Basic lift question

[gmanpaint]

Stock size shocks will work with a TT & shackles.

If you plan on going crawling and remove the rear sway bar, just get a shock thats got longer extension but has the same/less collapsed measurements. Sway bar removed will give longer extension numbers with the added flex.

IE...if your front shock fully collapses at 13", make sure the new shock collapses at 13" or less. The rubber bump stops will take care of the rest. The front shocks stay the same because your not changing the articulation numbers, your just changing the geometry of the Lower control arms with the TT.

You can cross reference the measurements by browsing the shock catalogs. Just pay attention to the mounts styles and the ext/col #'s. Rancho has a great PDF catalog download to use for cross referencing measurements.

5th shock or the dampening shock is a size of its own, and Bilstein makes a great one.

 

[Georgie]

im pretty sure its the HD ones but someone should chime in on that

What kind of shocks are u running bro?

 

[Georgie]

Stock size shocks will work with a TT & shackles.

If you plan on going crawling and remove the rear sway bar, just get a shock thats got longer extension but has the same/less collapsed measurements. Sway bar removed will give longer extension numbers with the added flex.

IE...if your front shock fully collapses at 13", make sure the new shock collapses at 13" or less. The rubber bump stops will take care of the rest. The front shocks stay the same because your not changing the articulation numbers, your just changing the geometry of the Lower control arms with the TT.

You can cross reference the measurements by browsing the shock catalogs. Just pay attention to the mounts styles and the ext/col #'s. Rancho has a great PDF catalog download to use for cross referencing measurements.

5th shock or the dampening shock is a size of its own, and Bilstein makes a great one.

ok im going to place an order from summit in the u.s.

what if i do a 3inch body lift...will the stock height bilsteins still be ok with shackles and a tt? i plan on geting the h.d ones i guess? let me know what you think asap man!

i really wanna place the order so can go camping next week(canada day)!

thanks alot

 

[gmanpaint]

Body lift has nothing to do with the suspension, and will not change the shock lengths.

 

[Georgie]

amazing! thanks gman...ordered all five shocks from somewhere in british colombia... 511.35$ canadian shipped accross the country to montreal...

 

[Georgie]

ok finaly got around to installing the shock...but the front ones its says to torque the top nust to 30 ft-lbs...when i do it completely squishes the twprubber bushing...theylook threequarters squished.....is that okay?