that is to help with axle wrap upon acceleration, it helps prevent it but ladder bars are best.

did you ?
 

weld that up or bolt?

Bolted in the factory shock location.

I can understand how the length and articulation could be better in this setup if the axle attached end of the shock was allowed to move on an arc, but if its solid mounted at both ends, I'd think it would be limiting itself by binding up. At minimum solid mounting at an angle severely torques the shock limiting their life.

What am I missing?

That is why I have both shock ends mounted to a stud, instead of a bracket.

i am about to fab one up as well because well i dont wanna pay the money for the jks one can you post some pics of the mount out of the jeep please and what shock stud mounts did you use?

I'm sorry but I didn't take any pics of it before I installed it. Go online and try to find some pics of it then go from there! That's really all I did. I got the two upper shock studs at NAPA, and cut off my lower ones and mounted them 2.5" higher.

ok no prob thanks for the help ... another couple questions im guessin all construction is 1/4"? and can you post a picture of ur lower mounts as well?

i know this is an old thread, and i was reading through it getting ideas I found some information that was missing..

1) shocks at an angle will net more wheel / axle travel than vertical shocks do. Its a fact, can be proven by simple geometry.

2) shocks mounted vertically compress in a 1:1 ration with the wheels / axle

3) shocks mounted at an angle compress an a variable ratio since the shocks change angle as they go through the travel. A shock mounted at 60 degrees is a 2:3 shock travel to wheel travel at full droop and varies to a 2:5 shock travel to wheel travel at full compression.

4) that ratio means your shocks are getting softer and softer (the dampening stays the same but the lever on them is greater) as you get closer to full compression, you usually only get close to full compression when you hit stuff hard, which is the last time you want that.

5) the "effectiveness" that was mentioned is basically that ratio. A shock provides a certain amount of force, mount it vertically you use that force, mount it at an angle you get a fraction of that force (fraction varies with angle)

If i were to choose a rear shock setup, I would go with vertical shocks for all the above reasons. Way easier to tune, more stable due to useing all the dampening. The only downfall is you don't get as much travel, But if you don't mind cutting your floor up and sticking the shocks through you can run a 14" travel and have more travel and way better dampening for the cost of a hole in your floor. As far as i can tell 14" and 6" travel shocks are the same price everywhere i look.

if you have some RC 2.2 junk or something similar that rides WAY too stiff, putting them at an angle will soften it up a bit and gain you some more travel if the shocks were the limiting factor.

sorry for digging up an old thread, I just read through it and saw that some of this info was missing. :euro:

i like it a lot what tubing did you use for the mounts?