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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by sycoglitch

Oh yea I remember now, there is someone in the for sale section selling bilsteins for a 3" lift. Get that a BPEs and you're golden. What rear bumpstops you running
They are 4.5" progressive bumpstops from Prothane. Link to those shocks, app is running slow

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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ccooper1234

They are 4.5" progressive bumpstops from Prothane. Link to those shocks, app is running slow
Measure from you axle to the bumpstops and from the shocks mount to chassis. These two measurements will help decide what shock size to get. As long as the shocks don't fully compress or bottom out you should be fine. I'm gonna be fine tuning my bumpstops soon and switching to the rc performance 2.2 4.5" lift shocks in the rear
Old Aug 15, 2013 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by sycoglitch

Measure from you axle to the bumpstops and from the shocks mount to chassis. These two measurements will help decide what shock size to get. As long as the shocks don't fully compress or bottom out you should be fine. I'm gonna be fine tuning my bumpstops soon and switching to the rc performance 2.2 4.5" lift shocks in the rear
I'm going to drill some holes in the progressive bumpstop in front to try and soften them up for now. I looked at the length of my shocks compared to bilstein 2"-3" and they are the same as mine. 22" extended and 13" compressed
Old Aug 15, 2013 | 09:58 PM
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I'm going to drill some holes in the progressive bumpstop in front to try and soften them up.
Don't damage them. How hard do you come down on them and when. Did you change shocks yet or still stock. You may fix that when you get new shocks
Old Aug 15, 2013 | 10:04 PM
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Don't damage them. How hard do you come down on them and when. Did you change shocks yet or still stock. You may fix that when you get new shocks
There is a rut in the road near my house and I can go 30mph over it and its horrible. When I did my lift I bought BDS white body's for $200, (because a local off road shop told me I shouldn't use Rubicon shocks) should have saved that money. When I took the shocks out of the boxes they didn't extend so I had to extend them by hand.
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Originally Posted by ccooper1234

There is a rut in the road near my house and I can go 30mph over it and its horrible. When I did my lift I bought BDS white body's for $200, (because a local off road shop told me I shouldn't use Rubicon shocks) should have saved that money. When I took the shocks out of the boxes they didn't extend so I had to extend them by hand.
Bds has some great stuff but like someone said earlier, most white body shocks are the same. And the last two zone nitro shocks I had fully expanded when the wire was take off. Buy front shocks first. If you're not lifting more any time soon get a 3" shock and BPE. Do the front then do te rear after you saved up again. OME has some good shocks. You can even you JK shocks too if you not lifting more. No sense in wasting more and more money.
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Originally Posted by sycoglitch

Bds has some great stuff but like someone said earlier, most white body shocks are the same. And the last two zone nitro shocks I had fully expanded when the wire was take off. Buy front shocks first. If you're not lifting more any time soon get a 3" shock and BPE. Do the front then do te rear after you saved up again. OME has some good shocks. You can even you JK shocks too if you not lifting more. No sense in wasting more and more money.
Well I eventually want to get 33s and 4.56 when my 31s wear down. Can't do much offroading around here. So I just want a nice ride on the road, especially with all the pot holes in Virginia Beach. I was looking at getting these, or should I just get 2 for the front and the relocaters for the back

http://www.seriousoffroadproducts.co...ge-2-3in.-Lift

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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ccooper1234

Well I eventually want to get 33s and 4.56 when my 31s wear down. Can't do much offroading around here. So I just want a nice ride on the road, especially with all the pot holes in Virginia Beach. I was looking at getting these, or should I just get 2 for the front and the relocaters for the back

http://www.seriousoffroadproducts.co...ge-2-3in.-Lift
If you have the money go for it. Def do the relocators too hit remember, if the relocators you choose add any lift, the rear shocks get maxed out fast.

If you wanna break it down do the front first and save up and ten do the rear one time with longer shocks to compensate for the relocators, u less youre getting the 0 lift ones where you cut out the stock shackle box
Old Aug 15, 2013 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by sycoglitch

If you have the money go for it. Def do the relocators too hit remember, if the relocators you choose add any lift, the rear shocks get maxed out fast.

If you wanna break it down do the front first and save up and ten do the rear one time with longer shocks to compensate for the relocators, u less youre getting the 0 lift ones where you cut out the stock shackle box
I'm going to get the no lift ones

http://www.hdoffroadengineering.com/...ation-brackets
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Get those and if you don't have get the BPE too. Add 1" of down travel. Take a pic tomorrow of your LCA too.

I have relocator brackets and extended shackles and before my zone shock went to ****, my rear end glided over bumps and small potholes. Now I need new rear shocks to replace the zones and ill get my gliding back
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Which brackets do you have?
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Which brackets do you have?
I can't remember to be honest, it may say in my build thread. I thing rugged ridge or similar. They add the extra inch which I didn't mind.
Old Aug 15, 2013 | 11:56 PM
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The same as the starter fluid, bubbles with the leak.
That's for exhaust leaks dude lol. I don't think sucking Palmolive into the engine is exactly good for it.
Old Aug 16, 2013 | 04:18 AM
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That's for exhaust leaks dude lol. I don't think sucking Palmolive into the engine is exactly good for it.
Lol it's funny I'm reading this now, I was thinking about this suing the night and you beat me too it. I had a brain fart last night when I posted this and was gonna change it lol. I mixed up what he had said
Old Aug 16, 2013 | 05:19 AM
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Who has bedlined their floor? If you have what did you used and how is it holding up. Thinking about doing this and a shop that said they would do it wants over $500. Thank you in advance.



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