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 mattie182
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| posted on November 25th, 2002 at 10:50 AM |
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coil-over shocks
I have been thinking about putting a set of coil-over shocks on the back/front of my LWB buggy. I know this will stiffen up my ride, but are their any
other disadvantages or advantages???????
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| posted on November 25th, 2002 at 12:03 PM |
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From what I can gather the shock absorber mounts were not designed to take the extra forces applied when COIL-OVER shocks are used.
Just my opinion, someone may already have this set-up and it may be working OK.
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| posted on November 25th, 2002 at 10:11 PM |
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Good question... i've been wondering about this too as it has been on my wish list. I know most coil over shocks are adjustable and they seem
popular on US buggies
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| posted on November 28th, 2002 at 09:45 PM |
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shocks
I thought most of those US buggies were using coilovers as the only springing and rods through the beam to tie the arms in. |
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| posted on November 28th, 2002 at 11:40 PM |
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True, but they also seem popular on bajas, with torsion bars as well. It would be preferable to get stiffer torsion bars instead, I know T3 wagon rear
bars fit and are stiffer. |
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| posted on November 29th, 2002 at 09:28 AM |
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I have a set on the back of my KG for the last 9 years. Apart from the stiffened ride, nothing else bad I can report. I bought a couple of heavy duty
shocks (no coils) from the DOVW and about to put them on to see the difference in handling
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| posted on November 29th, 2002 at 12:35 PM |
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Coil Overs
The biggest problem you will get with coil overs is that most are crap. Those yellow ones with teh chrome springs are a bad shock and a bad coil.
The rear of a type 1 will happily handle the extra forces put on it by the coil over 95% of teh time. For example I would not run them in a race car
as the jumps would eventually take their toll.
If you are going to buy some I recommend Custom Off Road as they make their own and use good quality shocks and coils. I have a set of theirs I ran
for quite a few years on my Baja and it was worth it.
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