pfogle
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After all said and done, my long arms measure 36" totally collapsed.. is this too long? Looks like I'll be mounting them behind the crossmember?
I may have missed an earlier post, but how much lift do you have?pfogle said:After all said and done, my long arms measure 36" totally collapsed.. is this too long? Looks like I'll be mounting them behind the crossmember?
pfogle said:After all said and done, my long arms measure 36" totally collapsed.. is this too long? Looks like I'll be mounting them behind the crossmember?
pfogle said:Anyone's thoughts on the lenght with those components?
Goatman said:Well, I've been trying to be a good boy and stay out of this, but since you keep asking...
I think anything over 20-24" is a waste of precious ground clearance.......so 36" is WAY too long. If you're fabbing anyway, and not using a bolt on kit, there's no need to make the arms so long.....there's no advantage to it and there are some disadvantages. Why do you want long arms? Better street and high speed performance? Better trail performance? Or just because they're percieved to be cool and you want them? BTW, long arms aren't cool anymore.....way too many people have them now. If you're fabbing anyway, be really cool and design a well thought out mid-arm setup that will provide good control arm angles with better ground clearance than long arms.
Gary E said:Longer is better
pfogle said:Well, with as much lift as I'm going to get with those components, I'm trying to strike a fine line between on-road driving, and trail performance, and believe that long arms are better then short arms for those conditions.
A good mid arm set-up could prove to be just as good, but I'm not much of an innovator, and prefer to go with tried and true.
Posted this same question on Pirate 4x4 and the general consensus there seems to be that 36" is just about perfect...
David Taylor said:My" way to long"arms are 37 ".
How about following Mark Hinkley, Paul Sinclair, and me down the trail, and afterwards you can try to beat us back to camp...
Now that sounds like a good time Richard . How about two weeks in JV?
I need to try out the new rear suspension.
pfogle said:Got any pics of your "mid" arm setup? The day I go to lift it, I'm thinking of having a extra set of threaded tube ends, in case I do decide to chop em, and make em shorter. Biggest factor is, I don't really know for sure how much lift I'm going to net, and angles will have to be adjusted from there.