My current setup doesn't have enough down travel at all. Here's the problem (other than I don't like rough country and these shocks are toast). The front has 2.75" of down travel and the rear has 1.75" of down travel. The shocks are the limiting factor on both.
The setup on the Jeep when I bought it is:
Front: Rough country 2.5" coils +1.75" coil spacer (no isolators on front).
Rear: Rough country 2.5" coils. Rubber oem isolator on top.
Shocks: old-style Fox shocks that I can't find anywhere online for specs. Will list measurements below in this post.
Coil measurements at ride height:
Front coils from bottom of coil to top of coil spacer ~16.25"
Rear coils from bottom coil bucket to top coil bucket (includes rubber oem isolator) ~11.5"
I believe this should mean I have 4.25" front lift and 3.5" rear lift currently. Can someone confirm that I measured the rear correctly by measuring coil bucket to coil bucket?
If you are curious what the shock measurements are currently...
Front:
Extended 22.75
Ride height 20
Collapsed 14
Rear:
Extended 20.5
Ride height 18.75
Collapsed 12.75
Now I am genuinely trying to understand why you guys say the Metalcloak coils limit up travel vs something like Curries. Solely for comparison's sake, let's assume I could get those Currie 3" springs.
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In this comparison, wouldn't the Currie springs go solid before the Metalcloak? Meaning the Metalcloak had more up travel? This assumes the exact same ride height, which is tough to assume I know. Am I misunderstanding the solid lengths or am I correct?
Let's look at another example...
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Wouldn't the Currie spring go into coil bind/solid a half inch sooner than the Metalcloak?
I keep seeing it mentioned that Metalcloak springs limit up travel vs other springs, but I just don't understand. I'm genuinely trying to wrap my brain around what y'all are saying.