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by fishsticks » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:00 pm

bartonmd wrote:Before Matt's "issue" at Badlands yesterday, I did run the crap out of these for a little bit, and they held up great! There are some woops that are more spread out than the ones on an MX track, but still pretty close together, and are 8-18" deep. I went over a bunch of them, got a bunch of air (visible to the guys behind me), and did the topped out - bottomed out - topped out - etc. etc. thing a bunch , and everything still looks good, as far as I can tell...

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The coil buckets will be coming through the hood aaaaaaaany time now. :finger:
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by bartonmd » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:36 pm

fishsticks wrote:
bartonmd wrote:Before Matt's "issue" at Badlands yesterday, I did run the crap out of these for a little bit, and they held up great! There are some woops that are more spread out than the ones on an MX track, but still pretty close together, and are 8-18" deep. I went over a bunch of them, got a bunch of air (visible to the guys behind me), and did the topped out - bottomed out - topped out - etc. etc. thing a bunch , and everything still looks good, as far as I can tell...

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The coil buckets will be coming through the hood aaaaaaaany time now. :finger:


That was actually my primary concern, aside from the possibility of the coilovers breaking... I was paying attention to the noises and feel, so that I could be ready to stop and hope to catch it before the whole thing let go, so I could just weld it back on.

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by bartonmd » Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:30 am

Just an update on these. As per SOP, there was some stiction on the valves/shafts/seals when new, but now that they've got ~1k miles on them, they really ride a lot nicer, and hold the road a lot better over mid-corner bumps (they were already better than the Bilsteins + 87's from day 1). I'd say that at this point, even though the spring rate is much higher than the 87's, the ride quality is actually better than the Bilsteins + 87's, even without the winch on the front.

Overall, I really, really like them!

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by OregTrailBlazin » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:13 pm

Another couple sets of RadFlo's are going out. :flex dirty:
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by HARDTRAILZ » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:20 pm

Wish i had the cash
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they've always worked for me.
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by Moots1288 » Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:07 pm

HARDTRAILZ wrote:Wish i had the cash


Then stop plasti-dippin your hood :thumbs up:
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by The Roadie » Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:38 am

Burn.... :shoot:
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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:19 am

Moots1288 wrote:
HARDTRAILZ wrote:Wish i had the cash


Then stop plasti-dippin your hood :thumbs up:

I spent not a dime on that. Donated materials and free help.
I hate to advocate weird chemicals, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone...but
they've always worked for me.
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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:20 am

The Roadie wrote:Burn.... :shoot:

Not so much...free is free.
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by Moots1288 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:41 am

HARDTRAILZ wrote:
Moots1288 wrote:
HARDTRAILZ wrote:Wish i had the cash


Then stop plasti-dippin your hood :thumbs up:

I spent not a dime on that. Donated materials and free help.


Cannot argue that!
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by waldoinc » Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:10 pm

So excited will be picking mine up today. :excited: :excited: :excited:
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by boog2006 » Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:10 pm

waldoinc wrote:So excited will be picking mine up today. :excited: :excited: :excited:

nice congrats!
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by Trail X » Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:13 pm

Excellent! We will be expecting some in-depth trip reports coming soon from you.
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by waldoinc » Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:54 pm

Will try. Wont probably get them in till next week..
Gonna take a day off and have Essentially OffRoad install them, since i dont have the tools to do so.
Yeah i know it is not the same.


Edit : 10/23/2012

They have been installed. Will report tomorrow with first ride impressions.
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by waldoinc » Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:39 pm

So after a full day of driving it rides smoother ....Bare with me while i try to explain.

Before the coil-overs i had an 82(driver) and a 83(passenger) with the bilstein hd shocks. Everytime i would hit a bump the whole vehicle shook. But with the coil overs it hits the bumps and then shrugs them off like nothing happened.. I love that. Sure i feel the road a lot more, and takes the curve a lot better with less body roll..

This weekend i will be getting it up to 70 or so... Will see if that has helped my aero a bit more that being a nose down air ram.
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by bartonmd » Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:45 pm

Cool!

Did you also get the 600#/in springs?

I still love mine!

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by waldoinc » Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:07 pm

I do believe so.. So much better...

BTW how much lift did u get out of the adjustable part?
I had to have some install them for me as I don't have the tools to do so.

I'll try to get a pic tomorrow when the sun is out.
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by bartonmd » Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:36 pm

I had them set it for around 1.5" of lift, and then I adjusted it to ~2.5-3" of lift after I got out of warranty this summer. Changing it was as simple as jacking the thing up, taking the front tires off, and using a spanner to adjust them.

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by Moots1288 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:57 pm

Just ordered a set of coilovers.. Excited!
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by dvanbramer88 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:18 pm

Moots1288 wrote:Just ordered a set of coilovers.. Excited!
:)


Congrats. Now open a youtube account and post some videos. :poke:
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