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Old 10-12-2014 | 10:04 AM
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Default LA front/SA rear

This may be a dumb question but I've been researching long arm vs short arm and have to ask. Seems the biggest downfall to LA is they are more prone to getting hung up, what if you used high clearance LA in the front and left the rear SA?
Old 10-12-2014 | 02:43 PM
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Huh? I guess it could be done, but why? It just seems wrong. It sounds as bad as running staggered wheels and tires on a 4wd. Haha.
Old 10-12-2014 | 02:51 PM
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He's asking about running LA in the front only. Why not.
I was looking into the Clayton front setup which is high clearance/bolt on on. Then do the rear at a later time.


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Old 10-12-2014 | 03:05 PM
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Thank You kjeeper10, I didn't think it was too off of a question. I was thinking you would get the best of both worlds, stability with LA front and clearance with SA rear unless arms need to be same length front/rear.
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Not front to rear. Uppers should be a percentage shorter then the lowers.


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Old 10-12-2014 | 06:27 PM
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Yes you can ran long arm in the front, short arm in the back. I have a friend who has a teraflex long arm in the front only and loves how drives/wheels and has no plans to add the rear long arms to it.
Old 10-12-2014 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by OC-JK
Yes you can ran long arm in the front, short arm in the back. I have a friend who has a teraflex long arm in the front only and loves how drives/wheels and has no plans to add the rear long arms to it.
That's some good info.. Would like to hear from others as well.




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