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Oh the taller suspension lifts you will find that the cans on the rear shocks hit the lower spring perches. Now you can flip the shocks over, but shocks are really designed to be installed on way, so unless you have a shock that specifically states to be mounted can up, you are actually reversing the compression and rebound valving. This will give you a poorer ride than if they were mounted the correct way. Now I am only going up 2 inches, but even then the OME shocks get close to the perch, so I decided to go ahead an install the relocators. I also thought that if I need to rotate the pinion angle when I do a belly up skid, I will already have these installed. I looked at everyone who made these. Some were just formed metal that clamped around the original shock, and then there was Teraflex. These are made out of a solid block of metal. It is going to be hard to damage these. They do not change your ground clearance, and actually raise the lower mount eye of the shock up slightly. This concerned me a little, but I wasn't bottoming out the shock with the stock setup so I felt okay at this point.
Additional
Parts: Anti-seize |
Tools
Needed: 3/4" Combo wrench 15mm Combo wrench 18mm Combo wrench 3/4" Socket 9/16" Socket 15mm Socket |
N-m | Ft. Lbs. | In. Lbs. | |
SHOCK ABSORBER LOWER NUT | 100 | 74 | - |
This page last updated: 16-Apr-2008
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