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Old May 6, 2010 | 11:16 PM
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anyone put the ROADMASTER SUSPENSION ACTIVE SUSPENSION KITS

on your trucks? I have a camper and want to improve handling on the old springs, this looks like a cool way to deal with it. no mess no fuss, no airbags to mess around with

I see a lot of good reviews out there but trust this area more then just reading some possible can review by a Roadmaster employee
 
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Old May 7, 2010 | 06:55 AM
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can you post links or pics? looks intresting but i never seen or heard of it
 
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Old May 7, 2010 | 09:52 AM
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Old May 15, 2010 | 04:21 PM
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well I put them on they were cheap, putting the camper on in the morning to see how it works out

 
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Old May 15, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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ride empty is awesome no more hammer hit when I go over speed bumps, also took it up a local "old windy" hill that even on try days one apex of a corner is banked so hard that dry I will loose traction, was able to floor it all the way up and no loss of traction, awesome.
 
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Old May 15, 2010 | 11:24 PM
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How much is cheap? looks interesting, and that must be one tough spring!
 
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Old May 15, 2010 | 11:32 PM
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...... your u-bolt plates are on backwards.
 
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Old May 16, 2010 | 10:08 AM
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...... your u-bolt plates are on backwards.
yes, it actually hugged the RAS spring kit better that way, is there any reason that you can think of that would be better to flip it, it just looked better attached. I assume the "lip" would keep the springs in order if some catastrophe happened but never seen that in real life.

from jcwhitney I just waited till they had some 20% off thing and got em for 130

I chose them because I didnt want the hassle or failure of the airbags, just something that is there and solid, the camper will go on today and that is the real test
 
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Old May 16, 2010 | 12:25 PM
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Hope they hold the camper like they are supposed to!
 
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Old May 16, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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You got a heck of a buy! says they are on sale now but still almost 300.00
 
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Old May 16, 2010 | 10:32 PM
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is there any reason that you can think of that would be better to flip it,
Nah, you don't need to flip them. Just rotate them 90 degrees. If you leave them as they are, they will quickly deform.....and look something like this:

 
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ahh roger, I will do that when I take the camper off next, ride test with the camper on show better control on corners for sure
 
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You got a heck of a buy! says they are on sale now but still almost 300.00

Use Promo Code AEBBEXT 20%off jcwhitney will get you down to 230, the code I used was some special shopper thing for buying too much **** with them, i just tested it and it wont take any more
 
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flipped the plates back to normal I noticed a tiny tiny bend in them and it freaked me out.. did it with the camper on.. what a fun idea that was haha
 
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wow it looks like those rear brakes would stop real fast [if the oil didnt catch fire first] time for new seals?
 
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