And each with a mind to fully make your life difficult. Not saying it can't be done by most, but most aren't prepared for the cascade of BS they weren't expecting.
Rubicon Express Long Arm Replacement?
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Since he's capped at 12k$ and won't do the work himself you're probably right. Rebuild the existing suspension and put the money into tuning some good shocks.
ignorance and assumptions is something all too common here.... Every shock I own is tuned for its application whether a YJ on tons, a Taco for the desert or a TJ/LJ, or close to OEM.
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I thought he was having problems accessing parts to fix his current long arm kit? I hadn't considered that he might be able to find the parts he needs by putting in more effort to find those parts.
OP what parts are bad on your current system? Knowing that info seems like a good place to start.
That’s what I was thinking as well.
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This was Trevlaw’s ROTM pic. Safe to say most of us aren’t doing this with our TJs
IIRC, I was informed that a failure point from impacts like this occur where the tubes meet the pumpkin.
I wonder how his housings held up.
If they are tuned well, then point out where anything I have said about how to tune them is incorrect?
Like most of your posts you never actually say how to do anything, just overly general statements and an inference I have never tuned a shock.
If those go on the back of a TJ, that is a bitch to tune. Not much weight back there at not much more than a 1000 pounds of sprung weight depending on your preload.
Yes. I have tuned shocks. Was it a bitch to do, this is an opinion in which case there is no right or wrong and I dont necessarily agree with you.
The mechanics of taking one apart and whatnot are not hard. My reference to "tuning" is getting it dialed in for go fast on a TJ and trying to resolve all the issues that arise from not enough weight for the shocks to react against.
Then it is your turn to offer up what you believe is missing from the forum. Or are you nothing more than a contrarian who does nothing but complain and suggest coilovers as a solution to everything?
So what parts do you need for your RE kit? Does you long arm use clevite bushings are the MTPEG ones?
He doesn't say he's tried 2.5's on a tj. He just starts blabing about toyotas and yjs on tons while copping an attitude. I haven't seen any advise that isn't generic copy paste and wrong for tj's.
Just like every other biased post here. What would you like to know about running 2.5s on a TJ? Those coil overovers are for a TJ.
There’s an ignore function and you’re welcome to use it.
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Well, I for one would like to see how they are installed with stock axles, 35's, 4" of back spacing, and a fuel tank under the rear of the rig. That does put us in context with the original poster's needs and requirements, no?
Tell us everything about them, including how you packaged them onto a factory width axle without interference with the tires, brake calipers, and frame or upper mount.
For coilovers or the 2.5s I said was a common recommendation?
French the shock tower into the frame.
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