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by wootown22 » Wed Mar 07, 2012 4:02 am

any update on how they are performing? those gotta make the rearend look good ;)
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by v7guy » Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:17 pm

Watch that talkin bout my rear.

The shocks have still been great, no complaints at all. No leaks or other sillyness. They just work.
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by beastwono » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:53 pm

As I am seeing on tb. i just bought MarkMC 3" body 3" suspension lifts and do i still need to get struts change to fox/BDS? im still a little confused on that part.
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by Trail X » Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:26 pm

Your stock shocks will probably work, but they will severely limit the downward articulation of your axle in the rear and could ride rather rough.
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by JCrayton99 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:05 pm

The stock shocks will work, the ride just sucks. Bad. I rode a few days waiting for my new shocks to come in, and the package never went inside when the UPS man came. Ride isnt that good with the shocks I replaced them with, Im planning on a shorter shock than I got. I did some BS math wrong and got one for 6'' of lift and one for 4'' of lift would (most likely) ride a lot smother. The shock fully extended isnt too long, its a bit too long fully compressed.
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by navigator » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:25 am

John, it sounds like you just need more lift in the rear!
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by hobbstisdaman » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:44 pm

Gordinho80 that looks pretty rusted. How long have you had them? what say ye on the lifetime length on 5500's?
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by beastwono » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:31 pm

gotcha now! :thumleft:
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