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Old 02-24-2011, 09:16 PM
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wonder what brand and sizing people would recommend for a 6 inch lift, running a custom made radial arm setup in front and 4 links in rear, was setup for 11 when i bought but gonna move it down to 6. So wondering which shocks i should get
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post pics? sounds like a crazy setup. what axles?

with something like that, i'd shoot for bilstein 7100s or FOA 2.0s minimum... what coils are you running out back?
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gonna get pics when it gets more together, gonna run stocks coils in the rear. running d30 in front for now and 44 in the rear
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what size tires? x2 on bilsteins. i blew out both my rear shocks and my fronts are on thir last licks. as soon as i can afford im gettin bilsteins
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definetly want to see some pics of what you have done now...
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blistein 5160's
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heres a teaser pic, gonna make a build when i get farther along, thats 3" withs 35s

wheres the best place blistein to buy online, cant really find anything that will tell me if they will work with the jeep
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heres a teaser pic, gonna make a build when i get farther along, thats 3" withs 35s

wheres the best place blistein to buy online, cant really find anything that will tell me if they will work with the jeep
Nah, I wanna see some of the suspension work
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lol that would be why is a teaser pic
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lol that would be why is a teaser pic
So you're saying that already has a 4 link and radius arms? Doesn't really look like it
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Looks like our jeeps were twins at one point!
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No it's all on my other jeep right now that's trashed so I'm moving the parts over
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