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teamasr
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 Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 12:30 pm Post subject: Bilstein shocks - on lowered bus? |
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| I've read the awesome reviews on Bilstein shocks and want to try them, but wondering if they will work on a lowered bus? Anyone have experience? Bus is not slammed, but lowered with an adjustable beam. |
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easy e
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Location: 1 hr north of Santa Barbara
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KevinAlbrecht
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| Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, I have them on al four corners. Smooth ride. Better than the white gas adjust shocks.
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teamasr
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| Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Great. On the notched plates, where you too close to the stops to go notched? Which plates did you pick up? |
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GTV
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| Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| KevinAlbrecht wrote: |
Better than the white gas adjust shocks. |
Anything is!!
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DubStyle
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| Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 4:42 am Post subject: |
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teamasr check out www.widefive.net for your plates.
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easy e
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| Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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I think my plates were BusBoys?... not sure brand. They were on it when I bought it.
Shock I'm using in rear is 24-181488
Internal Design: Monotube
Collapsed Length: 10.28 in / 261 mm
Extended Length: 15.24 in / 387 mm
Boot Included: Blue Straight
Mounting Kit: No
Spring Seat: No
Finish: Yellow Paint
Supercedes: F4-B46-0040-H1
http://www.allshocks.com/p-283-b46-0040-h1.aspx
My steady state shock length in back is ~12".... so I've got ~1.75" travel left in the compressed direction. As it sits, I'm a fuzz on the compressed side of mid-travel (12.5").
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