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Originally Posted by MudSlanger
nice!
Yes it is!
 
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Originally Posted by Woods-Rider
What do you mean by binding on the down stroke? Like unloading to its limit really quickly?
Sorry, I meant binding of the CV's and balljoint from too much down travel.

I'm wondering if the extended length of the coil-overs is short enough to prevent binding. I have read that things will start to bind if the front suspension is allowed to droop much more than 1/4" further than factory shocks allow.
I believe the CV joints bind first. It would be worth putting the front on jacks again, letting the suspension fully extend, crank the wheel all the way to the side and rotate the wheel/tire by hand and check for and bind in the CV joints.
 
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^^^ yeah. you definitely should be using limit straps.
 
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absolute sweetness.....awesome man!!! So all in all how much are in this for, with your exact setup?
 
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I'll check the cvs tonight when I check all the bolts and let you guys know.

As far as money I have the 470 somethin into the coilovers and about $20 in hardware so roughly $500.
 
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The JAM!!
 
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That last pic made me lol.

F*** torsion bars
 
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That last pic made me lol.

F*** torsion bars
Yeah, I figure there will be a lot of those soon with all the people from the group buy just getting their ish lol.
 
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Looks good glad to hear everything went ok with the install. Look forward to seeing more of these up hear soon.
 
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