Kawabuggy
Newbie
So I found that some Monroe shocks come with springs on them (coil over style). My thoughts were-why not buy an off the shelf coil over style shock for cheap, and change out the coil springs on them? Yes, I know I will have to MAKE/FABRICATE stronger mounting brackets.
Here are the shocks I'm looking at; Monroe 58648 I tried linking to them directly but this web site will not allow that.
and here is the kit I would be using to mount them; Again, this web site won't allow linking to Amazon.. But if you look up coil over shock mounting kit on amazon they will come right up.
I would be making my own top bar to mount the top of the shocks to as I'm trying to keep them as straight up and down as possible. Hence, why these shocks are SHORTER than what came on our trucks from the factory. The shocks linked above have 5+" of travel. Hopefully that is enough for daily driver/street use. There will never be any weight put into the bed.
Then it's down to figuring out how to get the top of the shock disassembled so that I can replace the springs that are on there... that might be the sticking point, but something tells me that it can't be that hard. I can buy whatever springs I want as far as weight rating as they can be had from Summit racing. To make them adjustable, they sell the threaded collars on E-bay/Amazon as well that can be simply dropped into place on the existing spring perch that's already welded to the shock (once I get the top of the shock off). I'm doing away with the leaf springs and either I'm gonna buy a complete set of coil overs, or build my own as indicated here. I'm also building my own 3 link set up with panhard bar utilizing flexible rubber joints at all mounting point locations.
I'd appreciate any positive feed back, ideas, comments, or concerns..
Here are the shocks I'm looking at; Monroe 58648 I tried linking to them directly but this web site will not allow that.
and here is the kit I would be using to mount them; Again, this web site won't allow linking to Amazon.. But if you look up coil over shock mounting kit on amazon they will come right up.
I would be making my own top bar to mount the top of the shocks to as I'm trying to keep them as straight up and down as possible. Hence, why these shocks are SHORTER than what came on our trucks from the factory. The shocks linked above have 5+" of travel. Hopefully that is enough for daily driver/street use. There will never be any weight put into the bed.
Then it's down to figuring out how to get the top of the shock disassembled so that I can replace the springs that are on there... that might be the sticking point, but something tells me that it can't be that hard. I can buy whatever springs I want as far as weight rating as they can be had from Summit racing. To make them adjustable, they sell the threaded collars on E-bay/Amazon as well that can be simply dropped into place on the existing spring perch that's already welded to the shock (once I get the top of the shock off). I'm doing away with the leaf springs and either I'm gonna buy a complete set of coil overs, or build my own as indicated here. I'm also building my own 3 link set up with panhard bar utilizing flexible rubber joints at all mounting point locations.
I'd appreciate any positive feed back, ideas, comments, or concerns..
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