Those things look like they would be taller than a 3" bump stop when fully compressed :/
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I have a 3" lift and while inspecting the suspension, I noticed this for the first time. There is no space at all between the bumpstop and rear speed bump. Is this supposed to be that way?View attachment 46179
Did you order and install the kit and bumpstops?
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Those things look like they would be taller than a 3" bump stop when fully compressed :/
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Don't get me wrong I like Teraflex, but I after a bunch or research. I would sell the Teraflax speed bumps, and get EVO Air Bumps. I haven't run either, but lots people seam to have problems with the speed bumps, and with Mel winning races all the time, and Teraflex not even racing(that I know of.). You can't really argue with the performance of the EVO Air bumps.
Kit was installed back in January. Found this picture which is the best one I got from after the install. Looks like I had about 2" of space. View attachment 46206
I do have the back loaded up with 50lbs of gear. I'll try unloading it tomorrow and see how it looks...
Don't get me wrong I like Teraflex, but I after a bunch or research. I would sell the Teraflax speed bumps, and get EVO Air Bumps. I haven't run either, but lots people seam to have problems with the speed bumps, and with Mel winning races all the time, and Teraflex not even racing(that I know of.). You can't really argue with the performance of the EVO Air bumps.
Yeah. Wish I had known a lot of things back in January. Will have to live with what I have for a bit. Might try what Eddie mentioned and remove the rear ones and replace with traditional bumpstop extensions and see how my ride feels.
Still have things like ball joints and chromoly axles to do first. Then I can spend money to redo the SpeedBumps.
From the look of your shocks ...you don't have much droop....shocks IMO to long.
Like I said, I ran them for about a year and hated them. I let TeraFlex know about my problems and they sent me different jounce stops, new rear Speed Bumps of a different design but, nothing fixed the fact that they sucked. I eventually removed them and reinstalled my factory jounce stops and was much happier.
You ever see the TeraFlex video where they hit a bush at high speed and then wrecked their Jeep? Foam in a can is no replacement for real coil overs and air bumps.
To be clear, the shocks are actually too short as most of the shaft is exposed.
Haven't seen that video. Saw the one where something broke going up in Moab.
On the shocks, I'm thinking the springs just needed to settle (which is what is now contributing to the speedbumps having no room). Fox only sold shocks for 1.5 to 3.5" then jumped to 4" to 6" lift shocks. I went with their shorter shocks (not sure if that was the right thing to do).
I have the TF 3" coils too. They settled only after adding bumpers and winch. I now sit right at 3" of lift. I cycled my suspension yesterday and determined the my shocks are shorter than needed as well. I found I could run a shock that is 17.5 compressed lenght using the 2.75" bump stop extensions and TF 3" springs. Of course the extended length depends on other things, but the Bilstein shock that is 16.96" compressed is for a 4" lift. Your better off cycling your system and determining what will work.
wayoflife;165878 To be clear said:Yes....what I meant but not what I typed...thanks for clarifying that..my bad.
I've got them and they are not bad at all...are they as good as Coilovers and air bumps ...:doh:
So, I contacted Teraflex, and they're sending me new coils.
You mean stiffer ones than what you already had? I mean sure, that'll probably help keep you off the Speed Bumps but, I don't know how that'll help your ride comfort.