some pic and mods. on my 91 4dr. kick
its a 91 4dr that was stripped to frame and cage was added. engine was moved back approx 2 feet.( front driveshaft in back rear in front) simple bolt in if using a std.) i,m not running a sidekick spd auto bolted to an 89 nissan 240 sx engine(ka24e) with a garrett turbo with about 20lbs of boost and a liquid to air incooler with cool box. putting out  roughly 320hp at the wheel. Stock sidekick axles with king bump stops all the way around, dual shocks at each corner.

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damn slow internet. her`s a few more pic.

my attempt at coilover failed. kept bending shock shafts

i like this one

need help with getting more front travel. it also has 31x10.5 x15 bfg  km2 on front and 325x60 x15 bfg mud terrians on back

That thing looks cool, thanks for sharing. I dig the bumpstop up front in the original location.

I've toyed with this type setup, but I wasn't clear how the "air shocks" or "coilovers shock" would handle to the "side" forces seen by struts. Also to get an improvement in stroke, you have to get some crazy long lengths, and they start to become unpractical. I also kinda had a feeling they might not last, but never got to try it. I had one other idea, but have yet to pursue it may happen someday but really I'll probably just do double Aarm if I want this IFS still.

Looks like your pretty skilled on fab, so have you thought about this more traditional double Aarm setup? Just fab a "new" top Aarm and then use a more "regular" shock mounted to the bottom aarm(which will give you some more clearance for longer stroke). Find like a smaller donor car and you may be able to do it on a junkyard budget.


At the point you do get the travel, you may see that the CVs dont last. Are you having any problems with the front CVs now??

putting bump stops there also helped with the towers bending in. bump stops are the done the same way in the rear. have only broke one cv in 5 years and 2 rear axles. have thought about the double arms just haven`t tackled it yet

I think I see why you kept bending shafts. Bobs kit braces the lower part of the shaft where it meets the knuckle on all sides. He also uses a strut tower brace to keep them from bending in. The towers are pretty flexable.

In this photo the coilover is mounted to the lower right hand side bolt. So you can see how much shaft is braced there. Also this setup has a full 8" of travel at the shock. That is almost 2" more than a stock strut. I thought the front of my race kick felt good but this is way better.

another reason my shafts bent is they told me a 7/8" shaft would hold up (in a 2"x10" coilover) to the side loads, and i believe kreator is using 1.25". big difference. that`s my opinion be free to chime in. how is spring mounted on bottom so everything will turn (rotate) when you turn the wheels

i love your setup that is exactly what i`m trying to accomplish

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here are some more pics, of what i tried

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