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Old Oct 26, 2009
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most all shocks are 1.25 not 1. weird.

see thats what gets me. my foxes are 1.5" wide. and i even inquired to someone else and i was told 1.5" was the norm width. guess we were wrong. oh well, two washer on each side and it works like a charm. lmao. looks a bit goofy but just paint the washers and theyll blend right in.
 
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dude when i originally made these, i was told that fox coilovers were 1." inches in width with the misalignment spacers. and thats what mine are. so i made them 1-5/8" in width to allow for a little bit of play then you can crank down on them and lose that 1/8". anyway, putting caseys on the other day, i found out that yalls new fox's are 1-1/4". so we had to put 2 washers on each side of the misalignment spacers. kinda sucked but it worked...
There sounds like there may have been some confusion with the spacing of the shocks. The brackets Jacob made have 3/8" too much spacing. I will try to PM or E-mail everyone today with the correct spacers.
 
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i typo'd earlier. in my original post, i meant to say 1.5". not 1." just fyi. but yea, looks as if they are 3/8" too big.
 
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good enough for me!
Yep yep. I plan on driving down there and getting some input from them about what to do. So if they are good to work with, that'll really determine if they get my business.

And I completely just realized by membership expired. Damn my e-mail spam blocker. Probably decided R-F was spam again. Ugh... I'll have to re-up tonight.
 
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I know I'm not part of the group buy or the bracket buy group....but....would different misalignment spacers fix the 'gap' issue for a better setup? Like thicker spacers?
 
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I know I'm not part of the group buy or the bracket buy group....but....would different misalignment spacers fix the 'gap' issue for a better setup? Like thicker spacers?
i was wondering the same thing. wondering if there are thicker spacers that would go in there so fill that gap. maybe nick will know.
 
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Jacob,

My UPS shipment still says, "Billing Information Received." Could you find out why they don't show the package in the system?

Thanks!
 
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I know I'm not part of the group buy or the bracket buy group....but....would different misalignment spacers fix the 'gap' issue for a better setup? Like thicker spacers?
I have PM'd everyone that was part of the group buy if there is anyone I missed I apologize and if you could send me a message.
 
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Here ya go! And damn I'm a scrub.... haha....



Nice! Wish I had mine.
 
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thats all the pics??? looks SEXY!!!
 
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Where's Mal!?


wahahaha
 
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Mal was hungover from the night before lol she did all th picture taking. Haloween is this weekend so that means Moonfest round here. Lots of half naked girls. ill get some pics of that with the truck i swear lol
 
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plan to spend around 45-60 bucks on bolts washers nuts etcs. And get more shimes because the 4 that fox provide are def not enough
damn... you got ripped off on bolts. Seriously sucks we gotta buy these though. Oh well
 
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Hi , what shocks length do you use?
for what i see in one picture it seems that the shock have a short distance to be fully compressed
 
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yea they are pretty close. im gonna tweak em. they dont bottom out tho. i got the 5" cuz thats what Nick from ORU said to use
 
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I know I'm not part of the group buy or the bracket buy group....but....would different misalignment spacers fix the 'gap' issue for a better setup? Like thicker spacers?
Yup. Nick at ORW has hooked us up once again by offering the larger spacers FOR FREE!

I simply cannot say enough good things about ORW and Nick K. In fact, i didnt even contact him, he contacted ME and offered the correct spacers. How cool is that?

We are lucky to have such an awesome site sponsor.
 
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oh yeah, havent received my parts yet. havent received a tracking number either. not bashing anyone... just sayin'
 
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Originally Posted by 08XLT4x4
Yup. Nick at ORW has hooked us up once again by offering the larger spacers FOR FREE!

I simply cannot say enough good things about ORW and Nick K. In fact, i didnt even contact him, he contacted ME and offered the correct spacers. How cool is that?

We are lucky to have such an awesome site sponsor.
Agreed!

Nick and ORW's customer service practices are top-notch.
 
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Originally Posted by 08XLT4x4
Yup. Nick at ORW has hooked us up once again by offering the larger spacers FOR FREE!

I simply cannot say enough good things about ORW and Nick K. In fact, i didnt even contact him, he contacted ME and offered the correct spacers. How cool is that?

We are lucky to have such an awesome site sponsor.
Thanks. Was a little disappointed I didn't get my answer earlier, but it's all good. Just planning ahead for when I'm ready for the swap.
 
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Originally Posted by 08XLT4x4
Yup. Nick at ORW has hooked us up once again by offering the larger spacers FOR FREE!

I simply cannot say enough good things about ORW and Nick K. In fact, i didnt even contact him, he contacted ME and offered the correct spacers. How cool is that?

We are lucky to have such an awesome site sponsor.
That's awesome to hear. I'll have to check them out when/if I need new coilovers.

oh yeah, havent received my parts yet. havent received a tracking number either. not bashing anyone... just sayin'
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Coilover's ordered.....heheheheheheh

Called Nick at lunch and purchased the last set of shocks ...just waitin on coils
 
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I received a tracking number on the 21st but UPS does not yet have a package for that number. It still says, "Billing Information Received." No update thus far.
 
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Ok I have a couple of questions about this. Is there any welding invloved or is it all bolt on? How hard is it to install? What happens to the ride if I max out the lift on the spring settings?
Thanks guys
 



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