I had a moment in the day so I wanted to take a step back and clarify on the build thread whats going on with the shock conundrum. Basically my shocks I purchased in my lift kit are too long for my 3” coils. After finally getting in contact with Gerald, he reccomended I purchase the 4” coils and sell the 3” coils locally. He said I could gain a bit more uptravel keeping the 3” springs and using spring spacers, although this isn’t the solution I’m after.
At this point I needed to do some thinking because my build desprately needs direction so I’m not buying things twice (Like $600.00 fox shocks, or $350.00 springs). Here is where my build is heading in the next couple months:
- I will be taking the rig to 35’s, ideally with a specific set of rims. This may play out within the next two weeks, although its a full 18 hour roundtrip drive (I wouldn’t be doing this so soon had the perfect deal not popped up and shock situation played out for this advantage to where the SHOCKS are still limiting 35” tires on 3” coils).
- I want to keep the 3” coils, I like the ride height, although the height will slightly increase with larger tires.
What does 35’s mean for my current setup?
- Using my peers 35’s, with the amount of bumpstop I have, I can easily run 35’s on my current shocks. I will run this non-ideal although working solution until I can properly source out a fabricator (Thanks @Fouledplugs for the headups about one locally). I will probably outboard my shocks at the time of the TT (No worries, this stuff is officially a year away budget wise).
Yes this is a roller coaster, and she is going to slam on her brakes pretty soon (thank goodness, my wallet needs to recover).
Being quite frank, I’m not thrilled about my original lift kit purchase. When I purchased it, I intended to have it for life. I can reccomend the springs, although for shocks I wish I did my homework and bought the proper length for my rig - versus a generic kit. I don’t consider buying another set of coils a solution to my situation, but I digress I will work with what I have (stock uptravel is still stock, so I’m not bitching here).
Nearly forgot, before knocking out the shocks, I will more than likely track out a highline kit (Again 1 year away). I’ve been watching the forums for quite some time and haven’t found the right one. That is how I plan to run my rig:
- 35’s on 3” coils, 1.25 BL, Highlined fenders, as close to 50/50 travel as I can get with outboared shocks.
I will update you guys later today on finishing up the paint and knocking out some prep for the armor. Should be getting it installed starting on Friday!
