Full articulation with ranchos 10 7/8” shocks. Weight of the Jeep is on the shock. Look at all that space! The rear wall gets pushed back big time with highlines
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Tldelaney
TJ Enthusiast
Tldelaney
TJ Enthusiast
Yes absolutely Raised towers. The joints on the short arm still aren’t maxed out even. @jjvw was your concern about 12s on a short arm the amount the shock will swing in the tower? Because the joints have enough room to move for 12” of travel
Awesome! What’s your zip code I’ll get a shipping estimateIf you’re willing to ship I think I know a buyer
They would fit! @taylormade73 hint hint wink wink
The issue is splitting the travel in half and fitting the upper mount under the stock inner fender.
The only reason I got mine too work is because of the modified 12s and because I secretly added a bit of ride height when I moved the upper spring seats on the frame.
With highlines, you have much less of a problem. But you will have a good amount of tire rub on the upper spring seat.
Ah I thought you were saying the short arms would be an issue. With the highlines it seems 12s would fit although I’m not sure the inner fender on the highlines is that much higher right above where the shock tower goes but nothing that couldn’t be cut.
Another thing to be aware of is the arm length and jacking. When you get to the 11"+ realm of shock travel, the arm angles at droop get really steep. For example, if the front tire is climbing a ledge with an undercut the tire can get caught, pushed downwards, and backwards rather than climb up- leading to a lot of potential damage. A longer control arm reduces the possibility of jacking by reducing the control arm angles.
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Done with today’s list:
Front Axle cycled
CB antenna mount installed
Front Axle cycled
CB antenna mount installed
Awesome! How’s your dad going to keep up?!
Once I finish up my Jeep for Moab I’ll build his exactly like mine. He’s got genright highlines, savvy corners, and currie steering waiting for me to install!
You and @Chris are killing me. I can't earn Jeep money fast enough.
Do the genright highlines push the rear fender wall back further than stock height genright fenders? Might be a better question for Alex since he’s had them both
I’m not sure by how much but I imagine they are still pushed further back due to removing the stock battery brackets
Yes they do. You can see in the photo the difference - The sliders were flush with the non highline.
I was barely skimming the fenders at full lock, at full articulation, with the non highline so when I test bump I'll see how much that distance increases behind the tire.
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