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Small add on to the upgrades here. I swapped in a set of Fox coil over shocks with reservoirs. I want to be able to bomb down roads with bowling ball sized rocks at a higher rate of speed.
Since I use them for front end lift, I added 2" to the coil length. After cranking the coil keeper nuts down to my desired lift height, they compressed about 1.5", which brings it back to the intended length for the shocks use. These are the 5.0 shocks and I used a 12" coil, instead of the 10", that's normally used for them.The following 2 pics will show what I mean with the coils.
The reservoirs are being held to the frame rails temporarily. I am making some tube mounts, and welding them to the frame rail tops. The Nitrogen line will pass over the top of the UCA, when mounted. It looks close to getting pinched, but it clears fine. This pic is at full droop, and as low as the arm goes. I will update this with a picture after the resi mounts are done.
So for those that are wanting to do this mod for lift, and keep asking me in PM's (lol), It doesn't matter what length shock you run over a 6" stroke, as you can only use 5-6" of travel anyways. Your C/V's can only take 2-3" droop, and 2-3" Up max. So what ever shock length you choose, just get the coils 2" longer then the shocks call for, from the manufacturer. Your limit straps are going to stop droop, and bump stops are going to stop up travel, so a 10"-14"- 22"- 36" shock can be installed, but only 5"- 6" of it's travel will be used. Make sense?
Since I use them for front end lift, I added 2" to the coil length. After cranking the coil keeper nuts down to my desired lift height, they compressed about 1.5", which brings it back to the intended length for the shocks use. These are the 5.0 shocks and I used a 12" coil, instead of the 10", that's normally used for them.The following 2 pics will show what I mean with the coils.
The reservoirs are being held to the frame rails temporarily. I am making some tube mounts, and welding them to the frame rail tops. The Nitrogen line will pass over the top of the UCA, when mounted. It looks close to getting pinched, but it clears fine. This pic is at full droop, and as low as the arm goes. I will update this with a picture after the resi mounts are done.
So for those that are wanting to do this mod for lift, and keep asking me in PM's (lol), It doesn't matter what length shock you run over a 6" stroke, as you can only use 5-6" of travel anyways. Your C/V's can only take 2-3" droop, and 2-3" Up max. So what ever shock length you choose, just get the coils 2" longer then the shocks call for, from the manufacturer. Your limit straps are going to stop droop, and bump stops are going to stop up travel, so a 10"-14"- 22"- 36" shock can be installed, but only 5"- 6" of it's travel will be used. Make sense?