WK Widow chassis problems

[newpinesap]

I really need some help with this problem. I built a drooper widow chassis to replace my old low profile version, but now I have about .5 inches:shock: of clearance with a droop setup:roll: My question to you is "How can I get a higher ground clearance without drastically changing how the rig handles?" Here are a few pictures of the rig just to show you what i'm up against. As always, all help is greatly appreciated"thumbsup"

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff167/newpinesap/P1070792.jpg


Here's why i'm skeptical of going to a sprung setup8)
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff167/newpinesap/P1070795.jpg

[themerc64]

How long are those shocks? They look pretty short...

[WK Joe]

the only way to get your ride height up is to make your shocks longer, I would go back to a sprung/semi-droop style shock. Otherwise, if your set on using the shocks set-up like that, you will have to have a shorter wheelbase

[newpinesap]

the only way to get your ride height up is to make your shocks longer, I would go back to a sprung/semi-droop style shock. Otherwise, if your set on using the shocks set-up like that, you will have to have a shorter wheelbase
any good places to get cheap shocks like this.

To answer themerc's question, these are aftermarket tmaxx shocks.

[missions1]

id turn the lower links round as well so the bent part is at the axle end i had same set up on mine an cog was real low so turned em round an it lifted it up

might not be that tho just a thought

[47willysbuggy]

Go with some longer shocks.
Other than that, it looks good

[DENNO]

I think it could be either short shocks or not having straight links. On my old chassis I ran a droop setup with wk shocks that had internal and external limiting via tubing and I had straight links with about a 12 1/4" wb. Heres what it looked like with that setup and it crawled great.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8615/dennis007gl5.th.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dennis007gl5.jpg)

[Offroader5]

First...make sure you're not longer than a 12.5" wheelbase. If you are good at 12.5", then your shocks are too short.

Having the links straight or bent makes no difference.