lift advice
JK Freak
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 998
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From: Enumclaw,WA
JK Junkie
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 3,213
Likes: 21
From: Grand falls, Newfoundland
Crazy hey? I love the internet. I mentioned to you the system that I am going to be running in the near future, and the armchair experts come out of the wood work. Yes, Dirtman knows about suspensions, but his attitude effin sucks. I don't care what he recommends, I am using what I am using. I never asked about the speed bumps, I said I was using them, never said anything about anyones opinions about them. I will give my opinions of them when they installed in a month or so!
JK Jedi
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 6,222
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From: Southwest Reno, NV
Sorry the way I came off, I actually confused you with the op and see you didn't ask for opinions on the speed bumps. My apologies.
Bump stops and proper shock length are important when setting up a lift and most rigs I see in the parking lots and on the trails don't know how to set them up. They buy a kit and throw them on because they were in the kit or they buy a shock sized for a lift range instead of actually measuring what they need to dial in their set up.
I recently came across a Jku at the home depot in Reno and took notice of it since it had AEV wheels and king 2.5" res shocks. The guy just happened to come out as I was looking it over and went on to brag about that he did the build on it and to ask me anything about it. After listening to describe that he was running a 3.5" lift and 35" tires I asked him why he bump stopped the jeep for just 3" of up travel. He was dumbfounded and stated it came in the kit. He could not tell me the travel of his shocks either but looked to be 10" of travel. He had about 6" of shaft showing on the shock and about 3" at full bump giving him a total suspension travel of around 7" if I was correct on the shock length. That would be less the stock and he would be spending quite a bit of time with the suspension bottomed out even on mild trails with any speed.
He dropped a ton of money on the ORE set up and the kings which looked good but performance wise, is a fail.
Learn about the stuff you are buying, know how to set it up, and don't get caught up on one brand because of some fancy marketing jargon. Companies that use long fancy descriptions and terms like flex are just preying on the ignorance of the end user. I am not singling out teraflex as many companies use deceitful marketing to sell their products to people that don't know what they are doing.
Good luck with your build.
Bump stops and proper shock length are important when setting up a lift and most rigs I see in the parking lots and on the trails don't know how to set them up. They buy a kit and throw them on because they were in the kit or they buy a shock sized for a lift range instead of actually measuring what they need to dial in their set up.
I recently came across a Jku at the home depot in Reno and took notice of it since it had AEV wheels and king 2.5" res shocks. The guy just happened to come out as I was looking it over and went on to brag about that he did the build on it and to ask me anything about it. After listening to describe that he was running a 3.5" lift and 35" tires I asked him why he bump stopped the jeep for just 3" of up travel. He was dumbfounded and stated it came in the kit. He could not tell me the travel of his shocks either but looked to be 10" of travel. He had about 6" of shaft showing on the shock and about 3" at full bump giving him a total suspension travel of around 7" if I was correct on the shock length. That would be less the stock and he would be spending quite a bit of time with the suspension bottomed out even on mild trails with any speed.
He dropped a ton of money on the ORE set up and the kings which looked good but performance wise, is a fail.
Learn about the stuff you are buying, know how to set it up, and don't get caught up on one brand because of some fancy marketing jargon. Companies that use long fancy descriptions and terms like flex are just preying on the ignorance of the end user. I am not singling out teraflex as many companies use deceitful marketing to sell their products to people that don't know what they are doing.
Good luck with your build.
