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Shocks for sway control

jrgaylor

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1985 BroncoII
1) I have the james duff 30/70 shocks right now and when I have my spare mounted in the safari rack I sometimes get excessive swaying when driving down the freeway, any opinions on which shock I should get to help control the body sway?
2) Currently I have a 2 1/2" suspenion lift but will be going to around 4" in the near future, I also have extended radius arms, would there be any problems if I ordered shocks for more lift than what I have now?
 






I have the JD 2.5" also. I put on Bilsteins for a lifted Ranger (up to 4" lift) for the front and used the JD schocks for the rear. I think the Bilsteins help a lot to reduce sway. I'm also, adventually, going to go to about 4" of lift. When I do, I'll get Bilsteins for the rear also.
 






Do you know if the Bilsteins you have on the front compress more than the james duff units? right now the James duff shocks I have bottomed out and bent the lower shock mounts, so I had to weld on some reinforcements to the radius arms.
 






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