits the bump stop.I am using DSEs Koni mini tub shocks.Where have I gone wrong??? I hope someone can shed some light on this.Thanks in advance.
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Old 03-18-2010, 08:11 PM
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Was the crossmember welded in too low? Could it be the wrong shock?
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thats what I was wondering??? Does anyone have a spec??
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Steve,
That shock looks wrong. How long is the body?
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I can go out and check now....do you have a spec on your shocks??
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That shock looks wrong..... isnt it nearly impossible to weld in the upper cross member too low ? The kit is pretty straight forward to install from what I've see. You'd have to really mess up its placement to get this....
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I can go out and check now....do you have a spec on your shocks??
I'm not running the DSE suspension. I did have the exact set up you have (before I sold it), and I can tell you the shock body looked several inches shorter than that. Sorry, I can't get that measurement for you. Maybe somebody here can get it for you tonight. If not, call DSE tomorrow.
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could I have the wrong shocks?? Does anyone know the lenght on the mini tub koni shock??
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Top eye to the bottom of the body of the shock is 12 in. I have another 5 1/2 inches to the bottom eye from the body at ride height on DSE 3 inch lowering leafs. Also, my shocks both hang in front of the rear end housing.
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I just measured from the centre of the top eye to the bottom of the shock body is 14".........do they make more than 1 mini tub style shock???
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