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| | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 179 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 179 | Hey all...
Picked up the steel to build my rear shock mounts and had a couple of questions.
How much inward angle is optimal when mounting the shock? Newer trucks have the top of the shock angled toward the center of the vehicle. What are the benefits of this? More importantly what are the consequences of reducing this angle by half (to 10deg or so) or removing it altogether (vertical)?
- Ryan
59 Apache Step
78 El Camino
http://www.wsu.edu/~rsain
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 179 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 179 | I wonder if I could flip sides on my mounting plates (whatever you call them) - to get the shock mount on the outside of the frame? - then do as the commercial and the article you posted suggests - shocks outside the frame.
Alright - ideas folks!!! pics of the frame are at
http://www.wsu.edu/~rsain/apache.html
ps. pics of the rear suspension are not very informative....
- Ryan
59 Apache Step
78 El Camino
http://www.wsu.edu/~rsain
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 179 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 179 | Bump....
No one has any comments???
What would you do?
- Ryan
59 Apache Step
78 El Camino
http://www.wsu.edu/~rsain
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