shock length???

[minydigger]

What length shocks are you running with about 5" of lift?? need new shocks on the front of my truck and need the part number of the shocks your using.

[BARILLMS]

5" of lift, you extended front shock length needs to be about 26 inches extended and 16 inches compressed. The back is usually a small bit shorter.

I have 6.5" long arms and I'm running the longest XJ front shock Pro COmp makes that is 31" extended.

 

The longest front SKyjacker Hydro that comes with both their 6" and 8" kit is only 28" long extented, I feel thats too short for 8" lift??

 

My 31" fronts I think are a little long, but for long arms I don't want to limit droop with short shocks, or worst... seperate one on the trail. I figured longer is better especialy with long arms.

 

Go around 26 inches and you'll be good I promise.

[Tracker]

We just went with 26 and 16 in a rancho for a 5" lift and they worked out well. No special order either- They were a nearly stock shock for some common vehicle. I should have asked the dude. IIRC, one of the Rancho #'s was 5132.

[jeepthing07]

I have about a 4.5" lift and shocks for a 4" lifted YJ are the closest I have found to fitting mine. I think anything over 5" lift requires an upper mount to change it from a stud to an eyelet. Eyelet shocks come in longer lengths. This is the chart I was going by (because superlift shocks were cheap) but different brand run different lengths.

 

http://www.superlift.com/print/applicat ... kspecs.pdf

 

Upper mount is S1

Lower mount is EB1

 

#85310 is the longest that will fit stock mounts its 29.78 extended and 17.66 collapsed. Rough country shocks run shorter than that and skyjacker run longer from what I have seen. Another thing...YJ shocks don't come with the bar pin in the lower mount you have to use one off the old shock or something.

 

edit: The YJ skyjacker shock runs a little longer 30.460/17.420 in. http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku

[carnuck]

I made extenders for my front shocks (3" piece of galvanized water pipe with threads I made on the inside and an 2 1/2" exhaust stud on top with the same threads as the original shock)

[Tracker]

And if you use bar pin eliminators on the front you can pick up about 1.75"

[Rokhound]

i found this over on NAXJA now i don't no that it is going to work but I also took the bite and order up these shocks form Superlift off of Ebay for 10 per shock.

 

Here the link to NAXJA:

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=907564

and this is what this is what i order and this is from the guys post:

 

"Please do not take these comments as fact as I have yet to confirm fitment. According to several sources including Monroe and Black Diamond the stock shock demensions for an XJ are: Frt extended-19-21" collapsed-12-13.25" Rear extended-21" collapsed-13". According to these figures, frt and rear share the approx. measurements except for the mounting points. The shocks that I went from Black Diamond @ http://stores.ebay.com/Superlift-Sus...QQftidZ2QQtZkm

are Frt- prt#85150 and measure 30"X17" (same format as above, ext vs. collapsed) Rear-prt#85300 26"X15.5". There may be other shocks that are listed that will more closely work, but selection was a problem. My Jeep right now is sitting 5.5" of lift and I could have probably went with a shorted frt shock, but oh well. I also researched the Monroe shock application chart also and made a trip to the local Advance Auto. The shocks I found through Monroe was for a late model Expedition for the frt and 65-70 model Buick for the rear. These shocks had the right measurements, but was going to need the same type of application adapters or modifications. They were also priced at $39.90 and $34.00 each and was not in stock. Please take any of this info. and use it with care, I do not guara ntee any of it to work for you. I spent several hours on this site researching this very subject and never ran accross any threads depicting a shock from a parts store that would work with out any modifications. Good luck, and I will post a follow-up once shocks are installed. Art"

 

So as soon as I get these and it warms up here I will get back to all of you if this is going to work.

[jeepthing07]

I bought a pair of 85150's off superlifts ebay store. I was going to stick them on the front after making some upper mount adapters. After makeing the adapters the 85150's were to long for my 4.5-5" lift so i used them on the rear.

[Rokhound]

well that is good to no that if the don't work I can use them in the rear at least

[pingpong]

at 25 and 40 bucks a piece I think you can find a nice aftermarket shock that would give you a better set up if you wheel your rig.

 

 

I had 6.5" of lift an dup front I used 26" extended DT 3000 shocks with bayonet eliminators. Worked great, I also used custom brake lines from Crown. I think they were 20" long, and myt shock reached full extenx sion long befor emy brake hose