I'm thinking of moving my rear shocks and triangulating them with the top together and the bottom spread apart. I have seen other trucks with that set-up. What kind of angle do you use? I know in other forms of motorsports you mount them 10-15 degrees from vertical. Is that still true in offroad and truck world?
Rear Shock angle
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CrashKnott
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As far as I know, the only reason you would want to mount them any further leaned in than 10-15 degrees is length...
You can make a shorter shock "travel" just as far when you lean it like you're talking about, but you lose effective damping (because it goes from 1" of tire travel = .75" of shock travel, to 1" of tire travel = .25" of shock, etc).
I also have heard guys talking about a tippier feel to their rigs after doing this, which would enforce the above.
Why would you want to do this? Just don't wanna buy longer shocks?
You can make a shorter shock "travel" just as far when you lean it like you're talking about, but you lose effective damping (because it goes from 1" of tire travel = .75" of shock travel, to 1" of tire travel = .25" of shock, etc).
I also have heard guys talking about a tippier feel to their rigs after doing this, which would enforce the above.
Why would you want to do this? Just don't wanna buy longer shocks?
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yeah, 10-15° is a good rule-of-thumb, you basically don't want them going past perpendicular when one side of the axle lifts and the other drops.