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<blockquote data-quote="TacomaJD" data-source="post: 425933" data-attributes="member: 1780"><p>Air shocks can be made to work well, but you really have to know a lot about how they act when you are mocking up your mounting geometry for them and ride height. You do not want much shaft showing at all on an air shock, so you'll have to fab your shock mounts accordingly with your desired ride height in mind. Sweet spot is 4-6", I would shoot for 4ish. My rears are at 4.75" shaft showing now and do pretty good for my application. 2.0's may be fine for your rig, it looks to be fairly light.</p><p></p><p>This buggy works great on 2.0's, but pay attention to how they are set up. He is running very little shaft showing, maybe only a couple inches. Running less shaft showing means less nitrogen psi is in the shock, less nitrogen psi means less unloading and much more stability. But the valving and shock oil must be tuned accordingly also, so that you aren't bottoming the shock out over every little bump. I would read every article I could on air shocks via Google search engine and on Pirate4x4. Coilovers are much more simple to tune and no doubt will perform better, equalling less of a headache.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqcU3jvcBkg#" target="_blank">Jesse Haines New Ride "Pokey"</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TacomaJD, post: 425933, member: 1780"] Air shocks can be made to work well, but you really have to know a lot about how they act when you are mocking up your mounting geometry for them and ride height. You do not want much shaft showing at all on an air shock, so you'll have to fab your shock mounts accordingly with your desired ride height in mind. Sweet spot is 4-6", I would shoot for 4ish. My rears are at 4.75" shaft showing now and do pretty good for my application. 2.0's may be fine for your rig, it looks to be fairly light. This buggy works great on 2.0's, but pay attention to how they are set up. He is running very little shaft showing, maybe only a couple inches. Running less shaft showing means less nitrogen psi is in the shock, less nitrogen psi means less unloading and much more stability. But the valving and shock oil must be tuned accordingly also, so that you aren't bottoming the shock out over every little bump. I would read every article I could on air shocks via Google search engine and on Pirate4x4. Coilovers are much more simple to tune and no doubt will perform better, equalling less of a headache. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqcU3jvcBkg#]Jesse Haines New Ride "Pokey"[/url] [/QUOTE]
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