Ride height?

roll over dave · Dec 10, 2015

In process of building a buggy! We Aired it up a last night with 5 1/2 of shaft showing on airs 14 frnt 16 rears. The belly is 22" tall and top of cage is 78"
My question is WTs about average overall height on y'all units. This is not a bouncer build pretty much spin off cheap version of Coles old ride and the recent jk build here

lowbudgetjunk · Dec 10, 2015

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19-22 is a steady number amongst buggy build threads I have seen. Truggy I just sold was in that range too.

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John Galbreath Jr. · Dec 10, 2015

Solo Buggy has 18 1/2, and I feel that is low sometimes. For me, the main trade off is ease of getting in and out the door. I get out most all hills if spotting is necessary, or to just watch 'dem fools!

pholmann · Dec 10, 2015

My last buggy was 18" and I thought it was too low. My new one is 22-23". I am hoping that will suffice.

karatejosh · Dec 10, 2015

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Mine is 17 and it is low but it's a trade off for my small buggy to be stable

roll over dave · Dec 10, 2015

Thanks for replies!! What are yalls overall height to top of chassis

LightBnDr · Dec 10, 2015

If I lay down under mine naked with a boner and the belly doesn't touch the tip of my pee pee, it's just right.

In my case that's 19-3/4"

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wizzo · Dec 10, 2015

I'd be more concerned with belly height compared to wheel base. Longer wheel bases typically work better with a taller belly height, unless you're good with belly dragging more often. As far as shocks, ideally 50/50 split on shack travel (14" travel shock 7" of shaft at ride height) but sometimes you gotta work with what you have.

My buggy is 112 wheel base & 20" belly. I could probably drop it down to 18"-19" but I'd have to re-work coil overs to maintain 50/50 shock travel.

John Galbreath Jr. · Dec 10, 2015

roll over dave said:
Thanks for replies!! What are yalls overall height to top of chassis

Solo Buggy
A Pillar - 70"
B Pillar - 73"

Wheelbase 108"

John Galbreath Jr. · Dec 10, 2015

LightBnDr said:
If I lay down under mine naked with a boner and the belly doesn't touch the tip of my pee pee, it's just right.

In my case that's 19-3/4"

At work

Better watch it, there are a couple guys here that would jump on that. :flipoff1:

joho75287 · Dec 10, 2015

LightBnDr said:
If I lay down under mine naked with a boner and the belly doesn't touch the tip of my pee pee, it's just right.

In my case that's 19-3/4"

At work

Yeah but his exhaust hangs way low and he burns himself every time he tries to make sure his belly height is set right.

joho75287 · Dec 10, 2015

In in a YJ on Tons, so not a full tube buggy and my belly is 21.5" and top of my cage is 80.5", wheelbase in 112"
Tires are 43"SXs, coil overs in front and currently still leaf sprung in rear... About to go to 4 link and air shocks in the rear and keep the numbers about the same.

muddinmetal · Dec 10, 2015

joho75287 said:
In in a YJ on Tons, so not a full tube buggy and my belly is 21.5" and top of my cage is 80.5", wheelbase in 112"
Tires are 43"SXs, coil overs in front and currently still leaf sprung in rear... About to go to 4 link and air shocks in the rear and keep the numbers about the same.

I'd take leaf springs over 2.0 air shocks any day :****:

joho75287 · Dec 10, 2015

Not to derail...but that's what a certain someone who pee pee measures is telling me as well.
I have all the parts, so I'm gonna give it a shot...if I don't like it, I will upgrade to coil overs to match my front...

muddinmetal · Dec 10, 2015

joho75287 said:
Not to derail...but that's what a certain someone who pee pee measures is telling me as well.
I have all the parts, so I'm gonna give it a shot...if I don't like it, I will upgrade to coil overs to match my front...

It is not hard to make the rear of a vehicle flex. Leaf springs flex like crazy in the rear usually. Honestly, if your rear suspension is too soft (air shocks!) the front will stop flexing as well as it does now. I have found rigs always work better and are more stable when the rear is set up to make the front work if that makes any sense

LightBnDr · Dec 10, 2015

muddinmetal said:
I'd take leaf springs over 2.0 air shocks any day :****:

Oooooooh snap!!! It just got rill

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1tonyj · Dec 10, 2015

30.5" belly
90" top of cage
18.5" to bottom of my center chunck
127.5" wheel base
102" wide

LightBnDr · Dec 10, 2015

Ok so on a serious note to the OP, I wouldn't tune air shocks to set ride height/ belly height.

Look up a recent air shock tuning thread here and read up. Some real good info

I think you will battle some real sucky handling characteristics being concerned about ride height over good tuning

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