Outer Limits 4x4 Board

All,

Is their any benefit on fitting 3" shocks on 2" springs. Will this give me better artictulation ? On a GU wagon

Steve

Depending on the brand of shocks, you should get a bit more travel, but your springs may fall out at full extension.

if the shock is too long you will have dramas with losing compression. unlikely with only a 1" longer shock, but its something too look for.

love ke70 wrote:if the shock is too long you will have dramas with losing compression. unlikely with only a 1" longer shock, but its something too look for.

Thanks all, I'll stick with 2"

best bet would be to do fit the springs, then hold a shock in place and check its extension. nothing worse than shocks too short, trust me, i know

love ke70 wrote:best bet would be to do fit the springs, then hold a shock in place and check its extension. nothing worse than shocks too short, trust me, i know

I already have 2" dobinsons springs in there. I was just to tight at the time to get the shocks. So been running original for the past year.

Steve

how much travel do you get before the shock bottoms out?
i was getting 20mm with a 4" lift and 2" shocks. so it was falling off speed bumps, made for a very harsh ride.

what you can look at doing is disconnecting shocks and dropping the diff to a point where the spring is just captive still, measure that point, and use that as the extended length of shock you want.

I could get you Procomps at 675mm extended to 405mm compressed, that's centre of eye to centre of eye. I would say it would be a little too long but no harm finding out. The drivers side coil would be a little longer then the passenger so be careful there.

Shane
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