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Originally posted by Layd2Rest
Originally posted by bdroppeddak
i would suggest the uppers to be 3-4" longer than the lowers if they are going to be triangulated.......thanks for the suggestion. can you explain why? im not very knowledgable in suspension and explination would help me out greatly.
thanks in advance.
Im not exactly sure why you would want the upper bars longer (eye to eye) than the lowers, but i do know you deffinentally want them to be as close to the same legnth as possible. The closer both the upper and lower bars are in legnth, the less pinion angly chance you will have, and some also say the ride is better.
If you mount your bars like this: |/\| , with the mounting legnth of the bars the same eye to eye, then you will achieve the least possible pinion angle chance.
Something like this : |^| with the upper bars being shorter eye to eye than the lowers, your axle will tend to roll more when the bags lift the vehicle.
And for what its worth, for what your building, i would suggest running a hand made 4-link kit, meaning cutting and fitting them in place when making and setting up the link, as opposed to buying a pre-made link setup, form SSD or elseware. That way, you can customise it to whatever legnth you need, and not have to take any chances with a pre-made. I made the links on my setup i have now, and it was much much better having all the parts seperate and cutting them to legnth for what i personally needed. Just a suggesgion.