Front shock clearance

flyingbrick · Post by **flyingbrick** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:41 am

So what are people doing to increase shock to wheel/ tire clearance?

zep · Post by **zep** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:57 am

It's a feature of the Gemini that when the wheel is jacked up off the ground it might hit the shock (depending on your offset). Most of the time it will clear the shock when the car is normally on the ground. Check this first.

flyingbrick · Post by **flyingbrick** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:31 am

Yeah that's exactly what mine does. It's not a problem but it's not normal either. I'm a wee bit worried that if I go to a larger body shock I may end up with serious issues or bent shock shafts the first time I jack it.

I think I will look at re mounting the shock about 15mm further inward to eliminate the problem.

Cheers!

Ps, I laughed at how you called it a feature LOL

TURGEM · Post by **TURGEM** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:27 am

I dont think it will bend the shock unless its got quite some travel before the shock stops the suspension swinging...

It wont bend from jacking it no way...

zep · Post by **zep** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:46 am

flyingbrick wrote:
Ps, I laughed at how you called it a feature LOL

Well, considering how much it is discussed here, especially rubbish and misinformation, you'd think it was a feature! Seriously, there is a 99% chance you won't have any problems unless you are either running ultra short shocks which have very little droop or are jumping the car, and I've only ever seen someone jump their car on here once. It was impressive.

modern bliss · Post by **modern bliss** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:12 am

Not running homo offsets.

zep · Post by **zep** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:08 pm

i.e. run hetero offsets and you'll be fine.

Post by **Gene FJ20DEBT** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:18 pm

some of the members have moved or extended the shock mount on the control arm.
Josh and SHEEL are 2 that i can think of off the top of my head

moley · Post by **moley** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:24 pm

Wouldn't that upset your rebound etc geometry?

modern bliss · Post by **modern bliss** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:33 pm

zep wrote:i.e. run hetero offsets and you'll be fine.

Exactly!

flyingbrick · Post by **flyingbrick** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:36 am

I think the geometry is f*#cked regardless.

Thanks all