Originally Posted by straightaway
I just bought a used mini, it came w/ blk plastic oil shocks. I am thinking about going to alum shocks. which one should I get? I have a set of 415 shocks but they are very long, can I use that? also which spring do I use, the short or the regular? Thanks
The black plastic oils should be fine if the are set up correctly, that said i run the trf dampers with 5mm fuel line internally to reduce travel/droop. I also run the short springs to help get the ride height down.
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