I was looking at what was probably in the way of adding articulation, and, because OEM (Rubicon) the shocks are too short, I wanted longer shocks.
I hate bumpstops though... in that I want to preserve uptravel, not just add droop.
So, yeah, they are useful where needed, but, I like to avoid needing them.
I was looking at the upper mounts for the rear bar pins and front posts...
...and, the body/stuff attached to the body, is in the way of going above those points.
I don't want to lower the lower mounts... I could also move the rear mounts along the axle to make a longer hypotenuse, etc...
... but the fronts are under the fuse box and ABS module stuff...and there's not much room to make the hypotenuse less steep, etc.
So, I HAVE an unused JK BL that would probably work, and that would add some room for slightly longer compressed length shocks.
Has anyone done this, so I am not reinventing the wheel?
Also, the exhaust is, for some bizarre reason, crossing UNDER the front drive shaft!
WTF?
(Why The Front ... shaft...?)
I think a strategic spacer or two could slide the involved pipe section closer to the output, where it won't block any (foreseeable?) droop?
Has any one done that either?
It looks like my compressed lengths (Crushing the stops) are about 15"... and, 16" plus compressed shock lengths are where the droop starts to seem reasonable.
So, for example, I could go to maybe a ~ 17" shock with less bump stop than if I didn't move the mounts.
Whatcha all think?
Help?
I hate bumpstops though... in that I want to preserve uptravel, not just add droop.
So, yeah, they are useful where needed, but, I like to avoid needing them.
I was looking at the upper mounts for the rear bar pins and front posts...
...and, the body/stuff attached to the body, is in the way of going above those points.
I don't want to lower the lower mounts... I could also move the rear mounts along the axle to make a longer hypotenuse, etc...
... but the fronts are under the fuse box and ABS module stuff...and there's not much room to make the hypotenuse less steep, etc.
So, I HAVE an unused JK BL that would probably work, and that would add some room for slightly longer compressed length shocks.
Has anyone done this, so I am not reinventing the wheel?
Also, the exhaust is, for some bizarre reason, crossing UNDER the front drive shaft!
WTF?
(Why The Front ... shaft...?)
I think a strategic spacer or two could slide the involved pipe section closer to the output, where it won't block any (foreseeable?) droop?
Has any one done that either?
It looks like my compressed lengths (Crushing the stops) are about 15"... and, 16" plus compressed shock lengths are where the droop starts to seem reasonable.
So, for example, I could go to maybe a ~ 17" shock with less bump stop than if I didn't move the mounts.
Whatcha all think?
Help?