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Scissor SHackles??? 4play offroad?
Posted: Mon 18 Feb, 2008 1:49 pm
by zookin89
Scissor SHackles??? 4play offroad?
Just wondering do they still make them or does some body know were i can get some from?
Is 4 play still around?
CHeers nick
Re: Scissor SHackles??? 4play offroad?
Posted: Mon 18 Feb, 2008 1:54 pm
by jtraf
4play closed the doors some time ago........
Climax make a scissor shackle for a zook......$475 a pair from memory???
Would not use them on the front of a vehicle and on a standard vehicle you would run out of shock travel to use the extra down travel the shackles offer.
Re: Scissor SHackles??? 4play offroad?
Posted: Mon 18 Feb, 2008 2:26 pm
by gwagensteve
Yep, 4Play no longer operates a retail shop front. I believe that Joe still works on cars, but only for friends etc and from his house.
IMHO scissor shackles are more trouble than they are worth. The add very little capability and can have some bad effects like unloading when descending, "flopping" on big side angles and promoting hopping under power.
General consensus is that they can be made to work, but there's a lot of custom fabrication involved and at the end of the day, all that work might not really make the car drvie further/better along a track.
They're expensive too, especially once all the work is done to allow them to work, like shocks and mounts, brake lines etc.
And like I always say, flex is soooo 1997. Bumpstops are the new flex.
Steve.
Re: Scissor SHackles??? 4play offroad?
Posted: Mon 18 Feb, 2008 2:40 pm
by zookin89
No worrys fellas as stated in other posts only new to the whole zook modding
Maybe people could suggest to me what i could do to help improve my zook from
current state.
Re: Scissor SHackles??? 4play offroad?
Posted: Mon 18 Feb, 2008 3:21 pm
by gwagensteve
Drive it.
Seriously. It's mostly down to driver skill. You need to get on lots of trips and watch how experienced drivers tackle stuff. It's not all in the equipment.
Steve.
Re: Scissor SHackles??? 4play offroad?
Posted: Mon 18 Feb, 2008 3:42 pm
by gwagensteve
And begging for passenger seats on trips Like Muggins Bwahahahahahahaha
Zookin89, Your car is ready for anything up to and including a medium trip. I'd get in a 1/2 a year or so of trips before I spent any more money on it.
Steve.
Re: Scissor SHackles??? 4play offroad?
Posted: Mon 18 Feb, 2008 3:46 pm
by zookin89
cheers guys. WHens the next club meeting i couldnt make it to the last one
Re: Scissor SHackles??? 4play offroad?
Posted: Tue 26 Feb, 2008 2:18 pm
by sierrajim
zookin89 wrote:Scissor SHackles??? 4play offroad?
Just wondering do they still make them or does some body know were i can get some from?
Is 4 play still around?
CHeers nick
I had a set on my old old old car. They kept breaking
They unloaded effortlessly (no traction to the wheels then), they sucked