Fitting 35’s with minimal trimming NOW ADDING LONG TRAVEL AND 934 CV’s

Finally got around to making a new skid. Really like how it all flows into the pivots. Once I do the LT and likely fiberglass I will build a new bumper and do the tuck.

 

this is slick as hell. Need to remember this.

 

I’ve got some kinks to workout but first shakedown with the 2.25 kit was a success.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ4Z7H9D1tA/

 

How big of an improvement in ride quality? Sure does flex nice!

 

Are those roost guards for the rear shocks?

 

Yes they are. I was going through a set of shafts a year from rock spray. I cut down some old flaps I had and it seems to have solved the issue.

 

Very cool. It took me one trip out with my new shocks on a long gravel section to start trashing mine, and since then I’ve been using some generic shock boots that I cut to ride height. Been on for the past 5 or 6 and have been working out very well. Doesn’t take much to start pitting them.

 

This is exactly why I’d never offer a WIY cage, I’d end up spending half my life on the phone trying to explain to people how exactly to do it and even still most will get in over their heads and then I’ll be to blame

 

Over the mid travel kings, on road I can’t tell a difference aside from the body roll due to 500 lb coils vs 600. Off road, it’s great. Articulates so easily with these butter soft coils as well as soaks up the little bumps. Gonna have to give it more time for a better determination off-road. Overall though, the kit is well worth it.

 

Well last night I moved the arms forward another half inch. 2 spacers towards the firewall/1 towards the front.

I had to increase the preload a few spins to gain my ride height back. Thanks again to @Airdog for coming by with his alignment tool.

We ended up setting the caster at 4.5° and camber at -.5° We did have to flip the forward cam over to adjust inboard more. To even up the caster we had to bring my camber back in as I was shooting for -1°.

I think if the arm was pushed all the way forward, I can get a more aggressive alignment. Though this works for now and may end up right where I want it if it settles out more.

Can’t wait to get this rear end redone to lower it down some.

 

is droop limiter thingy a technical term?

 

I believe top out spring is the technical term. Unless they are talking about a spacer that actually limits the travel. I know ADS uses a big top out spring on their oem replacement shocks that makes it very difficult to remove the springs. Without the spring on it would appear that they are only 4” stroke when in reality they are 6”

 

I’m assuming that spring must be internal? Not sure how I feel about something like that considering it’s likely going to cost you a whole new shock should it ever fail. I know lots of guys rave about ADS but I just had a real bad experience putting some on a 5th gen T4R. It was enough for me to likely never do business with them.

 

They stopped doing the internal spring as far as I know. I don’t think it’s worth having personally.

Customer service or fitment?

 

I was making a joke, lol. They are indeed talking about a spacer that limits travel internally.

I swapped springs on a set of oem replacement ADS not too long ago and I didn’t notice anything different

 

They’ve been doing it in motocross rear coil overs for decades. It’s there just to help with top out forces. Internal spacers have been used for just as long to limit stroke on all sorts of shocks.

What was the poor experience with ADS if you don’t mind me asking?

 

100% both. Not even close to King or Fox in the fitment department. Hoses oriented wrong, missing parts, wrong parts, wanted you to send a literal wood lag bolt through the frame etc….

 

Been about a year and a half since we ordered the shocks for my neighbors so they could have stopped doing it since then. Was just difficult to get the spring off without a proper spring compressor tool.

 

Sheet metal self tapper for the rear resi mounts. Not their best idea in my opinion but it works. I’d rather run some of the weld on ones from kartek.