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Posted by 93lx4cyl (Member # 10517) on
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Not 100% sure if I saw this before BUT..quadshocks do they serve a purpose whatsoever? Only info I've seen is the info on 4x4s with them but a purpose on a fox? I hear drag cars remove em for weight but what about for a street car?
Posted by copcar (Member # 10113) on
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They help quell wheel hop. Yes you need them, that is why they are on the car. On the street, with out them you run the risk of ripping out your torque boxes due to the wheel hop.
Posted by slocobra (Member # 6311) on
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They do very little and if there not new or have beed changed, probably doing nothing. most everyone takes them off. rather than spending a dime on quad shocks, i would invest in decent control arms.
Posted by fredfifty (Member # 10320) on
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how about using aftermarket rear control arms with quad shocks? is there any advantage in that?
Posted by CobramanPhil (Member # 2170) on
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In my opinion...on a street car you need those quad shocks on there...even with aftermarket LCA..I'd say you need the quads still. If you are changing the stock configuration (i.e. MM LCAs/torque arm/panhard rod) then you don't need the quads anymore.
Posted by SydewayzStan (Member # 10217) on
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Originally posted by fredfifty:
how about using aftermarket rear control arms with quad shocks? is there any advantage in that?
Only if youre still getting wheel hop
Posted by NEIGHT (Member # 8741) on
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I don't run quadshocks, I have aftermarket upper/lower control arms so I have no wheel hop which is what quadshocks are for.
Posted by abe bay factor (Member # 11310) on
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Did a Kyb lowering struts and springs with upper and lowers no quad shocks and my car hooks up better with out the quad shock mad I wasted my money
Posted by RONIN (Member # 9987) on
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Originally posted by slocobra:
They do very little and if there not new or have beed changed, probably doing nothing. most everyone takes them off. rather than spending a dime on quad shocks, i would invest in decent control arms.
Wrong.... Shows how much experience you have had removing them. I thought you been doing this since I was in grade school ?
If you remove them your car will experience major wheel hop and like 79cobra stated you can potentially tear out the torque boxes.
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