A sufficient up travel ? How much is enough?
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A sufficient up travel ? How much is enough?
About how much up travel travel should I have?
I am running into some clearance issues and it looks like I will have about 3~4" of up travel? Sound sufficient for my setup?
Down travel will be 11-12" by the looks of things...
Any help would be appreciative, sorry i dont have pics right now..
thanks!
I am running into some clearance issues and it looks like I will have about 3~4" of up travel? Sound sufficient for my setup?
Down travel will be 11-12" by the looks of things...
Any help would be appreciative, sorry i dont have pics right now..
thanks!
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i think chris was having the same problem,i think that is why he cut the frame and fabed up a new one,the frame on the new gen rangers kind of suck for a straight axle,it gets weaker as you get closer to the front of the truck,"that is why we gusset them"and the frame is straight,to where it curves on the older rangers,for releaf of the suspension on the front half
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i think chris was having the same problem,i think that is why he cut the frame and fabed up a new one,the frame on the new gen rangers kind of suck for a straight axle,it gets weaker as you get closer to the front of the truck,"that is why we gusset them"and the frame is straight,to where it curves on the older rangers,for releaf of the suspension on the front half
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that is 25" of total travel on regular shocks? no way. sorry but your numbers are wrong.
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Haha, yea Maurice...your a little off. My shocks in the rear (lifted shocks) are barely 25 open!
Zack, I'd say the only real way to tell is to run it. 3-4" is sufficient for on road...off road I would want 6", but my use of a built truck is a lot different than yours. I would lift it another 3" if I were building it...
Like I said, run it and see how it feels, it may be just fine, it may be way off. It's a custom built suspension.
Just for comparison, how much did your old setup have?
Zack, I'd say the only real way to tell is to run it. 3-4" is sufficient for on road...off road I would want 6", but my use of a built truck is a lot different than yours. I would lift it another 3" if I were building it...
Like I said, run it and see how it feels, it may be just fine, it may be way off. It's a custom built suspension.
Just for comparison, how much did your old setup have?
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I have no room to talk, I probably have 3/4" down travel and 2" uptravel if I'm lucky
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I think i only had 4 before.
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Haha, yea Maurice...your a little off. My shocks in the rear (lifted shocks) are barely 25 open!
Zack, I'd say the only real way to tell is to run it. 3-4" is sufficient for on road...off road I would want 6", but my use of a built truck is a lot different than yours. I would lift it another 3" if I were building it...
Like I said, run it and see how it feels, it may be just fine, it may be way off. It's a custom built suspension.
Just for comparison, how much did your old setup have?
Zack, I'd say the only real way to tell is to run it. 3-4" is sufficient for on road...off road I would want 6", but my use of a built truck is a lot different than yours. I would lift it another 3" if I were building it...
Like I said, run it and see how it feels, it may be just fine, it may be way off. It's a custom built suspension.
Just for comparison, how much did your old setup have?
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would have been a little change of pace because i feel my truck isnt getting too far too fast. lol
there are 2 more weekends before the dunes... its gonna be here fast!!
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