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Old 06-10-2012 | 08:57 PM
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Thanks a ton!
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Old 06-10-2012 | 09:30 PM
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11" Would probably be just right for mine with the clevis at the top of its threads at full extension, but the 12" is fine. When I move the nuts down on the pin I should have about an inch of thread left with the truck at level height. Total travel of the front is around 3-4" I think. I leave them completely slack while just driving around. I havent tested them yet, but I dont expect them to stretch much given the expected load on the front end.

My clevis pins have 4" of thread, which is the standard from what I could tell.
Old 06-10-2012 | 09:48 PM
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Well if they have 4" of thread I may want 11", mine is only lowered slightly in the front. I also jacked mine up and even at full extension the length of the shock from bolt to bolt only changed by 1". 11" should put me at about center of threads when static. Thanks for the info Richard.
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I was about to order the clevis bolts, until I saw it would cost $22 for shipping. Mmm... no thanks.
Old 06-19-2012 | 11:50 PM
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I actually ended up putting the 10" straps back on and those are about perfect. I have about 3" of adjustment room down.

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I ordered mine from Poly Performance today. They had everything in stock, whereas every other place I checked only had the straps, or only had the clevis rod ends. I'll save money on shipping by getting them all from the same place.
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Originally Posted by AKlowriderZ71
I ordered mine from Poly Performance today. They had everything in stock, whereas every other place I checked only had the straps, or only had the clevis rod ends. I'll save money on shipping by getting them all from the same place.
I got mine yesterday.
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Originally Posted by AKlowriderZ71
I ordered mine from Poly Performance today. They had everything in stock, whereas every other place I checked only had the straps, or only had the clevis rod ends. I'll save money on shipping by getting them all from the same place.
Cool deal , what length did you go with ?

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I got mine yesterday.
Those look good man , when ya installing?
Old 06-20-2012 | 08:42 PM
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I ordered 10" straps. Spoke with Taylor about these for a while, very helpful guy. He told me to expect them to stretch about an inch per foot, so I factored that into the length that I chose. The bolts are 5 or so inches long, so I'll run them loose for every day driving, then cinch them up at the track.

I'll probably crank them down just enough to barely begin to lower the front end, if that makes sense. Then I'll try a pass with a little preload, and see what happens. Maybe some mid 1.5's for a short time? Who knows.



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