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<blockquote data-quote="bgredjeep" data-source="post: 683483" data-attributes="member: 2797"><p><strong>Re: Coilover mounting on back handed yj</strong></p><p></p><p>Those do look like some long ass shocks, but it looks like you have room to drop it a lot. How much up-travel are you running now? Some better pics of your current setup would help. As a general suggestion for you, I'd remove the shocks, and set the Jeep as low as you can before you start hitting things (motor, radiators, whatever else end up in the way). If you want to go lower, move things to make room and go lower. Once you are set at your new full bump height, stick your shocks on the axle (no springs, fully compressed) and figure out where your upper mounts need to be. Build it, burn it in, get weights and do math, add springs, rockcrawl, profit.</p><p></p><p>I'm running 14" COs in front and 16" air shocks in the back. Set at 5" up travel. The front hoops clear the hood by maybe 1/4". If I had longer shocks, they'd be through the hood.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/attachments/f22/3485674d1506901131-bgredjeeps-yj-thread-20171001_181853-1008x756.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bgredjeep, post: 683483, member: 2797"] [b]Re: Coilover mounting on back handed yj[/b] Those do look like some long ass shocks, but it looks like you have room to drop it a lot. How much up-travel are you running now? Some better pics of your current setup would help. As a general suggestion for you, I'd remove the shocks, and set the Jeep as low as you can before you start hitting things (motor, radiators, whatever else end up in the way). If you want to go lower, move things to make room and go lower. Once you are set at your new full bump height, stick your shocks on the axle (no springs, fully compressed) and figure out where your upper mounts need to be. Build it, burn it in, get weights and do math, add springs, rockcrawl, profit. I'm running 14" COs in front and 16" air shocks in the back. Set at 5" up travel. The front hoops clear the hood by maybe 1/4". If I had longer shocks, they'd be through the hood. [IMG]http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/attachments/f22/3485674d1506901131-bgredjeeps-yj-thread-20171001_181853-1008x756.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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