Shock Canisters

One of the problems with stock trailing arms is the stock shock canisters which can easily get caught when off roading. Now you can cut them off and move the shocks up on top. If you do this you need to then modify your shock towers to fit the shocks. You could go shorter shocks but this would effect wheel travel. The simply answer is to compromise. By this I mean modify enough to gain clearance but not enough to effect shock length.

	The rear trailing arms are from a type 3 wagon. These were chosen as they have an extra bolt hole that works well with the twin spring plates. The shock canisters have been modified. This has been done to get the maximum ground clearance possible and to limit the chances of them becoming hung up on obstacles. This modification is done to allow the stock shocks to still be used and not limit wheel travel in any way.
	You can see the difference in clearance from the rear. Basically you get the stock canister and cut it off at the factory join. You then cut 6mm above the stock hole and keep the piece below the cut. Then weld it onto where you cut the canister off.
	Once you have done that you simply cut two triangles out of the front of it and slop the front rear wards as shown. This gives a front which is more likely to scrap over obstacles than get stuck. You should put the shocky on to test this just to make sure that you don't go to far and fowl the base of it on the new canister.
	Side profile shows the new sloping front.