In my snowmobile racing days, we sometimes had to work in unheated garages or even outside at -25 and even -30. And sometimes in tight areas we had to do it with bear hands and too stupid/proud to admit that our fingers were turning into frozen popsicles... Ah! The good old days...

Freezing cold in NY??? There's no such thing

 

LOL crazy canucks.

 

Now that takes *****. How in the hell did you train them to work on snowmobiles?

BTW, they're called "paws."

 

Ian, when you get a chance, can you measure the thickness of the 03-04 leafs for me? I want to do some calculations on spring rates.

 

One more thing, Ian. On your new Bilsteins, are they yellow and blue, or the new pimpy silver? Who are you buying them from?

 

I will measure the leafs, yellow with blue boots, www.eshocks.com.

 

well the Bilstein 6013's came in and my steering stabilizer will have to wait since I was sent a 4x4 model instead of a 4x2......DAMM. I did get the pesky knock sensor for the subie....I hate working on other vehicles besides my L though.

 

Tim,

The metric heims fit perfect on these rodeo shocks from bilstein......

 

Tonight was a no go for the rear shocks, it was cold as ***** out and snowing so it was pointless to install something I couldnt even test drive, so I just changed my knock sensor on the subie and went back home with my tail between my legs.....to be continued next week I guess. CRAP and I forgot to measure my leafs and take pics of the clamps....sorry guys.

 

I was hoping they would look like this:



What's more ghey, stupid looking pastel blue-and-yellow shocks, or actually thinking about repainting them? Hmmm . . .

 

I'll stick with "supercharged" Saleen stripes on the side of the truck as my Gheyness threshold, painting shocks crossed my mind when my steering stabilizer showed up with an unlabled white shock.....

 

I got the pair that you sent me today. You're a good man, Ian Schwartz.

But alas, they don't fit the stock rears. What are the thread specs on them for when it's shock ordering time?

Also, it looks like the studs on the stockers are screwed onto/into the shafts and are therefore removable. Getting rid of the studs would shorten the shafts a bunch and allow for Heims. Did you ask the Bilstein techs if there was any way to take them off?

 

Very carefully...

(That will teach me to leave messages that late at night. )

 

Tim,

the heims i ent you are M10x1.5 which will fit on the hotchkis spec bilsteins and the 6013 rodeo shocks......stockers are M12x1.75 I believe. i do not think the threaded portion on the stockers is removeable, however with the rodeo shocks and socal extenders you should have plenty of travel left when used in conjuction with the heims. i am going to run the 6013's as is without extenders or heims to see how i like them before trying heims.....I think th heims may be overkill, our trucks are in Rube Goldberg territory already without adding even more doodads to them, hence your opinion of the sliders.

 

on second thought, the stockers MAY be M12x1.25 but you would have to double check, since you have the stockers.....just test with a tap and die set if you have one handy.

you can get more of the heims I sent you and other sizes here:

http://www.midwestcontrol.com/catdis...ort.php?pg=144