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Old May 9, 2008 | 11:42 AM
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Fabtech 2.5" reservoir?

Does anybody know where to get the optional 2.50" OD Reservoir w/-8 stainless steel hose for the 2.5" Dirt Logic coilovers?? Any pictures?? Or am I mistaken that they even make them? Thanks for the help.
 
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Old May 9, 2008 | 12:25 PM
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Old May 9, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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Does anybody know where to get the optional 2.50" OD Reservoir w/-8 stainless steel hose for the 2.5" Dirt Logic coilovers?? Any pictures?? Or am I mistaken that they even make them? Thanks for the help.
They dont make the reservoir coilovers for our truck, you could make it work by buying the reservoir set up but you would have to know how to build shocks because you would have to move the internal floating pistion out of the main body over to the reservoir and then set the floating pistion depth and fill and bleed the air out. Not hard at all you just have to know what your doing. Also with the fabtech coilovers they use an extra long spring so you will have to find a way to compress the spring to get it off the coilover normal spring compressors wont work the sping it to tighly wound and the size of the steel used is too thick for most spring compressors to work right. Ive made my standard compresser work but I scared up the body a little and took some of the powdercoat off the spring
 
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Old May 9, 2008 | 12:53 PM
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I also forgot you will need a 90 fitting comming off the coilover and an extra long hose the standard reservoir hose that comes with the rear shocks would be to short and honestly I think the -8 hose would be too small of flow the more I think about it. SO Im changing my oppinion to it cant be done.
 
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Old May 9, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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that make the rear 2.25 resevoirs, but not the front 2.5"... my bad man
 
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Old May 9, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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Alright thanks for the info guys. crashlucky- can you still get me the hookup on the resi's for the 2.25's and some billet clamps? Just looking to get some prices down right now.
 
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Old May 9, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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it would still be the same thing you would have to know how to rebuild shocks to do the conversion youll need to remove the IFP from the shock body
 
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Old May 10, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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Well dang then nevermind....shows how much I know about all that shock stuff. Thanks extreme.
 
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Old May 10, 2008 | 12:36 PM
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but they do make the 2.25 RESEVOIR for the rear....

 
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Old May 10, 2008 | 03:56 PM
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yes but isnt he saying he has the non reservoir rears already and wants to make then the reservoir? He is asking for the reservoir and clamp meaning he already has the standard shock right?
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Alright thanks for the info guys. crashlucky- can you still get me the hookup on the resi's for the 2.25's and some billet clamps? Just looking to get some prices down right now.
 
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Old May 10, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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correct.
 
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Old May 10, 2008 | 06:39 PM
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sorry man didn't mean to jump all in your cheerios
 
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