BAMF SoCal (Gorman meet) May 11-12

Just curious why is it better to do the rear first?

 

Cheaper

 

Okay so I should just get new uppers and do the rear Lt until I can do the front

 

what are you currently running up front?

def do the rear end first. you planning to do the standard 61.5" spring and 12" shackle?

 

true

 

not really... for the 1st gens there is no "bolt on" rear SUA set up. it's all custom and way more fab required to build than the front.

there is no uptravel with the stock SOA set up. up travel is your friend in the high speed stuff. a built front end with the stock SOA set up will result in the rear end bucking all over the place because it can't keep up with the front end. there rear is where your drive wheels are so if you want to keep those on the ground.

 

So its better to kinda have some balance building both front and back? So that they can keep up with each other?

 

gotcha i dont know much about the first gens thanks for the info and i dont know which thread either the long travel or mid travel bs thread someone posted up a video of a black first gen with mid travel all around and went through the whoops slow and then he put rear longtravel and went pretty fast thru them thats pretty good vidoe to see the how mid travel up front and rear longtravel preforms

 

its also money thats another issue long travel aint cheap

 

I have fab tech loved them in HS but the I learn a bit and would never recommend them.

Well I'm still learning but I want about 18-19 inches of travel or so I think that would be a sweet set up since the front is about 13 inches

 

hey matt you think you can make it out this trip

 

you're thinking of jberry

you're going to want to replace those fabtech CO's when you LT the rear... any performance race style CO will be better than those piles. icon, king, fox...

travel #'s only mean so much. it's all about shock tuning.

going to try to... i need to hit some dirt. been way too long

 

you're going to want to replace those fabtech CO's when you LT the rear... any performance race style CO will be better than those piles. icon, king, fox...

travel #'s only mean so much. it's all about shock tuning.

yeah i know their pos's but i dont want to poorly spend money either. i guess ill LT the rear then do the front after awhile after

 

haha alright that be sweet see if you can camp out and also im gunna try to go to that ventura offroad show are you gong to that?

 

yup. i'll be there tomorrow afternoon sometime... prolly around 1-ish

 

Rear is more expensive than the front but more important. 3-4k u should be good to go

 

nice i was checking there website and doesnt say a price on the tickets i just saw 8-25 bucks but not sure how much it is at the door

 

$10 i think

 

how much is parking? hopefully they dont rape us too bad

 

prolly another $10