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Panther6834

There seems to be a lot of "disconnect" where these three components are concerned, within these forums, as well as what people have done elsewhere (for example, based on things mentioned in YouTube videos). As I'm too new to "know what's best", I'll keep my comments to a minimum. The primary purpose of this thread is to pull info (related only to these three 'parts') from people, based on your Capra experiences, so that others building their Capras can use that info to assist in their build. For those who own multiple crawlers, I'm assuming that you'd agree that the Capra is an entirely "different beast", thus the suspension tuning is bound to be somewhat different.

Anyway, some have said that the stock springs are too soft (even the softest included springs), while others have said they're too stiff. Some are using oil as light as 20wt, while others are indicating up to 70wt usage. As for the shocks, themselves, while some say the stock shocks are to long, and that 90mm shocks are best, others have found the stock shocks to be great (although some have used internal limiters and/or the pen spring mod and/or no preload).

So.......... What springs (incl brand/model & rate) & oil weight are you using? If using the stock shocks, what mods (if any) have you done? If you're not using the stock shocks, what shocks are you using (and, again, what mods, if any)? Did you preload (and approx how much), or no preload?

Also, to better assist others, it would probably help to indicate your actual type of use (slow technical crawling, rock racing, etc), as that would have considerable differences in how you've timed your suspension.

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