Modded shackles??

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Modded shackles??

Post by Jordi » Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:43 pm

Just wondering if anyone is running anything other than standard shackles?

Not longer but different. I was looking at rhino rays revolver shackles?

I don't really fancy killing the new springs and some shackles claim to put less stress on the springs under articulation.

I've also seen those hinged shackles but the name of them escapes me.

Are they road legal too?

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Re: Modded shackles??

Post by Darrell » Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:56 pm

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Re: Modded shackles??

Post by ScottieJ » Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:57 pm

Twister shackles are a bit crap, I had some on the rear of my sj years ago but they didn't really make a difference so I took them off and sold them.

D-flex/drop shackles just allow more droop that's about it. Missing links as Darrell posted are the best set up of these types of shackles but I would only run them on the front or rear and not both.

Personally I'd stick to the original shackles or some slightly longer than stock but not much longer.
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Re: Modded shackles??

Post by Jay18 » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:47 am

would these be classed as missing link shackles or D-Flex shackles?


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Re: Modded shackles??

Post by ROBBIE » Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:17 am

They be D-Flex
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