adamdrives
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- Joined
- Aug 9, 2010
- Location
- San Jose
I recently acquired some yellow Billys as part of a barter deal. According to FCP they are compatible with my 78 242. Cool. Came off my buddies lowered 83. Marked F4-B46-0296-H1.
Today I went to install them, and they are considerably shorter than the KYB gas-a-justs that are on now. I tried jacking the rear axle up so that the trailing arms will meet the bottom of the shock, but I started to lift the car off the hoist before the bolt holes lined up. Now that I think of it, I didn't notice if it was the rear axle bottoming out against the bump stops, or just binding the springs enough to lift the car. End of a long day and I thought I could just bang it out.
Can you fit yellows without modification/lowering springs? Am I being a stupid?
Thanks
Today I went to install them, and they are considerably shorter than the KYB gas-a-justs that are on now. I tried jacking the rear axle up so that the trailing arms will meet the bottom of the shock, but I started to lift the car off the hoist before the bolt holes lined up. Now that I think of it, I didn't notice if it was the rear axle bottoming out against the bump stops, or just binding the springs enough to lift the car. End of a long day and I thought I could just bang it out.
Can you fit yellows without modification/lowering springs? Am I being a stupid?
Thanks