Competition Engineering rear drag shocks- wrong length??

Damon

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Feb 7, 2005
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Guys- I just went out to bolt on my new Competition Engineering 2720 rear drag shocks. Measured them up against the stock shocks I took off and they're about an inch or two longer than the stock units both compressed and extended.

Rechecked the part number for a 78 Malibu- yep, 2720 says C.E. Covers 73-83 Malibu. Odd spread of years (covers the big 73-77 Malibus plus only half of the "little" Malibu years.)

WTF? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 

Damon

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I guess I should add that the "stock" shocks I took off are not factory pieces, obviously. They're just a cheap set of Gabriel Pro Ryders that have been on the thing since forever. So the possibility exists that the shocks I took off were wrong and the C.E. drag shocks are actually the right length.
 

racecar77

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When I had those shocks on my car they were fine. I have since switched to Strange shocks but the 2720 C/E shocks are correct. Lee
 

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