robert.b.west Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 I have yfz shocks and was thinking about getting some +3 wicked a arms and was just wondering how they fit as far as the ball joints maybe other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrMeyer Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 (edited) You are going to have to look and see if they are the LT (long travel) arms. If so then the yfz shocks wont work. Well they will but you wont get the full travel of the arms and will in time blow out the shocks. If they are set up for the ST ( standard travel) shocks then you will be able to use them. But your shocks will prob end up being soft. As for the ball joints I cant help you on that one. When I added +2+1 arms I had had to ream my spindles which isnt that big of a deal. You can buy the bit and do it your self. You just need to know the angle of ream so you can get the right bit. I have been running the yfz450 shocks with my +2+1 arms for two years with greatness. I guess they might be valved a little soft on high speed compression but they are great for taking up all the bumps at the dunes. Much much better then the works i have had in the past for the price I got them at. Edited December 5, 2009 by GrMeyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert.b.west Posted December 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 You are going to have to look and see if they are the LT (long travel) arms. If so then the yfz shocks wont work. Well they will but you wont get the full travel of the arms and will in time blow out the shocks. If they are set up for the ST ( standard travel) shocks then you will be able to use them. But your shocks will prob end up being soft. As for the ball joints I cant help you on that one. When I added +2+1 arms I had had to ream my spindles which isnt that big of a deal. You can buy the bit and do it your self. You just need to know the angle of ream so you can get the right bit. I have been running the yfz450 shocks with my +2+1 arms for two years with greatness. I guess they might be valved a little soft on high speed compression but they are great for taking up all the bumps at the dunes. Much much better then the works i have had in the past for the price I got them at. The wickeds are the standard travel so it looks like i will just get them and see how they work. I am not worried about them being soft because I only weigh 135lbs. I have the yfz450 shocks on my stock arms now with everything set to the softest and they are still a little to stiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbcmudtruck Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 I currently run 450 shocks on +2+1 wicked arms. The only complaint that I have is that they are just about an inch to long. The ride feels ok, but the front end gets a little maxed out when you jump. I think if a guy wanted to make these work well, you would have to mover the lower shock mount out and down a little. I think they would work pretty good if someone wanted to cut up their lower shock mounts and weld the mounts in a little lower and outward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zach45 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 ture the top nut on the shocks all the way up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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