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blackax · 02-13-2012, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396

Those look good. I wanted to use the rears but they are going to work on my truck. The reason I wanted to use the is because my rear tires are wider than the body and I was hoping I could use the flares and then cut the metal on the fender so they cleared on full compression. So instead I'm going to try and flare the metal out enough to clear. I already rolled the lip and that wasn't enough so I'll try to flare them.

Ya my flairs are for show, I only rub on the front with my 33's and only at full lock and full compression. And that's stock, if I bump up my torsion bars a bit I wont rub at all. I can nearly run 35's in the rear as it sits right now. 18 inches of travel FTW

94cobra69ss396 · 02-13-2012, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by blackax

Ya my flairs are for show, I only rub on the front with my 33's and only at full lock and full compression. And that's stock, if I bump up my torsion bars a bit I wont rub at all. I can nearly run 35's in the rear as it sits right now. 18 inches of travel FTW

What has 18 inches of travel? With my solid axle swap I get 10 inches of travel in the front and with my home springs I get about 13 in the rear.

94cobra69ss396 · 02-13-2012, 10:00 AM

Here are some old pictures of mine. The only change since these are the Fox shocks in the front.

Rear:

Front:

blackax · 02-13-2012, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396

What has 18 inches of travel? With my solid axle swap I get 10 inches of travel in the front and with my home springs I get about 13 in the rear.

Stock isuzu rear as 18 inches of total travel. Its also a coil 3 link stock.

But I only get 3 inches of down travel in the front. and something like 5 inches up.. IFS fail

blackax · 02-13-2012, 10:16 AM

Sorry for the hijack by the way.

Not my truck
But the same setup

94cobra69ss396 · 02-13-2012, 10:17 AM

Are you sure about the rear? Have you mearsured it because 18 inches of travel is a lot. The Raptor only has 12.5 and I think my Explorer stock only got about 7 or 8 in the rear and 6 in the front.

blackax · 02-13-2012, 10:33 AM

The Ford Raptor with stock rear spring has 5.5” of up travel and 6.5” of down travel

The trooper has 7.5" up travel and 10.5" down travel. The main limit to our travel is the shock.

Changing a flat tire sucks ass because I like lifting from my frame and not the axle.

94cobra69ss396 · 02-13-2012, 12:18 PM

Use my hoist to lift your truck and measure because I find 18 hard to believe. So you have an 16 inch or so travel shock?

blackax · 02-13-2012, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 94cobra69ss396

Use my hoist to lift your truck and measure because I find 18 hard to believe. So you have an 16 inch or so travel shock?

i'll do it when i get off work.

Leedom · 02-13-2012, 02:55 PM

Here you go Ron. Paint them with bed liner so they resist scratching too.