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Old 12-18-2007, 06:14 PM   #55
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Re: Jeshua's FJ Build up

Sorry for the long delay in chubby's pictures and review.


I have had them on for I think 3 weeks now and I am very happy with them so far. They have persuaded me to go a little bigger in the back as far a lift goes you'll see from the pictures. I have only gotten off road twice since install and the trails I would rate as a 1.5-2.5 out of 5. The first one I was able to get some descent flex to test to see if the chubby's hindered articulation at all and there was no difference from what I could tell. As for the fast section they worked great(not the best area to test this one). The slower rocky parts seemed a little rougher with the rear constantly bouncing off the chubby's. I don't think I can blame this just on the chubby's though more on this latter. Street driving well it kind of sucks right now I am constantly contacting the the bumps with normal driving when this happens you feel and hear it. People not use to this might think something is wrong but there isn't. So from all this I have come to the conclusion that I need to lift the rear more then I was originally wanting (1.5" max) and that the stock spring and shocks suck even more then I thought. I will be getting a set of rear DR spring from my friend Uphill when he switch's to the OME heavy springs (thanks Uphill your awesome) now I need to get some shocks. Have a couple question out there waiting to be answered before I make a solid choose on that one. I believe once the rear suspension is upgraded that the street drive will be back to stock feel and the slow rocky stuff will also be better. The problem I am having is I only have about 2"-2.5" of compression travel from ride height that means I only have like .5"-1" before the chubby's start to do there job you will see that in the pictures.

Ok on to pictures. I am still a little dirty from last weekend
Front driver looking forward

Getting some use from the dips in town



Front passenger looking back




Rear driver looking forward


Rear passenger looking back

This picture you can see pretty well how close the striker is to the chubby at ride height. Also notice how clean the cylinder is from doing its job and how much more use it gets then the front.


Things that I would like to change.
I want to upgrade to the rubber ends and also add some compression in the rear. With those changes and new springs and shocks I think the rear will be quit nice.

Oh and here is a pic of my hula girl
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