Help finding shocks

[Rickyd]

He should ignore extending the bump stops until after he has the shocks installed. The shocks will show how much extension is needed to make the jounces work better.

If he was starting from scratch without knowing how things go together yes.And for learning how to put together a suspension i agree with your aproach.

Since I have those shocks on my jeep i can tell him what lift for even travel and what bumpstop is going to to be needed without going through the whole process

 

[jjvw]

If he was starting from scratch without knowing how things go together yes.And for learning how to put together a suspension i agree with your aproach.

Since I have those shocks on my jeep i can tell him what lift for even travel and what bumpstop is going to to be needed without going through the whole process

As someone who used to fixate way too much on specific length bump stop extension, there is way too much fixating on specific lengths of bump stop extension.

 

[Jeepoftheseus]

So is the consensus here that the 239s will or wont work for my current 1" lift?

 

[macleanflood]

Consensus? Lol.

-Mac

 

[Jeepoftheseus]

OK, I've decided that just to be safe and spare myself a bunch of trouble I'm going to go ahead and buy 2" lift coils as well.

Can I get away with just doing 2" shocks and coils or are there other mods I need to make as well?

 

[macleanflood]

Might need an adjustable track bar and upper control arms. Might not. Install the springs and check to see how far off center your axle is and if you have driveshaft vibrations. Then remeasure for shocks.

-Mac

 

[Abendage]

If he was starting from scratch without knowing how things go together yes.And for learning how to put together a suspension i agree with your aproach.

Since I have those shocks on my jeep i can tell him what lift for even travel and what bumpstop is going to to be needed without going through the whole process

Shall we compare lengths?

I needed 1.5” on top of the 1/4” pad welded to the bottom stock on the Rubicons for those shocks to work for me.

 

[Rickyd]

Shall we compare lengths?

I needed 1.5” on top of the 1/4” pad welded to the bottom stock on the Rubicons for those shocks to work for me.

That is about right

 

[Jeepoftheseus]

Update post:

Alright folks! New shocks and coils went on the front today. I was a little over-optimistic thinking we could do the front and rear the same day.

We started by removing the old coils and shock, then cycled the suspension with the mew shocks so we could set bump-stop length. I worried a lot about this step but it was actually pretty painless. I bought these jounces off Amazon and straight up just cut them to size with a reciprocating saw.

The hard part was getting off the old coils and putting on the new with my over-sized spring compressor. It just didn't really fit quite right around the knuckle. On the bright side this one is much safer than the brackets I saw most people using on YouTube to compress the coils.

The SHOCKing part was seeing just how much longer the old coils are compared to the new ones. Sadly the JKS coils I put on didn't quite achieve the 2" lift I was looking for, but I can live with it until I can buy new coils some time. My up travel is limited to about 3.5" which is bad, but I'm not really building out the jeep to rock crawl or do anything more than moderate trails so I think I'll survive until I can buy the right coils to add another inch of height and get my uptravel to 4.5" which is a much better place to be.

The ride home from my brother's place felt amazing. The Ranchos in the front make an incredible difference. The jeep rides SOOOOO much better now. Can't wait to do the rears later this week.

Big thanks to everyone on the thread who helped me think through the challenges and prepare.