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    Quote Originally Posted by barnsey View Post
    the shocks need to be loop to loop. or eye to eye,
    I have an old set of VW bettle front shocks here that fit fine, but the travel down when fitted is only around just under 2" I would need about 4" down travel
    the VW shocks that i have here measure.
    fully closed 260mm 26cm a bit over 8 1/2 "
    fully open, 410mm 41cm a bit over 16"
    cheers barnsey
    sorry if this don't make sense.
    Going from your first post you need 12" static, and above you need 4" down travel and the VW shock has 16" extension. If you put that together you want a shock with 12" static, and 8" of travel, 8" compressed and 16" extended? Is that right? Do you really need that much travel?
    Last edited by rspears; 09-11-2010 at 05:36 AM.
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