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coilovers going in :)

Postby trei75bronco » Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:16 pm

Well ive decide to ditch my front springs and do coilovers:) im pretty excited about this,,, Im going to do fox 2.0 with 300 lb and 250 lb coils to start with.. Ruff stuff towers and build a brace to tie them together..
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Re: coilovers on bronco

Postby Jesus_man » Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:05 am

That will be nice. How much travel?

These towers?
http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/cat ... WER12.html
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Re: coilovers on bronco

Postby trei75bronco » Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:12 am

Yes sir those are it
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Re: coilovers on bronco

Postby trei75bronco » Sat Oct 26, 2013 8:43 pm

Got my Coilover towers mocked up. Also cleaned up the frame

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Re: coilovers going in :)

Postby Kinder » Sun Oct 27, 2013 6:30 pm

Wow, those towers are monsters!
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Re: coilovers going in :)

Postby Jesus_man » Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:13 am

Yeah, they sure don't look that big in the picture!!
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Re: coilovers going in :)

Postby trei75bronco » Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:53 am

Well other is almost Halloween
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Re: coilovers going in :)

Postby trei75bronco » Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:56 am

I'm going to have 5" of up travel and 9"of droop. I'm thinking I will want and need some limit straps
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Re: coilovers going in :)

Postby Justin » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:20 am

I have coilover envy. That's what I really want to do with my FW swap. Stupid failing money tree....Going to be a really sweet setup.
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