So... after much deliberation, I finally came up with a way to bump the rear of my Jeep without air bumps. I just wanted something that would work, since I'd be tearing it all back apart soon anyway to do a shock hoop and rear air bumps. This is what I came up with:
Here is the drawing I came up with, to house the bump stop which is about 4.5" long and 2" wide.
And here are the pieces all cut up and what not. Time to get to work!
Some of the beautiful TIG welds my buddy does
And this is what happens when you bump into the rod while he's welding haha. Stupid me! :doh:
So here are some mock up pictures.
Now... WARNING!! WARNING!!! Notice here the small gap between the corner of the bump and the shock. I looked at this probably 50 times, and thought to myself... damn that's close... but thought it would probably be fine, and the shocks don't travel towards the axle. I was wrong... I took it out for a quick romp after getting them setup, and it hit the shock. You can see the picture of the shock below
So what I ended up doing was shaving the side of both rear bumps off, just the corner that was hitting and that seemed to do the trick.
Now... my thoughts on these bumps. I fabbed and installed these the weekend before New Years... the NIGHT before we left for Ocotillo. I just wanted something that was going to work, because I knew I was going to be airing out my XJ. Well... aside from hitting the shock and gouging a section of it, they worked FLAWLESSLY. These things IMPRESSED THE HELL out of me that weekend, and every trip since. If you'll notice I kept my stock upper bump, and used that to fine tune the bump stop length, I measured it to get it close, then used the upper to fine tune. I cut it to where on a HARD hit I still have about 1/4" of shaft showing. I would recommend this setup for ANYBODY that's on a budget and wants a well performing rear bump setup. I would however recommend changing the design a bit, to keep from hitting the shock. Otherwise, JEEP ON!
Here is the drawing I came up with, to house the bump stop which is about 4.5" long and 2" wide.
And here are the pieces all cut up and what not. Time to get to work!
Some of the beautiful TIG welds my buddy does
And this is what happens when you bump into the rod while he's welding haha. Stupid me! :doh:
So here are some mock up pictures.
Now... WARNING!! WARNING!!! Notice here the small gap between the corner of the bump and the shock. I looked at this probably 50 times, and thought to myself... damn that's close... but thought it would probably be fine, and the shocks don't travel towards the axle. I was wrong... I took it out for a quick romp after getting them setup, and it hit the shock. You can see the picture of the shock below
So what I ended up doing was shaving the side of both rear bumps off, just the corner that was hitting and that seemed to do the trick.
Now... my thoughts on these bumps. I fabbed and installed these the weekend before New Years... the NIGHT before we left for Ocotillo. I just wanted something that was going to work, because I knew I was going to be airing out my XJ. Well... aside from hitting the shock and gouging a section of it, they worked FLAWLESSLY. These things IMPRESSED THE HELL out of me that weekend, and every trip since. If you'll notice I kept my stock upper bump, and used that to fine tune the bump stop length, I measured it to get it close, then used the upper to fine tune. I cut it to where on a HARD hit I still have about 1/4" of shaft showing. I would recommend this setup for ANYBODY that's on a budget and wants a well performing rear bump setup. I would however recommend changing the design a bit, to keep from hitting the shock. Otherwise, JEEP ON!