200tdi ayre
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Haha it's rust killer redLovely beer poo brown colour on that cage
just a coat of primer 
discomark10
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Lovely beer poo brown colour on that cage
Pmsl!
:hysterically_laughi I did think it was a bit odd, I thought you had a plan for it lol
200tdi ayre
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Pmsl!
Bastards
there a guy in my offroad club that's left his redoxcided looks weird haha
200tdi ayre
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Another coat of primer, slightly less poo coloured this time
200tdi ayre
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How she stands now
discomark10
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Much better! looks good mate!
200tdi ayre
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Now I'm onto bodywork, the front mounts for the tub where they bolt to the outrigger have completely corroded away the only fix I can think of is rivet some plate to the tub where the old mounts were and drill some holes unless anyone's got any better ideas?
200tdi ayre
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I would if I had a TIG ...
it's not the neatest repair but it won't be seen and it will probably get tray backed in the future anyway
200tdi ayre
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Wait, you're back evil !!
200tdi ayre
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Going backwards ..
Finishing off the reinforcement on the front outriggers was proving difficult with the bulkhead on so I took it off again
Finishing off the reinforcement on the front outriggers was proving difficult with the bulkhead on so I took it off again
rivets(not steel bolts) and sika flex or epoxy would do a strong repair to your tub works well in aviation
Dr_evil
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200tdi ayre
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quick but stupid question that i think i already know the answer to, do +5 shocks fit on standard shock mounts with +2 springs ?
doing some measuring i only have 60mm of upward travel on the rear shocks as it stands now but 200mm of downward and id prefer closer to 50/50 split
geometry is hard ..
doing some measuring i only have 60mm of upward travel on the rear shocks as it stands now but 200mm of downward and id prefer closer to 50/50 split
geometry is hard ..
Mr Noisy
Coming in your ears.
Just take th spring out and fit the shock and slowly lower the chassis down, you're supposed to be able to reach your chosen bump stop before the shock bottoms out
And then obviously you want similar downward travel or more.
That's how I'd be doing it anyway, unless I was choosing shock length aswell in which case it's up to you how you position it regards its length and where you want to rest position to be, but the common parameter is full bump on the shock should be just after you get to the bump stop, which should be just before your coils bind!
And then obviously you want similar downward travel or more.
That's how I'd be doing it anyway, unless I was choosing shock length aswell in which case it's up to you how you position it regards its length and where you want to rest position to be, but the common parameter is full bump on the shock should be just after you get to the bump stop, which should be just before your coils bind!
200tdi ayre
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That's a good way to test I hadn't thought of haha, only problem is I'm restricted to standard suspension components in my trials class which sucks as I can't play with shock mounts
different arms etc without going into the big boy class, my calcs say that they'll fit but ill get the obvious uj binding bush binding issues with a lift ... So tempted to go up a class haha
discomark10
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So +5 shocks have +2.5 or +2 inch more travel and +3 or 2.5 inch longer closed length.
so if you want to retain standard bump stops (which is best if your spring closed length is the same as the original then you need to raise the shock mounts by 2 - 3 inches, you can fit bigger bump stops but may limit your upward travel.
