Looking to buy some AHC front shock spacers. I’ve looked everywhere and can’t find them.
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They've been sold, and listing updated. But, I purchased them recently from Dave Stedman at the email listed above, so reach out and I'm sure he'll hook you up.stedman@japan4x4.com was the email contact for several years. They show up in the suspension classifieds here every now and then. @Trinny has some listed as sale pending.
I questioned this in my head as well, but didn't reply since I feel a bit like I'm becoming a wannabe gatekeeper of AHC.Shock extensions or rear coil springs spacer/packer?
Have you dropped/relocated your lower control arm and changed the spindle arm to warrant an AHC damper because it now has limited droop or downward travel?
We used the the strut extensions when we lift tacoma/hiluxes back in the day when we use 4”-10” with a lift kits (similar with the GMCs and Fords). The ahc shock extension has the same concept, and that is for the total shock length to keep up with the clearance that the lift generated - if the customer intends to re-use the existing strut assembly (of course vertical travel remains the same).I questioned this in my head as well, but didn't reply since I feel a bit like I'm becoming a wannabe gatekeeper of AHC.
Anyways, yeah, I'm wondering if shocks spacers are the next required step or maybe @thomkat is jumping from step 1 to step 5, unaware that there are some alternatives available to get a little extra height out of AHC.
no WAY!I questioned this in my head as well, but didn't reply since I feel a bit like I'm becoming a wannabe gatekeeper of AHC.
I was thinking about putting a spacer on top of the hydraulic shock of 3/4 of an inch, what I’m trying to accomplish is more droop. Adding spacers to an AHC shock either the top or bottom is not going to lift the vehicle at all, since that’s regulated by the height sensors. I’m on the fence about a Diff Drop along with a spacer to maximize droop … but leaning at least towards the spacer. If I can squeeze out an entire inch additional drop, I’ll be a happy camper. My UCLA’s will not contact the hydraulic shock, and the angle of the axles will only be about 19° at full droop. I don’t think that all I have any issues with the axles binding just at an inch more - but that’s why I was thinking about a diff drop to bring that angle of the axle back to spec.
I am thinking about that now ... time for new LCA bushings for me so I might buy some new LCAs that come with all the bushings etc ... then I can take it to a fab shop and have them cut off the factory lower shock mount and put a 3/4" plate there and then reweld the factory mount. I wonder if you could ... move the mount inboard or outboard ever so slightly if that would have any positive effect. Unlikely but from your experience I wanted to table the idea. If I could find a fab shop that could make LCA's but two inches wider/longer I would have them fab UCAs and then a custom axle that is also longer ... build a coil over AHC shock like the 200 series with custom buckets ... but ... I will keep it simple and just try and squeeze an extra inch of droop at the wheel. That will make me happy.
I have this exact question in my head......same suspension travel range...decreased shock length....why?Shock extensions or rear coil springs spacer/packer?
Have you dropped/relocated your lower control arm and changed the spindle arm to warrant an AHC damper because it now has limited droop or downward travel?