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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 05:18 PM
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Hey you don't have to listen to me. And I wouldn't listen to these guys talk to Chris and Mel from Evo. And they said for their kits you at the lest need a mid arm and a long arm would be better. And on the world of coilovers no one can touch Evo's set up right now. Ask Eddie W.O.L. on what he thinks.
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JKingAround

And his caster is horrible and his jeep rides like sh-t on the road plus his pinion angle on his drive shafts. And prone to Death wobble. I never said you can't do it. You can put lipstick on a pig but it still don't make her a beauty queen.
I totally agree with you. I'd never run it like this but you did say you can't so I was just pointing out that you actually can.
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by JKingAround
If you want to use the coilovers and get max travel you want a long arm or at least a mid arm. If you do it with stock arms than its just eye candy. You will not get 12" or 14" of travel with out a long arm suspension period.
I agree, call a suspension manufacturer and speak to them about what your goals are. EVO makes a great setup, and you can't go wrong with them.
Don't listen to people spewing out so called "facts" without any first hand experience.
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 04:36 AM
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Thanks guys for you're input here, I appreciate it
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by JKingAround
You get a steeper angle on mid arms compared to a long arm witch in total will cause a bind or a limit in downward travel. Then if your talking the bushing in stock arms forget about it. That's why with a jk you can't go bigger than a 4.5 with a mid arm.
Mid arms is factory length control arms.

it wont limit your travel but it will blow out bushings. You can run bolt on Coilovers on short arms (mid arms as some call them) without any issues
Some bushings like the Clevites will not take 12" of travel without blowing out. Thats why we run Currie Johnny Joints, they are proven and can take the articulation of our EVO Spec King Coilovers

Originally Posted by ttechris
12" of shock travel is 12" of shock travel no matter the brand.
Not completely true. depending on how the suspension is set up you can get more travel or LESS if its not set up correctly

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