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ride_red_5400ex
05-30-2003, 11:17 AM
Houser or Gibson long travel for my 400 i want +3
bmw500hp
05-30-2003, 04:24 PM
those Gibsons look real sweet..
racerx573
05-30-2003, 04:31 PM
Gibson.
Nausty
05-30-2003, 05:15 PM
lol, never tested either of them out but if looks was all that mattered i'd get gibson. Just my useless tid bit.:p
muff
05-31-2003, 03:28 AM
Originally posted by bmw500hp
those Gibsons look real sweet..

ditto

my friend has the LT housers and quad rate elkas on his c-dale and they are really nice, he got them from the quad shop for like $1800, i think the gibson set up is a few hundred more
Dave400ex
05-31-2003, 08:58 AM
The Gibson look very sweet and I haven't heard anything bad about them. You could also look at JRD and Walsh...
CoorsMan
06-02-2003, 03:45 AM
Does anyone have he websites for the longtravel arms? I canlt find Walsh or JRD etc.

Thanks Coorsman
forum
06-02-2003, 05:19 AM
id say go with walsh if you can. next choice would be LOBO. then Jrd (jrdmech.com) and then Gibson. actualy lobo, gibson and Jrd all have the same concept. get what you can afford
YLW400
06-02-2003, 06:01 AM
I got Gibson, and I love them. You will always get looks with those things. I will never own a set of a-arms with regular "car type " ball joints again. The Kingpin is the way to go..imo
norrisboat
06-02-2003, 06:03 AM
I dont think you can fit the long travel shocks with just a +3. You have to use a +4 to fit the 19 inch shock. I have LSR and PEP.
YLW400
06-02-2003, 06:09 AM
I am running a +3, +1 Gibson L/T front end with L/T PEP ZPS
norrisboat
06-02-2003, 06:34 AM
are you running the 17's or 19's. I have 19's on order and they wont fit on a +3 arm.
YLW400
06-02-2003, 07:29 AM
The overall length of the shock is 19", I am almost positive.
RiPPiNiTuP7
06-02-2003, 07:59 AM
Originally posted by norrisboat
are you running the 17's or 19's. I have 19's on order and they wont fit on a +3 arm.

They should.

Anyways, I'd get Gibson.
sweet300ex
06-02-2003, 08:01 AM
Gibson
muff
06-02-2003, 08:33 AM
Originally posted by norrisboat
are you running the 17's or 19's. I have 19's on order and they wont fit on a +3 arm.

well they make a +3 non-longtravel a-arm so that is the kind you have

they make LTs in +1, +3, +4 and maybe a custom +2
Dave400ex
06-02-2003, 10:05 AM
They make 19" LT in all kinds of sizes.
416exmx
06-02-2003, 06:31 PM
i saw where either fab-tech or pro-fab (dunno which) came out with an a-arm setup that is a mix of the gull wing lobo, and the houser. the shock mounts right in the center of the aarm. Just cross lobo and houser and this is what they look like but have the wonderful T-pin setup like the protrax. anyway +3 lt's tpin are like $1300.
Dave400ex
06-03-2003, 09:28 AM
I think the setup your thinking of is the one on Ebay that is Roll a-arms, and the other is the T-Pin parts. If not they must be close.