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<blockquote data-quote="slravenel" data-source="post: 727627" data-attributes="member: 1068"><p>If its not tuned, its going to suck(**) no matter how much travel you have...more travel wont fix anything. I would probably argue that unless its tuned, adding more of it will probably make things worse (body roll, blowing through the travel, over extending everything and binding stuff up, etc etc). That will get worse if there is more travel to deal with. I have axle mounted 2.5 resi shocks on all 4 corners with about 7-8" uptravel and i can tell you right now, it crawls 100x better than it did before, it hits ledges 100x better than it did before, it jumps 100x better than it did before, it bombs the most rutted out trails and nuisance rocks 100x better than it did before. Tuning doesnt just make it go faster better. </p><p></p><p>One of the biggest benefits (beyond it just riding so much better) on a trail buggy is that I can back up and hit a ledge so much harder than some of my wheeling buddies and all 4 of my tires stay on the ground instead of the front bouncing up, or the rear catching a bunch of air when the rear tires hit. It allows you to keep that valuable momentum and stay moving forward. Tuning and suspension work is not exclusive to go fast...it will make it better in every single regard. </p><p></p><p>Trailing arms have their pros and cons in a rock crawler...depending on design, they can really inhibit your ground clearance. People use limit straps to protect their shocks and keep binding out of the equation. That all being said...just adding more travel likely isnt the answer to making your suspension better. I would bet almost all of my money that simply tuning what you have will show you an entirely new ride.</p><p></p><p>In short....Tune; dont just throw longer shocks at it and expect it to be better.</p><p></p><p></p><p>**I use suck in a way comparing it to tuned. I thought mine rode fine before...then it was tuned and I look back at just how shitty non-tuned was. Spend the money. Tune your ****...you wont regret it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slravenel, post: 727627, member: 1068"] If its not tuned, its going to suck(**) no matter how much travel you have...more travel wont fix anything. I would probably argue that unless its tuned, adding more of it will probably make things worse (body roll, blowing through the travel, over extending everything and binding stuff up, etc etc). That will get worse if there is more travel to deal with. I have axle mounted 2.5 resi shocks on all 4 corners with about 7-8" uptravel and i can tell you right now, it crawls 100x better than it did before, it hits ledges 100x better than it did before, it jumps 100x better than it did before, it bombs the most rutted out trails and nuisance rocks 100x better than it did before. Tuning doesnt just make it go faster better. One of the biggest benefits (beyond it just riding so much better) on a trail buggy is that I can back up and hit a ledge so much harder than some of my wheeling buddies and all 4 of my tires stay on the ground instead of the front bouncing up, or the rear catching a bunch of air when the rear tires hit. It allows you to keep that valuable momentum and stay moving forward. Tuning and suspension work is not exclusive to go fast...it will make it better in every single regard. Trailing arms have their pros and cons in a rock crawler...depending on design, they can really inhibit your ground clearance. People use limit straps to protect their shocks and keep binding out of the equation. That all being said...just adding more travel likely isnt the answer to making your suspension better. I would bet almost all of my money that simply tuning what you have will show you an entirely new ride. In short....Tune; dont just throw longer shocks at it and expect it to be better. **I use suck in a way comparing it to tuned. I thought mine rode fine before...then it was tuned and I look back at just how shitty non-tuned was. Spend the money. Tune your ****...you wont regret it. [/QUOTE]
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