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Old 07-11-2007, 10:40 AM
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question about coil spacers and road handling

I just recently switched my 32x11.5s for 33x10.5, along with new t-bars and a 1" sdori coil spacer.
I've been noticing a big change in the handling on-road and wanted to ask for some opinions.
Everything feels much more 'floating' in the rear end, I feel when I turn that the rear is drifting a bit.
I am sure that with the new height/clearance that this will take some getting used to but the feeling is a bit unsettling so far. Any ideas or comments much appreciated! should I naturally expect a 'tippier' ride with the narrower tires and lift, or would you guys recommend removing the spacers and lowering the t-bars to gain more stability with a 10.5" width
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1 inch in the rear should not do that.....perhaps some bilstein 5125 series gas shocks would fix that?
Old 07-11-2007, 02:30 PM
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thanks zuk!

thanks zuk! good to hear from you and thanks again on the gearing advice.
yeah 1" in the rear shouldn't have such an effect, I think that it's the combination of going to narrower tires and adding a spacer that has given me this feeling, I may just have to get used to it.
I am running ARB shocks so I think that should be sufficient...just one last question- does the fact that there is a spacer in there make the coil/shock compress more/deeper? This may be the 'floating' feeling that I am getting, that I never felt before, and it may just be the ARB shocks compressing deeply for the first time.
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Originally Posted by taikowaza
I just recently switched my 32x11.5s for 33x10.5, along with new t-bars and a 1" sdori coil spacer.
I've been noticing a big change in the handling on-road and wanted to ask for some opinions.
Everything feels much more 'floating' in the rear end, I feel when I turn that the rear is drifting a bit.
I am sure that with the new height/clearance that this will take some getting used to but the feeling is a bit unsettling so far. Any ideas or comments much appreciated! should I naturally expect a 'tippier' ride with the narrower tires and lift, or would you guys recommend removing the spacers and lowering the t-bars to gain more stability with a 10.5" width
What kind or tires and what pressure are you running them at.
That can make a big, big, difference.





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