400ex Stock a-ams on 300ex need help.

[jt29]

I put my stock 400ex a-arms on my wifes 300ex. They fit perfect, and are 2in's over the stock 300ex a-arms. The only problem is on the lower 400ex a-arms the shock mount is located further out on the a-arm, so with the stock 300ex shocks the bike sits lower in the front. Has anyone ever done this? and if so how did you fix the shock issue. And what shocks did you use. I tied putting my stock 400ex shocks on but they were to long. Suspension travel is not a big issue, she just does slow trail rides and sand dunes. So I thought of lowing the back end to match the front. Or the bike comes stock with 22in tires in the rear, so if I put 20in tires in the rear that may leavel it out. Any thoughts. Here are some pics.

Stock a-ams
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid201/p1f84044d6ce8a882061b5a42483bea38/f02b0379.jpg.thumb.jpg

I have only done the left side so far.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid201/pbfb2ea035397854c18757ff411c7767f/f02b01d6.jpg.thumb.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid201/p79c5a017fa8e43fd7558ee4c6683d1a2/f02b0060.jpg.thumb.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid201/p6ef13e611c3cee0ba38e3bde1eae7b18/f02afebc.jpg.thumb.jpg

[bansheemorphine]

i know someone who put 400ex a arms on their 300ex and is what they did was made a bracket to relocate the top shock mount and used the front shocks from a 400ex and it worked awsome

[bradley300]

if you will do a search, you will see many threads about why this isnt such a great mod

[NCexRider]

Have you thought about trying 400EX shocks?

[300exOH]

You can buy a shockmount relocator bracket on eBay that allows you to run 400ex length shocks. As bradley300 said it isn't the best setup though. You can also special order custom length shocks from works/elka that will mount up without the bracket. I highly suggest dong a search for 300ex with 400ex a arms and weigh the pros and cons of this setup.