These fox shocks are only about 9" someth ing i have about 4" travel both ways. Up travel thats perfect since I bump stoped to keep track bar out of oil pan.
However 4.5" extension is limiting my suspension
I've cycled it and and 5" up 7" down will work damn near perfect. I say ish up and down because I might lift the front an inch or so. Still keeping the 12" shock.
There will be some shock sticking through the engine bay. 12" just clears the master cylinder on the passenger side ive already started moving coil and wiring mess out of tge way.
In my head I've fabbed a tunable upper that has about 3" of tunabilty and also creats a home fir an air compressor i have. Lol.
You are correct at my height normally a 8-10" shock would work and is because I havent decided to spend the money. I Also notice my driving style and trails I run doesn't really need a flexy rock crawler suspension. But on the other hand my rig has a fair amount of potential to always keep the tires on tge ground.
Log pic its hanging on the shock not that it matters much bugs me i don't have much over travel.
Being low and have a large range of travel makes the shock packaging a tight fit.
Ive cycled it with no springs or bump stops getting shock numbers.
Also researched resivore compared to non resivor lengths and tgeres virtually no chane in length across the board in all manufacturers. Going with a resivor will be same length as non resivor.
My lower is some lower already. Im loking how it turned out. My upper is a FUBAR mess
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