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Discussion in 'Suspension' started by 2ndGenJonny, Jan 12, 2016.

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  1. Sep 12, 2016 at 1:18 PM
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    Thank you :) I know I should measure and that then order but is an 8" strap good for the front?? Just TC uppers and icon extended travel coil overs.
     
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  2. Sep 12, 2016 at 1:36 PM
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    Go get a tape measure and find out. Nobody is going to have exactly the same lower and upper strap mounts. You can put them different locations.
     
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  3. Sep 12, 2016 at 1:36 PM
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  4. Sep 12, 2016 at 1:39 PM
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    thanks guys. I'll go measure anyway just to make sure and to stop being so lazy
     
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  5. Sep 12, 2016 at 2:22 PM
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    8" is probably too much. I'm using 6" and wish I'd put the mounts higher.

    I've got the 6 ply TG on the front and cartek on the back, no issues so far, and I've been using them.
     
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  6. Sep 12, 2016 at 2:59 PM
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    No, 8" is way too big for a stock length set up.
     
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  7. Sep 12, 2016 at 4:52 PM
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    @Arcticelf where did you buy the 6" tg strap? Just looked on their website and smallest I could find was 8"
     
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  8. Sep 12, 2016 at 5:10 PM
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    Perhaps a 7", looking at my email chain. I'll check in the morning.
     
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  9. Sep 12, 2016 at 5:15 PM
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    Sweet thank you! I'll keep looking to try and find one somewhere else
     
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  10. Sep 13, 2016 at 6:51 AM
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    If you can find 6" straps post em up, that would be handy.
     
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  11. Sep 13, 2016 at 7:31 AM
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    Stop spreading bs if you don't know what you're talking about. I use 9" straps up front. All about where you mount the sumbich. Like Jason said just use a damn tape
     
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  12. Sep 13, 2016 at 8:18 AM
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    Who pissed in your Cheerios there skippy ? We've had this discussion a million times before and a million times before guys have bought long straps and regretted it when they went to install them. There is absolutely no point in buying a strap that long and then having to get creative with the mounting location just to make it work. A shorter strap allows you to easily mount your clevis centered on the frame rail without having to cock the f-n strap at a 45 degree angle to eat up its length or having to put the clevis up the side of the coil bucket. A shorter strap is stronger, stretches less and is easier to install. Just because you made a strap work that was completely too long does not make you or it correct.
     
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  13. Sep 13, 2016 at 8:36 AM
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    No luck finding a 6" tg strap. Shortest I found was 7" kartek strap. But I'll keep looking around.
     
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  14. Sep 13, 2016 at 8:42 AM
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  15. Sep 13, 2016 at 8:54 AM
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    I didn't have to make it work, it's what my tape measure told me to get. There you go again assuming the situation...

    2016-09-13_09-51-30.jpg
     
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  16. Sep 13, 2016 at 9:12 AM
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    Cough...uniball UCA and LCA with more droop than Op has, cough...tab located pretty far out on LCA vs where it would be located on the oddly shaped OE LCA

    BTW - I never disagreed with measuring to find exact needs.
     
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  17. Sep 13, 2016 at 9:27 AM
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    Well by this time next week I'll have Dk lowers just like the picture. I forgot to mention that in the OP. With the stock lowers I need like a 6.5" strap from my measurements.
     
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  18. Sep 16, 2016 at 12:37 PM
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    Your clevis mount is an inch or so higher on the frame than mine. Yours is probably in the better location.
     
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  19. Sep 16, 2016 at 12:38 PM
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    Yes, it is.
     
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  20. Sep 16, 2016 at 3:35 PM
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    The frame seemed more stout and flatter up there which is why I put it there. Added a scab plate for good measure for the clevis mount to stick to. Been working awesome for the last 10 months.
     
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