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Series shackles - help please!!

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Hightower:
Thanks all for your opinions.

I think I'm gonna go with the consensus and get standard shackles.  It seems the most sensible way to go to start with.

Les Henson:
I had Military extended shackles and parabolics on my last 109. The shackles lift it about an inch and the springs about the same again, so I fitted Goodridge +2" hoses as well. I had 235/85/16 tyres and the set-up worked very well both on and off road.


Les.

Chris Putt:
One of the lads I work with has 1tonne shackles, and the HD (11 Leaf) springs on his, with 235/85/16 BF Muds on. Works well. With an 88 inch you need to watch the front prop on one of the X members.......

TechnoTurkey:
My ex military 109 had extended shackles on it and it made it sit quite a bit higher and was more pleasing to the eye in my book.

Off road wise, articulation was unaltered but it just kept the rear of the body a little further off the ground which helped in certain situations.

I'd whack em on personally and see what happens, any changle in suspension geometery will not be that massive.

stratie:

--- Quote from: TechnoTurkey on October 14, 2008, 16:15:36 ---My ex military 109 had extended shackles on it and it made it sit quite a bit higher and was more pleasing to the eye in my book.

Off road wise, articulation was unaltered but it just kept the rear of the body a little further off the ground which helped in certain situations.

I'd whack em on personally and see what happens, any changle in suspension geometery will not be that massive.

--- End quote ---
The 109 comes with extended shackles as stock.

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