hodge-xj
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Continued....
Plan B
Reinstall of my 6112s.
As we know I've been so so with these things. So I decided to try something out.
I did my research and found out all the bigger name shocks (ie KING) come in about an inch longer than stock extended. No biggie. Ordered a 1.5" spacer that measures out at 1"
Got ahold of an electric impact and after some EXTREMELY terrifying moments running the compressors way down I reset the 6112s to clip #6 (1" lift). In conjunction with my 1.5spacers I would be sitting about 2.5" which is a touch higher than before.
Slapped the **** together and took it for a ride. HOLY COW. I never ever would have thought that a preload change would have such a dramatic difference in the ride. Believe me, now I know why all the hemi guys on lower settings rave about them. These things are stupid buttery smooth. I should have done this before! Gonna be honest I don't think I'll benefit much from changing the Fox's. I'll eat my words, Bilstein, for once your shocks arent stiff piles of dog ****.
Now the bad. A spacer + a shock requires work. I had to clearance the LCA and the mounting ear on the 6112s for the cv boots at full droop. It was such a little amount I used a dremel and a file, but it's worth noting that long term this would have caused a failure of the boots. That being said, it's not 100% as I wasn't taking alot of material off, it will still rub past 3/4 turn at full droop, but that's not somewhere I plan on my truck spending alot of time so for my application it will work. I expected issues and I spent alot of time cycling this setup as best i could. Full droop, full turn is where I run into most of my minor contact issues. Otherwise, all is good.
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Plan B
Reinstall of my 6112s.
As we know I've been so so with these things. So I decided to try something out.
I did my research and found out all the bigger name shocks (ie KING) come in about an inch longer than stock extended. No biggie. Ordered a 1.5" spacer that measures out at 1"
Got ahold of an electric impact and after some EXTREMELY terrifying moments running the compressors way down I reset the 6112s to clip #6 (1" lift). In conjunction with my 1.5spacers I would be sitting about 2.5" which is a touch higher than before.
Slapped the **** together and took it for a ride. HOLY COW. I never ever would have thought that a preload change would have such a dramatic difference in the ride. Believe me, now I know why all the hemi guys on lower settings rave about them. These things are stupid buttery smooth. I should have done this before! Gonna be honest I don't think I'll benefit much from changing the Fox's. I'll eat my words, Bilstein, for once your shocks arent stiff piles of dog ****.
Now the bad. A spacer + a shock requires work. I had to clearance the LCA and the mounting ear on the 6112s for the cv boots at full droop. It was such a little amount I used a dremel and a file, but it's worth noting that long term this would have caused a failure of the boots. That being said, it's not 100% as I wasn't taking alot of material off, it will still rub past 3/4 turn at full droop, but that's not somewhere I plan on my truck spending alot of time so for my application it will work. I expected issues and I spent alot of time cycling this setup as best i could. Full droop, full turn is where I run into most of my minor contact issues. Otherwise, all is good.
Pics
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