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SOA shock question

chad551

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I did my SOA but am curious what length shocks others have used after doing this mod.

I am using the upper sway bar mount to bolt the shock to. However my Superlift shocks that came with the lift kit are almost fully compressed at ride height and will not allow the wheels to stuff as much as they could.

Seems like a stock length would maybe work??????
 






I used the stock length when I did the SOA - but I think the shock was limiting droop. The best thing to probably do is to remove the shocks, flex it out to its max with one side stuffed and the other drooped, measure the difference between the two sides (where the shock would go; measured "eye to eye"), and buy a pair of shocks that has a compressed length shorter than the stuffed side measurement but has an extended length longer than the drooped side measurement.
 






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