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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 07:13 PM
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Default QA1 Single adjustable shocks?
I am looking to upgrade to a better shock on my 92 and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these Qa1s, ridetech, or the flaming river dual adjustables?


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QA1 also does a dual adjust. There good units.
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by LongBeachC4
QA1 also does a dual adjust. There good units.
yup but at 230 each I am wondering if the dual adjustables are really needed. I think a single adjustable may be sufficient.
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 09:36 PM
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Flaming River. Never heard of them.

Have you lowered the car?
If so the QA's will bottom out.
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 09:42 PM
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The car was lowered about 1 1/2 inches at most. Flaming river makes awesome manual steering racks. I have never tried any suspension stuff from them
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 09:43 PM
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What Qa1's are guys using on their lowered cars if the standard Qa1's bottom out?
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 09:51 PM
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None that I know of.
I contacted a QA1 rep shop in Sacramento who confirmed the at rest/travel could not be customized for my lowered 86.
Had to return the set I got and now running Bilsteins.
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Originally Posted by JrRifleCoach
None that I know of.
I contacted a QA1 rep shop in Sacramento who confirmed the at rest/travel could not be customized for my lowered 86.
Had to return the set I got and now running Bilsteins.
It seems the extended/retracted length between the 3 all very from a 15.5" & 10.5" roughly to a 14.5" & 9.5"... I wonder what the stock FX3 extended and retracted lengths are. Guess I will measure them tomorrow.
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86 is a diff qa1 shock, only know cause I looked into it for my 86 and it happens to be the same shock for my 77 TS403
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So 86 is different than the later c4s? Does anyone on here have qa1's on their lowered c4? I know guys use them with the coil over setups all the time.
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Im running the hal ts508 front qa1 single adjustable on my autox car (lowered). Couldn't use the stock ones because they bottomed out. These are about an inch or so shorter and i have almost 2 inches of play at rest.
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Jegs and Summit list the TS508 for the 63-82 Vette. What year is your car that you're using then on? Does this model number work on C4's? My 89 is lowered and I want these shocks too.
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Summit list TS403 as 63-82 or 84-87 corvette and a C3 member told me hs is running the TS403, I only noticed whne I looked em up for my C3 that it says early C4's.

edit: I see the diff now TS403 rear, TS508 front
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Jegs and Summit list the TS508 for the 63-82 Vette. What year is your car that you're using then on? Does this model number work on C4's? My 89 is lowered and I want these shocks too.
Mine is an 89 also they work perfectly.
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Loser- same part number front and rear?
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Old Jan 3, 2014 | 09:08 PM
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Negative Mike Im using the standard c4 rear qa1 adjustable's
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So the standard rears won't bottom out even if lowered? Glad I read this before buying the standard fronts!
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FYI the bump stop for the rear is on the the frame.
The front stop is in the shock under the cover.

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Give Doug Rippie a call

I swapped spring out this year.

They set me up real good
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