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by ConradM » Wed May 04, 2011 12:52 am

Just wanted to update this thread with my experience.... I posted earlier that my HD's were "topping" out... Well it seems like it doesn't happen anymore after I put a few miles on them. Overall the ride just seems a little more forgiving compared to right after I put the lift and spacers on.
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by Trail X » Wed May 04, 2011 8:42 am

dlcsjoyce wrote:The placement of your washers used as a spacer is in the wrong place it should be under the black cupped washer not on top of it. Having this backwards would make the strut assembly look longer. Someone correct me if I'm wrong with this observation.

I must have missed this comment earlier. If you're referring to what I think you are, the point is to make the strut assembly look longer. Can you clarify your question?
ConradM wrote:Just wanted to update this thread with my experience.... I posted earlier that my HD's were "topping" out... Well it seems like it doesn't happen anymore after I put a few miles on them. Overall the ride just seems a little more forgiving compared to right after I put the lift and spacers on.

Did you add washers inside the strut mount? I believe the springs do settle a bit after a couple weeks of driving. Maybe that's what you've experienced.
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by ConradM » Wed May 04, 2011 11:13 pm

JamesDowning wrote:
dlcsjoyce wrote:The placement of your washers used as a spacer is in the wrong place it should be under the black cupped washer not on top of it. Having this backwards would make the strut assembly look longer. Someone correct me if I'm wrong with this observation.

I must have missed this comment earlier. If you're referring to what I think you are, the point is to make the strut assembly look longer. Can you clarify your question?
ConradM wrote:Just wanted to update this thread with my experience.... I posted earlier that my HD's were "topping" out... Well it seems like it doesn't happen anymore after I put a few miles on them. Overall the ride just seems a little more forgiving compared to right after I put the lift and spacers on.

Did you add washers inside the strut mount? I believe the springs do settle a bit after a couple weeks of driving. Maybe that's what you've experienced.


Didn't change anything... and to add to what you said, my OEM springs were fairly new as I think they were swapped out for lowering springs when the TB was new.
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