Where do I go from here with my suspension?

[Eddie Greenlee]

Wanting to get the most I can from My suspension. Thinking about a mid arm or long arm over my short arm suspension. Also
When should I outboard my shocks ? Should I go with 2.0 shocks or coil overs ?
It’s a lot to think about. How have y’all put this puzzle together ?

 

[Chris]

What's your budget and what are you hoping to accomplish with a new suspension?

 

[Eddie Greenlee]

I’ll piece together a budget to accomplish the best articulation ( range of motion ) I can get from my 97 TJ. I’d like to do it one step at a time, but don’t know if that’s possible. I’m gonna do most of the work myself. Along with y’all’s advice. Thinking I should do the longer arm first .?

 

[Eddie Greenlee]

It’s always something that gets in the way of movement. I have all this room to move but the shocks limit your motion. Or you have to get a taller lift. Then the short arms start to bind and seem to twist the axle.
I remember you having a lot done to your suspension to reach the best of all worlds ,
Are you still enjoying all that work you did ?

 

[TheBoogieman]

What's wrong with your current setup?

 

[Eddie Greenlee]

Really it’s just the fact that there is much more room in the wheel well for the tire to move and it’s limited by shock length and the only way to solve that is to outboard the shocks and gain much more movement in the rear. At least that’s what I think.

 

[hosejockey61]

It's it your desire to run coil overs on stock axles? Good luck.

 

[Eddie Greenlee]

It's it your desire to run coil overs on stock axles? Good luck.

Hey don’t stop there. Tell me why not .
Sounds like coil overs dont work well on stock axles ?? But outboarding regular shocks will ?

 

[Unique Username]

I think you have a lot of research to do. Post #4 you said your short arms are binding. Maybe ask yourself why and get to the bottom of that.
You also said your shocks are limiting up travel. Have you removed the and cycled the suspension to make sure everything is work correctly?

Here is a link to a picture of some coil overs on a built rig. Maybe the builder could give you some guidance on how to make this happen should you want to make this happen.

Coil overs

Lots of notes on here that cover doing the rear. Keep in mind, some of this has adapted over time.

Notes

How to outboard

 

[jjvw]

Hey don’t stop there. Tell me why not .
Sounds like coil overs dont work well on stock axles ?? But outboarding regular shocks will ?

The difference has everything to do with packaging. Outboarding 12" Foxes and separate springs onto factory axles is easy. Cramming coilovers onto factory axles is a much larger challenge.

 

[Eddie Greenlee]

Thanks

 

[Eddie Greenlee]

I think you have a lot of research to do. Post #4 you said your short arms are binding. Maybe ask yourself why and get to the bottom of that.
You also said your shocks are limiting up travel. Have you removed the and cycled the suspension to make sure everything is work correctly?

Here is a link to a picture of some coil overs on a built rig. Maybe the builder could give you some guidance on how to make this happen should you want to make this happen.

Coil overs

Lots of notes on here that cover doing the rear. Keep in mind, some of this has adapted over time.

Notes

How to outboard

I did take springs ,shocks , bump stops , and track bar loose and pushed the axle up to the top of the spring perches. And they met almost perfectly. And nothing else got In The way.
Thanks for the article!

 

[jjvw]

I did take springs ,shocks , bump stops , and track bar loose and pushed the axle up to the top of the spring perches. And they met almost perfectly. And nothing else got In The way.
Thanks for the article!

Focus more on the shock travel. From ride height, how much does the shock go up and how much does the shock go down?

 

[Woodrow]

It's it your desire to run coil overs on stock axles? Good luck.

Hey now, don't be a Debbie Downer.

 

[Mike_H]

A good place to start for anyone to help you is how much up and down travel from ride height do you have?

 

[Eddie Greenlee]

Focus more on the shock travel. From ride height, how much does the shock go up and how much does the shock go down?

Working on that now. It’s not 50/50 yet.
I ordered new rear springs for a 4” lift , I’ll bet that’s going to even them out perfectly.

 

[Eddie Greenlee]

Focus more on the shock travel. From ride height, how much does the shock go up and how much does the shock go down?

Working on that now. It’s not 50/50 yet.
I ordered new rear springs for a 4” lift , I’ll bet that’s going to even them out perfectly

 

[Eddie Greenlee]

The difference has everything to do with packaging. Outboarding 12" Foxes and separate springs onto factory axles is easy. Cramming coilovers onto factory axles is a much larger challenge.

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Working on that now. It’s not 50/50 yet.
I ordered new rear springs for a 4” lift , I’ll bet that’s going to even them out perfectly.

it will be about 5” both ways.

 

[L J]

It's it your desire to run coil overs on stock axles? Good luck.

he'd need luck ... or a wizard

 

[Eddie Greenlee]

he'd need luck ... or a wizard
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