Shock angle over leaves for you dezert rats

I just got these beauties

There the race pack from National
10 leafs -100% pure beef


The 8" boomerangs i got for 50bucks are nicely engineered as well



I'm trying to decide on hoop design, but first I need shocks. I'd like to get some 18's to keep the shocks perpendicular over the leaves, but king is the only company that makes a shock that long and I need to get something a little more suitable to my budget. So 16's it is as it opens up more options. I know 16's over leaves @ 15degrees can get you 20 inches of travel but I know I’ll never see those numbers from this set of leaves.
My question, what kind of angels have you guys put your shocks at and how did they handle at those angles? And feel free to post some pics of your hoops.

you can get SAWs and most likely fox and metric equivs in Bilstein in 18" travel also, we have ours straight up and down with 14" travel 3.0" SAWs mounted on the spring plates, limited at 12" of travel. Are you talking angle front to back or side to side? My suggestion would be to mock up the thickness of the pack with a block, take all leaves out but the main leaf and cycle your suspension until you can get full bump and droop and choose your shock size from that, you will most likely not be able to get anywhere near 18" of travel as most of the long travel rangers and yotas have much longer spring packs and shackles, usually sprung under. Nice springs and shackles though, you should be quite happy with them.

If i do put them at an angle it will be from front to back to keep the cargo space at a maximum. thanks for the mock up idea, i'll try it. And i've followed your build since inception, she's a sexy beast she is. You and your team have done a great job, i'll look forward to seeing you guys race.