How much lift are you running? Ideally I'd like to lower it another inch and run the same shocks... saves me some coin. Im at about 5" on 35s now.
roughly 5" of lift. 6" of uptravel.
they are fox 2.0 reservoir.
truth be told the mounts were setup for 12" short body 7100s, but I graduated to better shocks. they are now the pro-series 2.0s with the stud mount so I don't have to adapt to an eye. actual travel number is 11-3/4"
I need to pull the front to do some work anyway. maybe I'll rotate the tabs down a bit and give myself another 1/2"-1" of up. the way they are now other things are getting close to running into each other, I'd have to re-work the trackbar to get any more up I think.
Not all shocks are created equal.
For example, a 'fox 12"' can mean a 2.0 remote reservoir, which is 31.1"e 19.1c, OR it could mean a fox 2.5 bypass, which is 33.43e, 21.43c.
All of a sudden that inch and a half becomes important.
I agree, but I believe what is more important, and something often overlooked, than just lowering your mount to get gobs of uptravel is to maintain the travel relationship between the coil and the shock. it doesn't help you to have 8" of uptravel in your shock if you are coil bind at 6".
It also doesn't help much to have 7" of droop in the shock and have the coil unseat after 5"
you also have to evaluate what you are doing with the rig. a desert runner would probably benefit from a slightly shorter, but larger shock, like a 10" 2.5 over a 12" 2.0, but a crawler is going to want that extra bit of travel more than it needs the extra shock.