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: Calmini Shackles


OgreenXterra
08-01-2006, 08:33 PM
do they only sell them in that blue? i got a Camo green X and blue doesnt look good underneath..i know i know forget looks but blue on green? u ever seena smurf wear green? dnt mix... plus the shrokworks skid..only in red?

supercharged03
08-01-2006, 11:14 PM
yes but you could always just get them stripped down and re-powdercoated in whatever color you like.

TJTJ
08-02-2006, 05:03 AM
The blue Calmini powder coat just flakes off in a few months anyway...I spray painted mine black.

:D

I know Shrock ships skids unpainted, or powder coated...I was sure Black was a choice, and I think he was offering a zinc chromate finish, at least a while ago.

akordboy
08-02-2006, 10:13 AM
you could just order them, sand them down and paint them.

TJTJ
08-02-2006, 10:19 AM
They're just shackles...when they arrive, rattle can them and forget about it.

:D

trackerho76
08-03-2006, 12:10 AM
take a look at Spencer Low Racing. Their's came in gray

TJTJ
08-03-2006, 05:22 AM
There's also 4x4parts.com (AC).

:D

akordboy
08-03-2006, 10:27 AM
doesn't TC make shackle also? And darlington makes them too.

Anthony
08-03-2006, 11:29 AM
I don't think Darlington has them for Nissan

Alley
08-03-2006, 12:36 PM
I don't recommend buying anything calmini....

Anthony
08-03-2006, 01:12 PM
I don't recommend buying anything calmini....

I have only dealth with them twice, and neither time was a pleasant experience.

TJTJ
08-03-2006, 07:30 PM
They're not bad people or anything...all the vendors get frazzled sometimes...you have mechanics with businesses, trying to deal with customers...and they have good bad days....etc.

The vendors who seem the best in consistancy and good relations are Shrock and Black Panther, L&P, Darlington and SLR (Who USED to have problems)...AC is a crap shoot, but I've never been screwed...Calmini is a crap shoot, and a bunch of people have been screwed by failed parts that they didn't stand behind...like the steering kits.

The only Calmini parts, ironically, still on my truck IS the steering system...mine's been fine, about 75K on it...no problems, other than my steering pump getting tired of all the leverage sometimes....and, an AAL.

I replaced the Calmini shackles with Revolver Shackles (from AC) just recently...and the other AAL is Deaver (I have 2 AAL's...)...and I replaced the lower shock mounts/Leaf U Bolt plates with UBSkidderz, the rest is from SLR...UCA's, 300M T-bars, Bilstein 5100's up front, 7100's out back (Back seat actually...).

:D

So - I have a spare calmini lift shackle set in the garage...