EVO Double Throwdown Moby!!
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Bullwinckle
Hooked
Lucky!! but looks BA. :rock:
well, that's the plan. we needed something to be able to keep up with mel :crazyeyes:
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GCM 2
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Speed is awesome!
Last summer while wheeling in "The Cinders" in Flagstaff, AZ (imagine a beach of lava pebbles on the side of a mountain), the handful of rigs on EVO mfg DTD's were easily carrying speeds of 50-60mph over the smooth, round 1-2 foot deep whoops, the rest of the jeeps playing did not even bother because their suspension just could not handle it. I will always have the memory of blowing passing "the man, the legend" Mel Wade in my JK while he was idling thru the bumps in his red JK on the EVO Enforcer Package. In my mirror I saw his middle finger waving at me and a huge smile on his face, then over the CB his voice saying, "you suck".
Last summer while wheeling in "The Cinders" in Flagstaff, AZ (imagine a beach of lava pebbles on the side of a mountain), the handful of rigs on EVO mfg DTD's were easily carrying speeds of 50-60mph over the smooth, round 1-2 foot deep whoops, the rest of the jeeps playing did not even bother because their suspension just could not handle it. I will always have the memory of blowing passing "the man, the legend" Mel Wade in my JK while he was idling thru the bumps in his red JK on the EVO Enforcer Package. In my mirror I saw his middle finger waving at me and a huge smile on his face, then over the CB his voice saying, "you suck".
GCM 2
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Not bent
The EVO links all have a slight, intentional curve designed into them. It keeps the link away from the coils during the suspension's traveling cycle.
The EVO links all have a slight, intentional curve designed into them. It keeps the link away from the coils during the suspension's traveling cycle.
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2012jkfng702
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Fricken awsome.... Wish I could afford the EVO stuff, I think my initial build up for my 2012 looks a lot how Moby was originally built up. I'm doing the Full Traction 6 inch lift with Rancho rs 9000x pro series.. How did Moby work with the Full Traction 3" and did you have the RS 9000x's on that lift?? Already have my shocks Rims, and Tires, Just waiting on the Lift to get finished...
nacho
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so the extra bypass shock acts like a bump stop right? how is it adjusted? what is the noticeable difference so far? I believe you said you went from 14" to 12" system, cant wait for a trail report. Still haven't completely made up my mind on the direction I am going with my new setup hence all the questions.
GCM 2
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Because the particular King by-pass shocks used in the EVO spec'd set-ups they are "three tube" or "three stage" shocks, but could be four, five or even six tube. On each shock there are individual tubes with an allen screw and locking nuts that are used to adjust (depending on which tube you select) the compression or dampening of the shock at different velocities of shock travel/movement, which typically correspond with the vehicles speed. Using the last stage of the shock, in this case the third stage, you adjust the compression in the third tube to absorb the last bit of travel without bottoming out and without rebounding hard (read that as "throwing") the axle back into position. It's kind of a "poor mans" bump stop, it's how my suspension is set up but the King bump stops are on my short list of mods too.
Eddie or anyone, feel free to give a sanity check on my description please.
Thought I would throw in some more offroad bling. Here is a picture of a set of King four stage by-pass shocks and King coilovers, same principle as the three stage. Notice these are "Piggy Back Reservoirs" too. The reservoirs are attached to the shock and not a remote reservoir which is mounted remotely to the frame and joined by a heavy duty hose back to the shock body.
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highoctane
Caught the Bug
Good info. The money I'd invest in a set of king air bumps and the evo mounts will help go towards the dtd instead of the standard evo coilover system.