37s and no lift.
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JK Enthusiast
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From: Central Texas
I am still in the middle of reading this back and forth shock length vs travel and have to say something. Try this - unbolt and remove your shocks, set them on the ground or a table off to the side, all 4 of them. Next disconnect the sway bar. Jack up on one side of an axle (front or rear) until the tire or axle meet something and no longer compress the spring. Now lower that side of the same axle until a limiting strap (or brake line or anything else) stops movement or the spring just starts coming out of its perch. Measure the distance the top (or bottom or middle) of your tire moved - this is the absolute maximum wheel travel you can have, that's it, for your current setup. Now look at your shock's travel, is it more or less? If less your shock will limit travel every time. If your shock has more travel you need to re-install the shock to see where in its travel it sits, it may still be limiting on up travel or down travel, put a 20" travel shock on a stock jeep and if you can get it mounted it may be fully compressed meaning you only get the down travel and no up travel out of your suspension which means you have less travel than what was measured without the shocks. You can get a lift out of a set of coils with a higher spring constant or longer springs, both will raise the Jeep but they will have different travel limits.
I'll say it again, I never claimed that I somehow magically have extended my stock travel.
And even if I did mount a 20" shock, no, I wouldn't have all the down travel, as like I said, there are other factors limiting travel beyond length of the shock. Brake lines, control arm joints/bushings, driveshafts, etc.
I'm fully aware of the way a jeeps stock suspension works. I'm not sure why people keep inferring anything else.
I've said it over and over now.
I am not going to waste any more time trying to refer people to the pertinent sections of this thread or my comments, . The information is there and I am sick of having to repeat myself in various ways in order to ATTEMPT to bring up to speed those who don't possess reading comprehension skills. Not saying you don't, but others definitely do. Or else they aren't even reading at all, and are arguing against something not even being said or implied.
Have fun flaming ladies. People with sense will understand the point of the thread and the reason I can equal or surpass some rigs at higher lift heights.
Those of you who choose to continue being immature and or ignorant, go right ahead. I'm happy to provide you with the forum where you can meet your mental needs of berating others and convincing yourself that you're smarter than someone else. Go buck wild. Smart people will understand the thread and the point and the explanations. I no longer feel any need to argue with those who don't even know what actual point is being made. The fact is that I'm not even arguing with these people about a point, I'm literally arguing with them trying to tell them because they're speaking at me as if I'm saying or asserting something that I am not. I have tried multiple times to show and tell them that I am not arguing about what they insist I am arguing about. But they continue along.
JK Super Freak
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From: Texas
I'm not sure why you're mentioning here things, as I've said, I'm fully aware of the way a suspension works, solid axle, independent, all types. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make or what you're making it as a result of, unless you composed that comment before finishing reading. I'll say it again, I never claimed that I somehow magically have extended my stock travel. And even if I did mount a 20" shock, no, I wouldn't have all the down travel, as like I said, there are other factors limiting travel beyond length of the shock. Brake lines, control arm joints/bushings, driveshafts, etc. I'm fully aware of the way a jeeps stock suspension works. I'm not sure why people keep inferring anything else. I've said it over and over now. I am not going to waste any more time trying to refer people to the pertinent sections of this thread or my comments, . The information is there and I am sick of having to repeat myself in various ways in order to ATTEMPT to bring up to speed those who don't possess reading comprehension skills. Not saying you don't, but others definitely do. Or else they aren't even reading at all, and are arguing against something not even being said or implied. Have fun flaming ladies. People with sense will understand the point of the thread and the reason I can equal or surpass some rigs at higher lift heights. Those of you who choose to continue being immature and or ignorant, go right ahead. I'm happy to provide you with the forum where you can meet your mental needs of berating others and convincing yourself that you're smarter than someone else. Go buck wild. Smart people will understand the thread and the point and the explanations. I no longer feel any need to argue with those who don't even know what actual point is being made. The fact is that I'm not even arguing with these people about a point, I'm literally arguing with them trying to tell them because they're speaking at me as if I'm saying or asserting something that I am not. I have tried multiple times to show and tell them that I am not arguing about what they insist I am arguing about. But they continue along.
So I think I may have mentioned that I had not finished the thread when I made my comment, so slam me away because you decided not to read what I posted.
What I posted essentially supported your arguments about shock travel versus articulation, so slam me again because you either chose not to read what I posted or are so insecure that anyone posting in your thread is just too mean to you and HAS to be questioning your knowledge or commitment to removing metal and plastic from your Jeep.
You are entertaining, but only as much as watching grass grow, or are you just Trolling now?
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JK Enthusiast
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From: Central Texas
Ha ha! So I think I may have mentioned that I had not finished the thread when I made my comment, so slam me away because you decided not to read what I posted. What I posted essentially supported your arguments about shock travel versus articulation, so slam me again because you either chose not to read what I posted or are so insecure that anyone posting in your thread is just too mean to you and HAS to be questioning your knowledge or commitment to removing metal and plastic from your Jeep. You are entertaining, but only as much as watching grass grow, or are you just Trolling now?