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Re: Rear springs up front, racal springs on rear..

Post by dan_2k_uk » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:12 pm

I can't remember the ins and outs of RRRUF but can tell you es1000s are softest.
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Re: Rear springs up front, racal springs on rear..

Post by Jay18 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:13 pm

haha scottie said he would draw up a bracket but i guess he forgot, so did i lol, thanks for that dan...
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Re: Rear springs up front, racal springs on rear..

Post by donkeychomp » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:15 pm

Jay18 wrote:looking at doing this now cause it should make my suspension softer hopefully...

do i need to make relocation brackets for the rear springs? or will extended shackles work for them?

im guessing the rear springs that will go on the front just bolt into the chassis mount as normal and just move the shackle mount?

and rascal rears just bolt in on extended shackles?

what pro comp shocks are softest?

ES1000

ES3000

ES9000

thanks...

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Re: Rear springs up front, racal springs on rear..

Post by Jay18 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:16 pm

well i know jimny bits do the es1000's so i can get them from there..
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Re: Rear springs up front, racal springs on rear..

Post by Jordi » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:17 pm

donkeychomp wrote:
Jay18 wrote:looking at doing this now cause it should make my suspension softer hopefully...

do i need to make relocation brackets for the rear springs? or will extended shackles work for them?

im guessing the rear springs that will go on the front just bolt into the chassis mount as normal and just move the shackle mount?

and rascal rears just bolt in on extended shackles?

what pro comp shocks are softest?

ES1000

ES3000

ES9000

thanks...

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Always found KYB procomps competitively priced too.
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Re: Rear springs up front, racal springs on rear..

Post by donkeychomp » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:20 pm

:hahaha:
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Re: Rear springs up front, racal springs on rear..

Post by Jay18 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:22 pm

i cant seem to find them, all i find on google is comparison of KYB, Pro comp and bilstein, as if its a make of its own...
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Re: Rear springs up front, racal springs on rear..

Post by Jordi » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:25 pm

We're taking the piss. Alex bought a set of cheap KYB and painted them white then stuck some other branded stickers on.
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Re: Rear springs up front, racal springs on rear..

Post by Jay18 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:29 pm

ooooh i see hahaha is it bad that i thought about doing that with my standard SJ shocks? lol i just painted them red instead, which was pontless cause theyre now brown to match the rest of the bottom of my zuk after the pay and play haha
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Re: Rear springs up front, racal springs on rear..

Post by donkeychomp » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:45 pm

These are KYB Pro Comps...snigger

Easy to do, work much better than Pro's and cost about a 1/4 less.

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