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Safari Ary
May 11th, 2004, 16:06
Well I finally went out and bought some extended bumpstops 'cause I'm tired of tearing up my tires on sheetmetal. When the rear ones got here I was a little concerned at how short they are, so I opened them up and took one out to the Jeep. Low and behold the stock one is 1/2" longer than the daystar one. Now the question is, will the rubber stock one compress significantly more than the poly daystar one, or do I just leave the stock ones in there and figure something out on the axle end of things? The fronts are significantly longer than the stock ones and I will be installing them with the long arms and new springs. Thanks

Ary

BTW, My jeep's a 2001 with Up-Country and Tow-package for those looking for some JY extended bumpstops....
Eagle
May 11th, 2004, 16:21
The factory offered four different rear bumpstop heights, and the Up Country models got the longest. I have the numbers written down somewhere, but can't find them at the moment.

Get some 1" square tube and just cut spacers to fit between your bump stop flanges and the frame.
Goatman
May 11th, 2004, 18:13
What Eagle said.....

use 1x2 boxed tubing between the frame and bumpstop to drop them an inch, 2x2 to drop them 2", etc.......very simple.
Safari Ary
May 11th, 2004, 18:30
That crossed my mind as a possible solution, but I'm still wondering which ones I should run...poly or rubber....
FELIX
May 11th, 2004, 19:33
DPG's adjustable bumpstop work great. They also saved my bacon this weekend, when I had a lift block break :explosion . We used the adjustable plates as a block, to get it home. I just got a set of RE 4.5" springs. I had the blocks on there for about 6 years, w/ no trouble, but never again :nono:
OT
May 11th, 2004, 19:36
That crossed my mind as a possible solution, but I'm still wondering which ones I should run...poly or rubber....
Poly will last longer, as you know.

I'd make the extensions and use poly.
shimmy
May 11th, 2004, 19:40
i run the DGP bumpstop plates and they work great! but to save money, i would definetly use squared tubing. it'll work just the same

brandon