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Offline S.Sidekick

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Rear Shock mount ideas
« on: September 04, 2010, 10:21:48 PM »
Hey, so i was wondering if anyone has any ideas for a rear shock mount system. I have a 4 door sidekick with toyota running gear.

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Re: Rear Shock mount ideas
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2010, 01:39:58 PM »
Who much travel are you looking for?  Did you stick with springs or did you go to coils when you swapped in the Toyota running gear?
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Re: Rear Shock mount ideas
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2010, 04:06:49 PM »
i went with the stock leaf springs. I talked to brent at trailtough, and since my springs are pretty much flat i am going to have 3" of up travel and the rest is down travel.

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Re: Rear Shock mount ideas
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2010, 10:22:52 PM »
Do you mean you swapped on a set of springs since your running a sidekick?

The stock mounting position is pretty good, you could just cut the stock spring mounts off the old axle and put it on.

How much lift do you have?  Just wondering how much room there is to play with. 
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Re: Rear Shock mount ideas
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2010, 11:51:38 PM »
I have toyota leaf springs taking place of my sidekick coils. I was goign to use the stock sidekick shock mounts, but i widend the stance on the toyota axle by sliding the toyota perches out so now i can no longer fit a shock inbetween the tire and the perches. the pic below kinda shows it.