Recent content by Dpardy97

The lower arm is about 21.5". cvs are stock with just the wicked creations extension. I have 5/8" of spacers on the bottom actually. the top would be better because of the kick in the lower control arm makes the spacer sit at a bit of an angle. however to put a thin spacer on top would bind the...

It would but you might have a clerence issue between the shock and frame. I have aftermarket links that pushed my axle back. To know for sure just unbolt the lower shock bolt and see how far it's willing to swing without binding or hitting the frame.

Actually I made my own. https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/homemade-rear-long-travel-20-articulation-using-icon-shocks-mounted-upside-down.102382/page-4#post-2484375

At first I was pretty disappointed with this kit. I ordered it October 30th, over email they told me it would ship before the end of year. I actually received it in march. upon initial install I was pretty concerned with how tight the unibals were. it required about 100lbs of force to turn the...

update: I have since added the wicked creations +3.5 kit and discovered the source of why my rear was becoming so progressively stiff at compression. My rear sway bar was the culprit. I previously extended the links to be just barley long enough to not bind at full droop. This did make it bind...

icon advertises 11.5" of travel on their front shocks. So I was a little surprised to find my front fenders cracked almost 12.5" above full droop. Turns out the shock tower can stretch a surprising amount

Here's a better view from yesterday of how well it worked. It's tough to tell on video how big the holes really are. But the rear tires felt very planted while the front tires were coming up

Has anyone long traveled the front suspension relativley inexpensively? I only spent $70 on the rear I'm hoping not to drop 5k to match the front

I have about an inch of preload I can take away Seems like my only choice is actually to releive some rear preload. and long travel the front to add some leverage there and not ruin my front to rear balance.

this is where i get to the motherload of multivariables. Icon does not say what their spring rate is. it is a dual spring rate. out of the box its too stiff to work super great for the 2 door. after the leverage change its perfect at ride height although it basically eliminates all but 1 of the...

I got a chance to field test everything out today. It worked better than anticipated in everyway except for one. despite driving on it as hard as i could. removing the rubber bumps did not completely free up up-travel. it feels like towards the end of my up travel the spring gets way too...

thank you so much for the explanation. that pretty much matches exactly what I'm measuring. I came to the same conclusion except that i used intuitive guessing instead of engineering and math. my track bar was perfectly level before. after this project its a little off now cause its sitting a...

that is very insightful. was there any indication that you needed to do this or was it pre-emptive?

i think your 2 cents is absolutely correct. its because the 4 doors drive shaft drops down the same vertical distance from the transfer case to the rear axle as the 2 door but has more length to accomplish this. that decreases how much bending the rezeppa has accommodate. the more you exercise...