German 98 Blazer build
#401
What prohibited you from mounting them in the other way around? Were they the proper air shocks for your application (year/etc)?
In my experience with them, air shocks have enough trouble with sand & fine rocks wearing through the bladder when in the correct orientation let alone upside down where water can add to the effect. Just something to watch out for.
The only other thing I would suggest is possibly adding a support on the opposite side of that shock back up to the axle tube. It would suck to snap that bolt while offroading and end up with no shocks on that corner. A little extra support won't hurt.
In my experience with them, air shocks have enough trouble with sand & fine rocks wearing through the bladder when in the correct orientation let alone upside down where water can add to the effect. Just something to watch out for.
The only other thing I would suggest is possibly adding a support on the opposite side of that shock back up to the axle tube. It would suck to snap that bolt while offroading and end up with no shocks on that corner. A little extra support won't hurt.
#402
What prohibited you from mounting them in the other way around? Were they the proper air shocks for your application (year/etc)?
In my experience with them, air shocks have enough trouble with sand & fine rocks wearing through the bladder when in the correct orientation let alone upside down where water can add to the effect. Just something to watch out for.
The only other thing I would suggest is possibly adding a support on the opposite side of that shock back up to the axle tube. It would suck to snap that bolt while offroading and end up with no shocks on that corner. A little extra support won't hurt.
In my experience with them, air shocks have enough trouble with sand & fine rocks wearing through the bladder when in the correct orientation let alone upside down where water can add to the effect. Just something to watch out for.
The only other thing I would suggest is possibly adding a support on the opposite side of that shock back up to the axle tube. It would suck to snap that bolt while offroading and end up with no shocks on that corner. A little extra support won't hurt.
The upper shock body is just ways to big to fit in the stock mounting location. Just the lower part is slim enought to fit, so i flipped them...
But i looked a few times if there`s ndirt in them, but they were surprisingly clean...
As for the double shock mounting, i think it`ll be just fine. The air shocks, where the load is, are double shear, so they`re mounted really strong. The additional shocks are just single shear, but this is fine, a lot of cars came with just single shear shock mounting. And of course all the hardware is either grade 8 oder grade 12. And if the bolt should really brake, i always have some spares and tools in the car...
#403
gotcha thanks for the lesson. I just didnt want you to overlook a easy solution.
#404
Found another use for the laptop mount:
#405
haha that works great for that. gotta love multipurpose
#406
thats hilarious! nice use of "wasted" space
#407
Got a call from the shipping company today, my tires will arrive on monday...
#408
First i organized my recovery and loading gear:
Then my tires arrived:
Finally on all 4`s...
And matching spare:
My exhaust started rubbing, so i put this cable on:
Then my tires arrived:
Finally on all 4`s...
And matching spare:
My exhaust started rubbing, so i put this cable on:
#409
Found a problem today:
Problem is that i`m running out of time, since i`m working 12-14h a day and we`re leaving on thursday night. Wanted to fix it today but it took us about 4h to book those damn tickets to canada, so i think i`ll have to do it tomorrow. I think I`ll just cut the exhaust after the muffler...
Problem is that i`m running out of time, since i`m working 12-14h a day and we`re leaving on thursday night. Wanted to fix it today but it took us about 4h to book those damn tickets to canada, so i think i`ll have to do it tomorrow. I think I`ll just cut the exhaust after the muffler...
#410
i cut the exhaust short as well...i think it sounds better that way.
i cant get over those tires and their tread...man!
i cant get over those tires and their tread...man!