Ditched the Torsion Bars for Coilovers on the HD
10-01-2012, 09:38 AM
#61
This is an ideal situation for the lowered 4x4 guys. Has anybody come up with a spring to work with a qa1 shock? Ive been looking around since I stumbled upon this thread but I find more to go up. Julien have you found anything yet to share? I remember seeing your silverado in Truckin' Mag, can we say what a beast haha.
I'd think you'd have to run those lower shock spacers similar to the Brenthel kit just to raise the shock body up to clear the coil OD from the CV shaft... which in my head, I was thinking you'd have to then raise the upper coil "pocket" on the frame to match that spacer length on the bottom... which may also entail an aftermarket/custom UCA (again, similar to the Brenthel Chase...) to clear the larger OD of the raised up coil-over.
...was just my thoughts on it all anyway, as far as C/O on a lowered 4X4 goes.
10-01-2012, 04:32 PM
#62
Teching In
Shred i was thinking the same, but we are talking about 4wd silverados that do not have coil pockets. Julien you're running with a 2wd silverado but our shock hookups are the same. the HDs are different up front, so lets look at the regular 1500 trucks. on the regular 1500, on the shock you have the pin hole with two bolts to connect to the upper shock mount. could you run a coilover inleu of the regular shock just to help dampen the annoying rattle, even if you had to leave the torsion bars?
10-01-2012, 06:14 PM
#63
I'd think you'd have to run those lower shock spacers similar to the Brenthel kit just to raise the shock body up to clear the coil OD from the CV shaft... which in my head, I was thinking you'd have to then raise the upper coil "pocket" on the frame to match that spacer length on the bottom... which may also entail an aftermarket/custom UCA (again, similar to the Brenthel Chase...) to clear the larger OD of the raised up coil-over.
...was just my thoughts on it all anyway, as far as C/O on a lowered 4X4 goes.
...was just my thoughts on it all anyway, as far as C/O on a lowered 4X4 goes.
10-02-2012, 09:19 AM
#64
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I crawled under my silverado this morning with the images of the finished product on page two and I think I was wrong the shock mounts are the same between the hds and regular 1500. I'm Yunnan call qa1 and see if I can get some part numbers to work with the pro comp shock adapter listed on page 1.
10-02-2012, 09:35 AM
#65
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Qa1tech said for a nbs 1500 lowered 2" up front to run the ds302 or ds304 single adjustable shock. The ds304 has more length by about 1"-2". They obviously could not confirm removing the T-bars but guaranty better handling and way less bounce and rattle. The ds304 accepts 7" to 9" springs which qa1 does not have for front of trucks in the 850 lb rate class. Springs are next to find.
10-02-2012, 12:41 PM
#66
I crawled under my silverado this morning with the images of the finished product on page two and I think I was wrong the shock mounts are the same between the hds and regular 1500. I'm Yunnan call qa1 and see if I can get some part numbers to work with the pro comp shock adapter listed on page 1.
The coilover I was looking at was ds301. Same length as the ds302 except with bearing bushings instead of poly. Check the hypercoil springs for higher spring ratings hprworld.com
10-02-2012, 06:26 PM
#67
Teching In
Is the ds301 the one you are looking at now with your drop? the 304 may be better for a 2/4 drop.
