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Old 01-22-2014, 01:28 PM
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i bought a 3' torsion bar lift with 2' blocks in the back. ive been wondering if i have to change my front shocks to ones with more travel in them to crank my keys all the way. i dont wanna hear how bad the keys are and stuff, cause my friends been running them for awhile now. i just wanna know if i need bigger shocks in the front.
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If you crank them all the way up, yes.
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Originally Posted by OleRed99
i bought a 3' torsion bar lift with 2' blocks in the back. ive been wondering if i have to change my front shocks to ones with more travel in them to crank my keys all the way. i dont wanna hear how bad the keys are and stuff, cause my friends been running them for awhile now. i just wanna know if i need bigger shocks in the front.
If your stock shocks are worn out it would be a good idea to replace them while doing the keys. However do you NEED new shocks? Not really. You're not getting anymore travel out of your suspension by adding keys, or by cranking, you are decreasing the amount of travel.
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Stock sized shocks have more than enough travel in them, no need for bigger ones
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And I would not even think about cranking the front end up 3", way to much stress and you have very bad angles.
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Turning up the stock keys makes for a rough ride, i cant imagine what the aftermarket ones would do.
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trust me i just did this with 3" blcoks in the rear and the 3" keys if you max them out you wont be able to use 4x4 i had the issue this was like a week and a half ago i ended lowering it to operating and going to drop 1-1/2" blocks or 2" blocks. dont get me wronge maxxed out keys with the blocks it was huge for just that but yeah way to much of a angle for the cvs maxxed out.



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