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Offline bus_driver

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spacer affect?
« on: September 06, 2006, 10:05:03 PM »
I am about to put a two inch total lift using spring spacers and I already have the crown vic rear and I will do the strut mount flip and remove my sway bar...now does this just give me the same amount of movement on my suspension but now I am higher off the ground or does it give me extra....I would think that the removal of the sway bar would increase my front but what else am I doing with this set up.???

I already have the 235 75 15's on stock wheel.... I want wheel spacers to bring out about 1-1.5 inches so i have full lock again.
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Re: spacer affect?
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2006, 11:24:07 AM »
Unless you are adding taller bumpstops, this will give you a little more travel over stock. Removing the swaybar will really help the front end keep traction off road.
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Re: spacer affect?
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2006, 09:20:54 PM »
so really I just moving the same amount of movent  and the biggest change will be clearance and removal of sway bar for more independant movement on the front.

now if I change to spring that lift the same total amount will it be the same or will I then have more articulation if I only change the springs and have no spacer. I would think that would get me more.
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Re: spacer affect?
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2006, 09:56:49 PM »
you should get some new wheels instead of the wheel spacers. you could get some nice steel wheels for about the same price, with a better offset, that way when you decide to go bigger tires down the road, you will have the wheels. also the wheel spacers are harder on bearings.
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Re: spacer affect?
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2006, 10:27:49 AM »
also the wheel spacers are harder on bearings.
Not sure I buy that point.  Wheels with different offset have the same effect of increasing leverage on the bearing as "artificially" modifying the offset with a spacer.  Either way, you're moving the contact patch farther away from the bearing which, basically, is like grabbing a longer prybar.
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Re: spacer affect?
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2006, 02:21:42 PM »
Removing the front swaybar and flipping the strut mount will free up some travel that is currently not available to you but for a given amount of lift the correct length springs will allow more travel than a shorter spring with coil spacers as they cannot open and close like a normal spring if you get what I am saying. I have used coil spacers myself and they are a cheap way of getting more lift but potentially do limit the absolute amount of articulation available to you.