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Removal of 2 of 4 quad shocks.

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Old 07-03-2007, 03:43 PM
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well after further inspection of my rear suspension I noticed that I have about half a inch on each side of the rear tires before the inner quad shocks are gonna rub on my tires ( usually when I make turns) Can just remove these 2 quads for now? will this cause me huge problems? I dont have the money for control arms at the moment but soon I am going to need new tires.


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Old 07-03-2007, 03:48 PM
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expect major wheel hop in hard launches... try flipping them over so that the narrow end it closest to the tire....that may help.
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if you have upgraded u/l control arms and you remove the quad shocks will there be big wheel hop as well? or do the upgrade pretty much eliminate the wheel hop quad shock or not?
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i know about the wheel hop but there has to be some way of being able to remove these flipping quads, they are causing me nothing but problems heh

oh and its the 2 veritcal quads not the ones that go horizontal.


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i have solid uppers and lowers and can notice the difference with and without the quads... unless its just me and im paranoid? but yea upper/lowers pretty much replace the need for quads.
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The 2 verticals are shocks, not quads. The Quads are the horizontal ones. You need shocks. Get some aftermarket control arms and you can remove the quads. But you need the shocks!
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Old 07-03-2007, 04:06 PM
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heh awesome. guess im buying new tires soon []


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ohhh goodness sakes... i didn't think he meant the actual rear shocks! I was thinking 4? But whatever... how big if a rear tire are you running? 325
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get some 1&1/4in wheel spacers. this should help at the moment
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W/o quads isnt like a 275 the widest you can go?
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