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Re: sidekick rear axle rotation-shocks ?
« Reply #15 on: August 20, 2004, 05:34:53 AM »
GRVIT,
Here is the pic you asked for. Sorry for the bad quailty but it was the best one showing the shocks and all.
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Re: sidekick rear axle rotation-shocks ?
« Reply #16 on: August 20, 2004, 05:54:13 AM »
its o.k .Nice picture and nice articulation.And with the Calmini shocks heh ? nice
on the other hand ,here is mine ,trying to pass an obstacle.... same suspension without the axle rotation.Not so good  heh ? its the photo on the left .
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Re: sidekick rear axle rotation-shocks ?
« Reply #17 on: August 20, 2004, 06:03:55 AM »
dont know why ,but I think that your springs (and others I ve seen) seem to be compressed more.... ???

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Re: sidekick rear axle rotation-shocks ?
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2004, 02:12:36 AM »
The only thing limiting my upper travel is the coil springs them self. When I rotated the axle I noticed there was extra uptravel left in the shocks, so I placed the lower relocated mount as low as possible where the shock almost bottoms out when the springs are fully compressed.

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Re: sidekick rear axle rotation-shocks ?
« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2004, 02:16:28 AM »
Hera is a pic of the same set up before the rotation


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Re: sidekick rear axle rotation-shocks ?
« Reply #20 on: August 21, 2004, 05:15:09 AM »
Mike told me that the f150 shocks to use were the 2wd ones.  I guess the f150 4x4 shocks are longer.


I wonder how the f150 2wd shocls compare to the Crown vic shocks.  
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Re: sidekick rear axle rotation-shocks ?
« Reply #21 on: August 22, 2004, 11:31:09 PM »
sorry for the delay,i run a tracker/sidekick, UK Vitara, with the calmini combo lift and 33.12.50s Wrangler MTR . couple of other bits

picture on the twist off comp a month ago, slightly cheated i think as rear wheel washardly touching the ground giving me a score of 906. previous score was 872.



you can see some more on my site ,,that needs updating as my ISP took back the webspace i wasnt paying for :-[
http://www.markyb.co.uk

My  tracker/vitara, was built in Ireland which may explain why i seem to have variants to others.its a 1990 spec but register as a 96  at full travel on the twist off ramp my drive shaft still have around 2 inches of clearance before hitting the wish bones,  I was hoping to find a medium as not to put stress on the cv by compounding the angle to much . but try to gain an extra inch or so.

The ome struts maybe the way forward but drop the spacer down to 1 inch or so , maybe not worth all the bother to gain a little more travel.

May upgrade the rears and have the articulation there and be happy. :-)

Cheers for your help
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Re: sidekick rear axle rotation-shocks ?
« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2004, 07:05:22 AM »
Hey mbmark, how does your suspension work with the 1" spring spacers?

Bill
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Re: sidekick rear axle rotation-shocks ?
« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2004, 07:26:15 PM »
Hi m8 , i have the rocky road spring spacers , I have only fitted them to the front springs.

I was starting to sag at the front . The front suspension still works well,
but i am after a longer front strut Than calmini,, to gain a little more,    the front springs compress fully still as i can see the paint coming off.

The suspension started to work properly once the Winch,
bumper and roll cage was fitted the extra weight helps alot.  

It took a couple of outings to get the spacers to settle in as it was just like when i first fitted the calmini kit a little hard
but weight and some good twisting routes soon sorted that .
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Re: sidekick rear axle rotation-shocks ?
« Reply #24 on: August 25, 2004, 09:38:53 AM »
Quote
for a 1999 FORD CROWN VICTORIA,
GABRIEL, GUARDIAN SHOCK
Part No.:   81495
Unit Price: $11.99 Ea. USD
Autozone.com

and the car look like this


Good Luck

Wild


http://www.shockwarehouse.com/cgi-bin/shocks/search.html  for the police version

http://www.shockwarehouse.com/cgi-bin/shocks/search.html  for the civilian version
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