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Re: long travel struts
« Reply #30 on: September 06, 2011, 07:48:14 PM »
ya i agree, i am totally going to have them, i just want to be able to drive it without looking like bo duke. lol.

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« Reply #31 on: September 09, 2011, 05:43:35 PM »
i finally got some of the parts that i have been waiting on. still waiting on one more piece of material but now i can start making headway on these struts. so this is what i am doing, 2 to 2.5 inch wider a arms, new springs, and now going with some 930s instead of the t100 axles as they wont work on a sport because sports have one shaft that is longer than the other. it will pull 12 inches of travel. in the rear hoping to get 16 or so, all new links and such. pics when i get a little work done.

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Re: long travel struts
« Reply #32 on: September 10, 2011, 06:32:05 AM »
i finally got some of the parts that i have been waiting on. still waiting on one more piece of material but now i can start making headway on these struts. so this is what i am doing, 2 to 2.5 inch wider a arms, new springs, and now going with some 930s instead of the t100 axles as they wont work on a sport because sports have one shaft that is longer than the other. it will pull 12 inches of travel. in the rear hoping to get 16 or so, all new links and such. pics when i get a little work done.

Unless I'm very much mistaken - ALL the SideKick/Vitara/Grand Vitara models - have one shaft longer than the other.
'98 SQ420 Grand Vitara
'05 JB420 Grand Vitara
'16 APK416 Vitara
'21 A6G415 Jimny

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Re: long travel struts
« Reply #33 on: September 10, 2011, 09:58:00 AM »
i am not sure, mine is over an inch different. this is the only sidekick i have owned. i am going with custom shafts now so its no biggie.

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Re: long travel struts
« Reply #34 on: September 13, 2011, 05:39:35 PM »
i picked up the last of the raw materials today, now just waiting for some bushings to arive. definately not the cheapest struts but fully rebuildable so the last ones to ever have to buy and performance will be on a whole new level with basicly twice the travel and a tunable(revalvable) strut.

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Re: long travel struts
« Reply #35 on: September 13, 2011, 06:19:57 PM »
Really looking forward to your progress.
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« Reply #36 on: September 13, 2011, 08:29:23 PM »
i have to figure out how to post pics, i am a tech moron.

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« Reply #37 on: September 13, 2011, 11:27:19 PM »
If they are small enough you can just go to Advanced Options at the bottom of the screen and attach them to the thread.  Otherwise just ask some of us for an email and we can post them for you.  :)
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Re: long travel struts
« Reply #38 on: September 14, 2011, 06:52:27 AM »
ok, thanks ill give it a try

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Re: long travel struts
« Reply #39 on: September 19, 2011, 07:51:48 PM »
been waiting over a week for the bushings i need, they came in today and i got the wrong ones. CRAP!

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Re: long travel struts
« Reply #40 on: September 19, 2011, 09:16:43 PM »
some pics

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Re: long travel struts
« Reply #41 on: September 19, 2011, 09:18:05 PM »
another

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Re: long travel struts
« Reply #42 on: September 19, 2011, 09:19:41 PM »
the second pic is the new srtut rod guide bushing compared to the stock sized rod

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Re: long travel struts
« Reply #43 on: September 19, 2011, 09:32:05 PM »
sorry i cant figure out how to get more than one pic per post.

Re: long travel struts
« Reply #44 on: September 20, 2011, 08:40:59 AM »
Those will be huge.  i cant tell what you are showing us in the last pic.