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by ErikSS » Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:57 pm

Dude! Outlets! That's fricking Awesome! Did you have those on Tecore?
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by Moots1288 » Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:37 pm

I was just saying three same thing!
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by v7guy » Sun Oct 06, 2013 4:15 am

Now all he needs is some longer brake lines for more flex :poke:
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by dirty anton » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:43 am

Yea Dave Jason Moots And Eric I Had The Outlets And Converter At Tecore. Yea Great Turn Around Time On The Drive Shaft. It Has More Compression And Way More Travel. When Maxed Out My Straps Stop About 2 Inches Before The Brake Lines Do Jason.
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by v7guy » Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:25 am

dirty anton wrote:Yea Dave Jason Moots And Eric I Had The Outlets And Converter At Tecore. Yea Great Turn Around Time On The Drive Shaft. It Has More Compression And Way More Travel. When Maxed Out My Straps Stop About 2 Inches Before The Brake Lines Do Jason.




Hahahaha, I couldn't help myself man. I need brake lines somethin fierce.
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by mikekey » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:28 am

v7guy wrote:
dirty anton wrote:Yea Dave Jason Moots And Eric I Had The Outlets And Converter At Tecore. Yea Great Turn Around Time On The Drive Shaft. It Has More Compression And Way More Travel. When Maxed Out My Straps Stop About 2 Inches Before The Brake Lines Do Jason.




Hahahaha, I couldn't help myself man. I need brake lines somethin fierce.



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by ErikSS » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:41 am

Hey Moots. Where did Mike get his brake lines that are 1 1/2" longer in stainless steel braided lines? haha
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by dirty anton » Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:55 am

v7guy wrote:
dirty anton wrote:Yea Dave Jason Moots And Eric I Had The Outlets And Converter At Tecore. Yea Great Turn Around Time On The Drive Shaft. It Has More Compression And Way More Travel. When Maxed Out My Straps Stop About 2 Inches Before The Brake Lines Do Jason.




Hahahaha, I couldn't help myself man. I need brake lines somethin fierce.



Lol! :poke:
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by Aries » Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:34 pm

Asking your opinion

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by TBYODA » Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:47 pm

Skyjacker rear shocks N8030 are cheaper
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by Regulator1175 » Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:31 pm

TBYODA wrote:Skyjacker rear shocks N8030 are cheaper


But they are softer and he clearly said that our was for towing. Thanks for your input though.

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by djthumper » Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:39 pm

Regulator1175 wrote:
TBYODA wrote:Skyjacker rear shocks N8030 are cheaper


But they are softer and he clearly said that our was for towing. Thanks for your input though.

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I do quite a bit of towing and hauling gear for SAR with my N8030s. I have not had an issue with the Z71 springs.
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by navigator » Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:06 am

I'm not sure if the the Skyjacker shocks are any softer than the bilsteins.
The Skyjacker springs are described as softer than the Z71s.

I run the Skyjacker N8030s in the rear with the Z71s and I can't complain.
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by HARDTRAILZ » Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:21 am

Yep. The Skyjacker springs ride a ton better than Z71s.
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by Aries » Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:08 pm

Aries wrote:rear shocks (Bilstein 24-186933)

Thanks for the input on the Skyjackers but they raise the rear to high.
After much research and reading through this post (http://forums.offroadtb.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=870) many times I changed things up a bit and ordered a set of BDS 55619 rear shocks
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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:21 pm

Same as the Skyjacker shocks I believe. Just standard white body shocks.
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by jonbo2002 » Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:24 pm

yea didn't we find out they are all made by the same place you just get different stickers to put on them?
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by ErikSS » Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:59 pm

So how much are the Skyjacker springs? I got my Skyjacker shocks off Ebay.
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by Moots1288 » Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:13 pm

140$ I think, something around there.
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by Aries » Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:35 am

jonbo2002 wrote:yea didn't we find out they are all made by the same place you just get different stickers to put on them?

That doesn't surprise me
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