JK Freak
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 566
Likes: 2
From: South Bay-Los Angeles
Sorry the way I came off, I actually confused you with the op and see you didn't ask for opinions on the speed bumps. My apologies. Bump stops and proper shock length are important when setting up a lift and most rigs I see in the parking lots and on the trails don't know how to set them up. They buy a kit and throw them on because they were in the kit or they buy a shock sized for a lift range instead of actually measuring what they need to dial in their set up. I recently came across a Jku at the home depot in Reno and took notice of it since it had AEV wheels and king 2.5" res shocks. The guy just happened to come out as I was looking it over and went on to brag about that he did the build on it and to ask me anything about it. After listening to describe that he was running a 3.5" lift and 35" tires I asked him why he bump stopped the jeep for just 3" of up travel. He was dumbfounded and stated it came in the kit. He could not tell me the travel of his shocks either but looked to be 10" of travel. He had about 6" of shaft showing on the shock and about 3" at full bump giving him a total suspension travel of around 7" if I was correct on the shock length. That would be less the stock and he would be spending quite a bit of time with the suspension bottomed out even on mild trails with any speed. He dropped a ton of money on the ORE set up and the kings which looked good but performance wise, is a fail. Learn about the stuff you are buying, know how to set it up, and don't get caught up on one brand because of some fancy marketing jargon. Companies that use long fancy descriptions and terms like flex are just preying on the ignorance of the end user. I am not singling out teraflex as many companies use deceitful marketing to sell their products to people that don't know what they are doing. Good luck with your build.
JK Junkie
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 3,213
Likes: 21
From: Grand falls, Newfoundland
Sorry the way I came off, I actually confused you with the op and see you didn't ask for opinions on the speed bumps. My apologies.
Bump stops and proper shock length are important when setting up a lift and most rigs I see in the parking lots and on the trails don't know how to set them up. They buy a kit and throw them on because they were in the kit or they buy a shock sized for a lift range instead of actually measuring what they need to dial in their set up.
I recently came across a Jku at the home depot in Reno and took notice of it since it had AEV wheels and king 2.5" res shocks. The guy just happened to come out as I was looking it over and went on to brag about that he did the build on it and to ask me anything about it. After listening to describe that he was running a 3.5" lift and 35" tires I asked him why he bump stopped the jeep for just 3" of up travel. He was dumbfounded and stated it came in the kit. He could not tell me the travel of his shocks either but looked to be 10" of travel. He had about 6" of shaft showing on the shock and about 3" at full bump giving him a total suspension travel of around 7" if I was correct on the shock length. That would be less the stock and he would be spending quite a bit of time with the suspension bottomed out even on mild trails with any speed.
He dropped a ton of money on the ORE set up and the kings which looked good but performance wise, is a fail.
Learn about the stuff you are buying, know how to set it up, and don't get caught up on one brand because of some fancy marketing jargon. Companies that use long fancy descriptions and terms like flex are just preying on the ignorance of the end user. I am not singling out teraflex as many companies use deceitful marketing to sell their products to people that don't know what they are doing.
Good luck with your build.
Bump stops and proper shock length are important when setting up a lift and most rigs I see in the parking lots and on the trails don't know how to set them up. They buy a kit and throw them on because they were in the kit or they buy a shock sized for a lift range instead of actually measuring what they need to dial in their set up.
I recently came across a Jku at the home depot in Reno and took notice of it since it had AEV wheels and king 2.5" res shocks. The guy just happened to come out as I was looking it over and went on to brag about that he did the build on it and to ask me anything about it. After listening to describe that he was running a 3.5" lift and 35" tires I asked him why he bump stopped the jeep for just 3" of up travel. He was dumbfounded and stated it came in the kit. He could not tell me the travel of his shocks either but looked to be 10" of travel. He had about 6" of shaft showing on the shock and about 3" at full bump giving him a total suspension travel of around 7" if I was correct on the shock length. That would be less the stock and he would be spending quite a bit of time with the suspension bottomed out even on mild trails with any speed.
He dropped a ton of money on the ORE set up and the kings which looked good but performance wise, is a fail.
Learn about the stuff you are buying, know how to set it up, and don't get caught up on one brand because of some fancy marketing jargon. Companies that use long fancy descriptions and terms like flex are just preying on the ignorance of the end user. I am not singling out teraflex as many companies use deceitful marketing to sell their products to people that don't know what they are doing.
Good luck with your build.