Don't remember what my bump stops are at but they are setup to where I can stuff my tires without getting into the fenders. Wheel backspacing is 3.5. I am at about 3" of lift, I will need to adjust the coilovers to 3.5" or more when I upgrade my tires. Looking to go 38's next year.
Thanks. I ordered 38s and wheels with 3.8 backspacing. Will see how everything will turn out.
I ran into the same issue but be careful when you shift it. The upper control arms have pretty tight clearances and if you bias it to far passenger it will contact the inner frame. I found out the hard way lol.
Now that you mention it, we did run into this issue when the lift was first installed, passenger upper control arm was rubbing the frame, so axle was shifted more driver to clear. I'm going leave it as is and not mess with it.
What I did was trim the coil spring perch to give more clearance. I haven’t had a chance to fully flex it out to see if that fixed everything.
Please don’t post them up here.
I know I'm new to all this coilover stuff but 3" of up travel sounds like more than enough for me or at least, assuming you have everything setup right. If you really want more, installing a set of springs with a heavier rate or taller ones would make more sense than starting over from scratch or at least, to me anyway.
Interesting. I got EVO coilovers installed with Metalcloak long arms (got sold on their joints), and so far am extremely happy. At somewhere between 3.5 and 4" lift measuring from the bottom of the front doors to the ground (30-30.5" @38 tires) I'm getting 5"+ of uptravel in the front and 4"+ in the rear. The rear springs settled a bit, I probably should lift it half an inch or so to level the Jeep and increase uptravel to 4.5"+, but so far the performance is phenomenal compared to stock. I can chase buggies on whoops at 60 mph without bottoming out, flex is crazy, and the ride on pavement way better than stock - very little nosedive and leaning on twisties, and it soaks up all small stuff like it's not there. I've never had a lifted Jeep so can compare it only to stock though, but it definitely surpassed my expectations.
Gotcha, I’ll find the right place for at.
Nobody would doubt your experience!
Your jeep looks great!
Is there a reason why you feel a need to have so much up travel? Short of doing a lot of custom work and cutting through the hood, I honestly don't see how you could possibly get 6" of it and not go taller in ride height.
I’ve always liked the vehicles to look like the tires fit into them if that makes sense? Also just cycling all the suspension everything appears that it can travel high enough to make it possible, just assumed it would then be possible. I think I can get some brackets in there and not poke through the hood. I’ll keep tinkering for sure. If 5” ends up being the number then that’s what it’ll be, just want as much up travel as I can get without rubbing the 40’s on the inner fenders.
When you say you've cycled everything and it "appears" you can travel high enough, is this vertical travel you're talking about or articulated? There is a difference.
Yes there is a difference there for sure. I’m just saying that while installing my axles and the EVO long arm kit I seemed that more up travel is possible and I’m very intersted in getting what I can get.
He literally hasn't even tested it or driven it. Probably getting info from the built not bought crowd.
