Anadaron
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Ft Hood/Killeen, TX
I am redoing my suspension on my Jeep Cherokee and I had a simple question on shock length. I have read all the other threads saying to flex your jeep out and then measure. The unfortunate side to this is that all of my stuff is getting replaced at one time and the guy installing it all is giving me a huge break on labor because of the amount of work. So with all my new stuff on I will not be able to measure it then order my shocks.
So in order to get the shocks I am humbly asking for your help. What length travel shocks have you guys used on a 1998 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L with 4.5"-5.5" of lift? I am going to be using Bilstein 7100's for this and wanted to use a short body with reservoir in the front and a non reservoir normal body in the rear. I will also be using the JKS mounts in order to get the Bilsteins to mount up to the factory locations. From what I have read it seems a 10" short body will work up front, my main concern is will the 10" normal body with no reservoir work in the rear? I know the 12" travel will likely be to long front and rear and I am unsure if I should get the 8" travels as I am afraid they would be to short.
Thank you very much for helping. I know I should just flex it and measure it, I just don't have the convenience of doing that with the way my Jeep is going to be built.
So in order to get the shocks I am humbly asking for your help. What length travel shocks have you guys used on a 1998 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L with 4.5"-5.5" of lift? I am going to be using Bilstein 7100's for this and wanted to use a short body with reservoir in the front and a non reservoir normal body in the rear. I will also be using the JKS mounts in order to get the Bilsteins to mount up to the factory locations. From what I have read it seems a 10" short body will work up front, my main concern is will the 10" normal body with no reservoir work in the rear? I know the 12" travel will likely be to long front and rear and I am unsure if I should get the 8" travels as I am afraid they would be to short.
Thank you very much for helping. I know I should just flex it and measure it, I just don't have the convenience of doing that with the way my Jeep is going to be built.