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Another point forgot to mention about why I want to trailer it. It's not that it's not capable of highway hauling, my road trip last summer showed that it is still ok at it. I want to trailer it because when I'm on a trail and see an obstacle, I want to be able to go for it knowing I don't have to drive it to work on Monday, only to the trail head where I can load it up and fix it when I can. It's not going to become a stripped down trailer queen like so many trucks are around here, it'll likely stay full bodied with all the glass and air conditioning, but I do want to test the limits of both the truck and myself on the trail. And trailering it will help with that.
 
noJeepshere said:
Another point forgot to mention about why I want to trailer it. It's not that it's not capable of highway hauling, my road trip last summer showed that it is still ok at it. I want to trailer it because when I'm on a trail and see an obstacle, I want to be able to go for it knowing I don't have to drive it to work on Monday, only to the trail head where I can load it up and fix it when I can. It's not going to become a stripped down trailer queen like so many trucks are around here, it'll likely stay full bodied with all the glass and air conditioning, but I do want to test the limits of both the truck and myself on the trail. And trailering it will help with that.
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You just nailed what my new goal is for my K5.
 
Once I put the raptor shocks on, my blazer rides just like it did with the sway bar. It was a bit scary around corners with the regular monotube shocks.

200psi in them actually lifts the thing up 1/2" from when you bleed the air out.

Just food for though on drive ability.
 
Yeah I had Rancho's on when it was ifs, they weren't all that great, they were basically generics with stickers. Which is what I have on it now, but at least these say they're generic.
 
Deuling said:
Buy the most expensive shocks you can afford. No such thing as too much shock.

Unless you refer to the 80s.
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This.

Best shocks you can possibly afford. Some smooth body Fox's or Kings.

Then learn how to tune em
 
Just an fyi...

The raptor shocks I have can be purchased for pretty cheap, because the raptor guys buy the trucks, and then swap out the best part for some icon bolt on shocks. They are 2.5" piggy back resi but have the same internals as a fox 2.0. They just hold more oil and have a second inner body with oil passages that act as the internal bypass. (smooth over the choppy stuff, but you get the full valving effects at both ends of the shock travel as the oil ports get closed off by the piston).

They net 11-7/8 of total shock travel, and mounted at an angle you can pull more travel from your axle as you know.

I was able to package them on the outside of my spring perches in the rear of the blazer, and it made it 100x more stable than the shocks being inside the frame.
 
Billstien is good, but there are better options. Unless you are talking about putting 9100 series on there.
 
Since Glenn was asking me about the raptor shocks tonight, here is the compressed and extended lengths of them. They are probably the best shocks out there for packaging into a small area.

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Yesterday I moved the rear axle back an inch and a half. I used the Zero Rate's offset holes to move it. Mostly I didn't like the fact the tires would pull the front part of the flares off when flexed. So hopefully this helps, if 1.5" is too far, I'll move the axle forward a bit.

Sorry, by the time I got finished it was dark and snowing, so I'll post a pic in a while to show the difference.
 
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