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- 84 BII "Li'l Samson"
Was unhappy about the angle of the strut, so I welded on some other tabs to the existing tabs to set the angle which I want. I felt that the struts ought to lean the top more to the front of the truck.
Here is the angle I'm shooting for. The top is bolted to the new mount. The chrome that you see stays this far out, so to the bottom mounting hole the shaft will extend 5" further down to the same mounting point that the coilover is attached.
Now this length can change once the dialing in starts. But that'll be later after rest of the mounts are done plus getting the nitrogen.
I heard that I could use shop air just to extend the shaft further, but this east coast air is so humid that I don't even want to think about it. Just too much moisture going into the strut.
Read on another site that with these struts I can raise the suspension further up for more clearance on the rocks and still have phenomenal stability. Sounds good to me.