vhenem Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I Just did a Spring Over in my 88, we ended up with 5" over stock. We used the stock shock plates under the original spring perches. Since this is being done on a budget, I am looking for auto wrecker parts as much as possible, and am wondering what people are using for rear shocks. Shock Mount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Why didn't you put the original plates on top, with u-bolts? That way you could stay with the stock length shocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaterheep Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 by putting the plate where he did it should be around a stock length. however i don't see that design as very safe, as the shock plate isnt meant to be used to hold the axle in place. get some regular u bolts and fab a shock mount to weld to the axle. i mounted my shock plate to the top plate when i did my spring over and it rode like shiat, made some tabs from 3x16 steel and welded them to the axle, bolted a cherokee 4" lift shock to the upper mount and let it hang, guestimated where to mount the lower mount and welded it on. ive got full compression and droop with no binding and it works out great, at full flex from the ground to the center of the rear wheel flare ive got about 4'6 extended and 2'7 compressed, so yeah, it flexes out nice. ill try to remember to snap a pic of the mount tomorrow for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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