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Old 11-22-2012, 02:58 PM
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I am installing drop struts on a 2012 fx2 does the rubber isolator o back on top of the coil on the new strut, the instructions does not show it on their ... Also fi the 2" drop it shows 2 o the thick washers under the shock.... What do u guys have it setup as on your 2012 or have u installed
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I am installing drop struts on a 2012 fx2 does the rubber isolator o back on top of the coil on the new strut, the instructions does not show it on their ... Also fi the 2" drop it shows 2 o the thick washers under the shock.... What do u guys have it setup as on your 2012 or have u installed
Yes back on the top i used nothing on the bottom. No noise at all. I used athin one for a 3"drop.on my 12
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Originally Posted by Youngone2012
I am installing drop struts on a 2012 fx2 does the rubber isolator o back on top of the coil on the new strut, the instructions does not show it on their ... Also fi the 2" drop it shows 2 o the thick washers under the shock.... What do u guys have it setup as on your 2012 or have u installed
The Isolator has to go back on... The shock is a 1:1 replacement, like you change a oem shock.
I designed these actually 6years ago
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Yes back on the top i used nothing on the bottom. No noise at all. I used athin one for a 3"drop.on my 12
So u think I should use a thick and a thin one for 2" ? Or 2 thock
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So u think I should use a thick and a thin one for 2" ? Or 2 thock
I wish i was home cause i still have the paper work.i wanna say one thick one is for 2" . But i am not sure.
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Paper says 2009+ gets 2 .630" for 2" drop but that seems weird ...
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Paper says 2009+ gets 2 .630" for 2" drop but that seems weird ...
Yea just looked it up online. Its 2 thin ones. The thinker ones are manly used for pre 2009.
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2 thin ones for a 2" drop? The thin ones are .300" thick and the thick ones are .600" thick...

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2 thin ones for a 2" drop? The thin ones are .300" thick and the thick ones are .600" thick...

Oh yea. Ur right 2thick ones.
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I used 1thin one. I will remeasure and see how much of a drop i got with it. I like the way mine came out and drove. Just waiting on the rear shocks to come in now.

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