I spoke to a builder friend of mine yesterday......
He suggested that I set my chassis to the desired ride height......remove the coil from the shock, use a ratchet strap and compress the shock about 1/3 to 1/2 way, bolt the shock into it top position and swing the lower mount hole out to my 4-link bracket (where I want to mount it)....as long as it did not exceed 20 degrees that I should be ok......mark, reinforce and mount bracket.
Put coil over back on shock and mount on chassis. Said it will raise the chassis but once I start loading chassis it should settle.
May need to swap springs as needed once chassis is loaded.
Sound good to the masses or has experience taught us something new??
He suggested that I set my chassis to the desired ride height......remove the coil from the shock, use a ratchet strap and compress the shock about 1/3 to 1/2 way, bolt the shock into it top position and swing the lower mount hole out to my 4-link bracket (where I want to mount it)....as long as it did not exceed 20 degrees that I should be ok......mark, reinforce and mount bracket.
Put coil over back on shock and mount on chassis. Said it will raise the chassis but once I start loading chassis it should settle.
May need to swap springs as needed once chassis is loaded.
Sound good to the masses or has experience taught us something new??