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Originally posted by Dandeman:
I've been thinking about this for a long time, but plan to soon try the Gabriel air shocks on the rear of my 4Runner and crosslink them... and plan to use as follows.. The rear shock mounts are very beefy, so think they are up to the job.. that can be one of the concerns.

Since I already have an onboard 100psi air compressor I was going to install two electric air control valves for in cab control... one to pressurize, and the other to vent back down..

On road, I would leave them open (so no effect from crosslinking and vehicle will run at normal height) but off road where I really need to improve rear overhang clearance a bit, crank them up.. this is important as on our off roading (aka long trips), the back end is loaded down with extra weight..

not expecting any improvement in rear articulation limits (as limited by design, per investigation by Steve Schafer), but maybe some in range improvement.

hope to start on this soon....

One question elripster, I'm pretty sure I've read you can do this with the Gabriels, but can you confirm whether you can run them with zero air pressure.. I know you can't do this with air bags.. as they will get out of position and get ripped up...

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Nice idea, I was thinking of an onboard set up like that down the road.

As for the 0 pressure, these need 30lb min or the airbags inside will get damaged.

Of course, I ripped one of the air lines due to poor routing and wheeled it hard at speed until the shocks got so hot they faded away. I fixed the line and aired right back up, no problems and that was many months ago.

Frnak.

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1994 4runner, 3.0, auto, 4.88's, 31's, BJ spacers, Coil spacers, air shocks, D-ring anchors, 4Crawler F/R swaybar discos.
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