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is that hardbody bagged? id be interested in seeing the set up
The Hardbody has a 2 pump, 10 battery hydraulic suspension, complete with a 60 volt street charger. She needs a little TLC right now. I started striping it down for a new paint job, then it kinda sat for a few years and the hoses dry rotted. I'm running chrome Pro Hopper gear in it with Marzocchi pump heads (#6 front / #8 rear). She's pretty nasty when it gets going.
You'd need revalved bilsteins to run on a lowered car. bilsteins are still on back order anyway as far as I know, and after talking to sam strano, I (he) wouldn't recommend bilstein anymore. I went with KYB AGX on his recommendation and I'm so far loving them. I really like that they are adjustable and they are decently priced as well. I picked mine up for 337 shipped.
You'll just need the shocks and shock mounts to have a direct swap. The shock mounts last I checked were around $50 each. Depending on how the weather generally is where the car has spent most of it's life, the shock bolts might not be as bad as mine were. even 150psi on an impact wrench wouldn't get my bolts off.. but it rains quite a bit here, so they were quite rusted.
I don't know the exact length of the panhard, but let's say for augments sake it's 48 inches. I'm digging into my high school geometry here, but to solve for this is the square root(square(1.75) + square(48)) - 48. If my math is right, I'm getting a shift of around 1/32 of an inch. This assumes everything is static, which is obviously not the case, but I don't believe it is going to be enough to worry about.
I went about it alittle differently when I worked out the equation for this. Ok the variables will be (PHB = 48"), (Stock Spring Length = 18"), (Lowering Spring Length = 16.25")
ok the equation is (√(48²) - (18²)) - (√(48²) - (16.25²)) = 0.6686673 or just over 5/8" of an inch, now I realize that these numbers are probably not exact, but I'm posting this equation in hopes that someone can work out the exact measurements if they know the dimensions of the parts.
You'd need revalved bilsteins to run on a lowered car. bilsteins are still on back order anyway as far as I know, and after talking to sam strano, I (he) wouldn't recommend bilstein anymore. I went with KYB AGX on his recommendation and I'm so far loving them. I really like that they are adjustable and they are decently priced as well. I picked mine up for 337 shipped.
You'll just need the shocks and shock mounts to have a direct swap. The shock mounts last I checked were around $50 each. Depending on how the weather generally is where the car has spent most of it's life, the shock bolts might not be as bad as mine were. even 150psi on an impact wrench wouldn't get my bolts off.. but it rains quite a bit here, so they were quite rusted.
KYB AGX, huh? I have been interested in trying an adjustable set. Can you get the ride pretty firm with the AGX's? Good price too. Where did you get them?
The car has lived in the south from day one, so mostly dry and no salt. I haven't found anything really rusted on the car.
I went about it alittle differently when I worked out the equation for this. Ok the variables will be (PHB = 48"), (Stock Spring Length = 18"), (Lowering Spring Length = 16.25")
ok the equation is (√(48²) - (18²)) - (√(48²) - (16.25²)) = 0.6686673 or just over 5/8" of an inch, now I realize that these numbers are probably not exact, but I'm posting this equation in hopes that someone can work out the exact measurements if they know the dimensions of the parts.
It looks like you are solving for two right triangles though with the PHB being the adjacent side in both cases. This assumes that the PHB never moves. You're subtracting the squares, then taking the square root. The PHB is the hypotenuse. It happens to be one and the same in the factory position, so there is nothing to solve. Once the car is lowered there is a real triangle and we must only solve for b. (a= the drop).
Yep, I can get them quite uncomfortably stiff on the highest setting (8). There is a very noticeable difference between 1 and 8. IIRC, i read that 8 was 127% stiffer than a stock shock, so as long as the springs you have are less than or around 130% stiffer than stock springs, they should work out for you alright. I picked them up off ebay. apwonline is the seller.
edit: here's the info:
Here are the advertised dampening rates from KYB for the 8-position adjustable AGX, shown as a percentage of a "factory" dampened shock.
1 = 95 (5% softer than Factory)
2 = 100 (Factory damping force)
3 = 107.5 (7.5% firmer than Factory)
4 = 115 (15% firmer than Factory)(GR-2)
5 = 143.5 (43.5% firmer than Factory)
6 = 172 (72% firmer than Factory)
7 = 197.5 (97.5 firmer than Factory)
8 = 223 (123 % firmer than Factory)
I'm still running stock springs. I haven't had a whole lot of drive time on the different settings, but so far I'm liking 3 up front, 5 out back...has a nice sporty feel but is still comfortable for driving around town.
auto zone IS crap but it's the only "auto" store in this city of perrysburg where I reside. psh. Murrays is the only other store near here and its practically the same place.
Yeah, PB blaster is available around a lot of places. But if they are anything like mine, the top shock bolt is impossible to get off. Like I said, it took 150psi on an impact wrench to get the bolt half way off, and it still wouldn't move any further. All the rest of the bolts required to take off to get the assemblies off came off without any penetrating oil.
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