Help with shackles

Alford78 said:

I would have bought +4s had they been a known option back about a year ago when I purchased my +3s that are still sitting on pallet in garage beside a box of SVC adjustable bump with Fox can, and Fox 3.0 front and rear shocks all collecting dust because I don’t know what I’m going to do in the end. I did manage to pull the stock IC and chop the frame horns for the Baja bumper and SVC FMIC. That was enough of a job for me and father in law without clear instructions lol. If we had internet service in his shop it would have saved hours literally. Looking at pictures would have helped a bunch on its own.

Taking off and putting on the shocks and springs is something I only want to do once unless it’s to fix something. I know I want fenders and sides but that it the only thing I know for sure lol. SVC Mid Travel, Robby Woods MTR Kit, or screw the MT and just go with my Fox 3.0s and an offset wheel to fill the fenders and sides. I will never use 75% of any suspension setup including factory so just a matter of looks and drivability with larger tires. Glad I’m not impatient for sure. My home theater is on year 5 of just development and accumulation of equipment, 8 years of count pouring the slab and installing an over the top holdover 4K 13’ wide scope screen back in 2010!!! Crazy I am is all I can say at times. My wife is especially liking the huge box containing the Trinnov Altitude32 Processor laying in the living room corner at the moment.

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Alford78 said:

@Nick@Apollo-Optics oh. I will def hit you up once I am ready for wheels for sure tho!!! I’ve seen how helpful you are around here!

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zombiekiller said:

honestly, with fenders and bedsides, you dont need more than +3 deavers.

I need springs that can hold a bit more weight because of my offroad loadout, and because The floor of my bed is cut out and the tires are sunken down and rearward. (my spares are also approx 130 lbs each ( 40s ).

I also beat on my truck more than the next 5 raptor owners combined. The SVC shackles will honestly allow for slightly more droop, but if you're running stock shocks, that really doesnt matter. In that case, the shackles will make the leaf spring movement smoother, but you also have to grease them regularly.

Dont overthink it unless youre planning to go more extreme and plan to use the truck to its fullest potential. Otherwise, basic suspension mods will do ya just fine.

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Nick@Apollo-Optics said:

Appreciate that! Happy to help however we can!



^^^ Solid advice right here.

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zombiekiller said:

I'm telling ya, on the Baja runs, the stockish trucks that have 3.0s, deavers and uppers almost NEVER break. The truck tells you when youve gone too far, but before it will break. Its almost like the truck wags its finger at you and says " hey stupid, dont do that any more."

Now once you go farther than that, you can do more and act more like a knucklehead, but when you break, youre broken. you can now drive the truck past the "safety buffer" and now you need lots more spares, lots more maintenance and lots more talent.

No, you arent going to charge like a linked truck in a beefed up shocks and arms raptor. You will smile a lot more, you'll have fun and you'll get to watch knuckleheads like me fix my crap in the middle of the desert, all because I wanted to go 15 mph faster and jump the truck 2 feet higher.

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zombiekiller said:

I'm telling ya, on the Baja runs, the stockish trucks that have 3.0s, deavers and uppers almost NEVER break. The truck tells you when youve gone too far, but before it will break. Its almost like the truck wags its finger at you and says " hey stupid, dont do that any more."

Now once you go farther than that, you can do more and act more like a knucklehead, but when you break, youre broken. you can now drive the truck past the "safety buffer" and now you need lots more spares, lots more maintenance and lots more talent.

No, you arent going to charge like a linked truck in a beefed up shocks and arms raptor. You will smile a lot more, you'll have fun and you'll get to watch knuckleheads like me fix my crap in the middle of the desert, all because I wanted to go 15 mph faster and jump the truck 2 feet higher.

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Nick@Apollo-Optics said:

Lol...you know what they say about building out your Raptor to the level that you did.

The next mod is a Super Duty and a trailer

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Kahuna said:

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Nick@Apollo-Optics said:

Lol...you know what they say about building out your Raptor to the level that you did.

The next mod is a Super Duty and a trailer

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Nick@Apollo-Optics said:

Hahaha...love it.

We just added a 2019 Super Duty to our line-up. Looking at running Icon Stage 5 2.5” System on it with 37s.

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