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Re: Need New Shocks
if u dont mind spending more $: i have the king adjustable 2.5 remote reservoir. the 15 way clicker does not alter the flow as much as i'd like similar from walker evans is supposed to change flow 300% from 1 to 15 (much better) sway away, fox and icon have similar but i cant attest to the % change when adjusting.366Views0likes0CommentsRe: Rancho 9000's might have been an oops
i had some 9000's years ago.. the first thing to fail was the bushings... lot of "clunking" from the rear when the "eye" bushings either were worn 50+% or completely gone. contacted rancho for some replacement bushings, but they are factory pressed so they just sent me a new pair of shocks (kudos). my issue is that all these 2" shocks are not "right sized" for our trucks. esp. with a heavy TC. so i upgraded to: king 2.5" diameter remote reservoir (adjustable) shocks. they are nice (expensive) but the % flow change w/ the adjustment knob is barely discernible. i have meant to get them revalved as they are stiff in stock configuration for an unloaded truck.. but the loaded, off-road (washboard, whoops) are much better handled w/ these shocks sway-a-way, walker-evans, icon, fox, also make adjustable remote reservoir 2.5" shocks and some of those have greater flow differences between settings than the kings "if you have the means, i highly recommend picking one up" - Ferris Bueller594Views0likes0CommentsRe: Proper tire inflation
not to further confuse the matter.. but i'm going to further confuse the matter ;) door sticker PSI is for the ambient air we breath (lots of nitrogen, some oxygen, CO2 etc. and, depending upon where you are, possibly lots of water vapor in the form of humidity) its the water vapor that expands the greatest when heated and that is why race teams use nitrogen or desiccant filtered ambient air. They want their optimal x psi to remain as such throughout the race even as the tires heat up. so if you want to control for temperature affects on psi, use dry air or nitrogen.632Views0likes0CommentsRe: 07 ford cab clearance
i have an '07 ford and found that 3" foam is best to keep the cabover from impacting the truck when offroading. The way i did it: i used monster 2" velcro to attach 3" extruded polystryene (XPS) foam to the underside of the camper (1 less thing to deal w/ as its attached to the camper). Velcro makes removal easy (if i ever need to do it). I water-proofed using eternabond double sided tape (between foam and camper) and finished edges with 3" lexan corner guard (to protect the edges). An aluminum sheet protects the bottom side of the foam. I plan on custom fabricating some low profile toolboxes that will act as centering guides (wheel-well and forward) and provide useful storage.366Views0likes0Comments
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