question on shock travel. Possible issue

[bleda2002]

Sorry I'm being so confusing on this lol. I agree totally about not relying on the foam bump stops which is where my concern lies. While I agree with wheeling98TJ that I should be fine as the bump stop will hit before my shock bottoms out, the foam stops will give more than 3/4'' on a hard flex and then I will be bottoming out with the shocks.
The front bilstein shock is mounted backwards however the rear shock is mounted normal. I think when I have been saying downward compression I may have been saying it wrong.
How much distance should there be between the rear upper bump stock and the axle that it hits on? If AEV is correct with their lift and the bump stop extension brackets they provide, there is only two inches of clearance before they hit each other.

If you are saying it's 4 inches to the foam with 4.75 inches total of shock, but it's like 5.5 to the metal cup id add another inch of bump stop to the rear axle at least. Don't worry about how much space from bump to foam it's the space from bump to cup that really matters

You can also look at the progressive foam bumps from metal cloak or teraflex as they won't compress as much so if you are close in measurement they can give you a bit of cushion. I believe teraflex is usually good for nearly 1 inch of bump.

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[Wheelin98TJ]

Sorry I'm being so confusing on this lol. I agree totally about not relying on the foam bump stops which is where my concern lies. While I agree with wheeling98TJ that I should be fine as the bump stop will hit before my shock bottoms out, the foam stops will give more than 3/4'' on a hard flex and then I will be bottoming out with the shocks.
The front bilstein shock is mounted backwards however the rear shock is mounted normal. I think when I have been saying downward compression I may have been saying it wrong.
How much distance should there be between the rear upper bump stop and the axle bracket that it hits on? If AEV is correct with their lift and the bump stop extension brackets they provide, there is only two inches of clearance before they hit each other.

2” is nowhere near enough.

But I don’t understand how it’s only 2”. The lift added 2”, the bracket took it back. Should end up back to stock amount of uptravel which is definitely greater than 2”.

 

[bleda2002]

2” is nowhere near enough.

But I don’t understand how it’s only 2”. The lift added 2”, the bracket took it back. Should end up back to stock amount of uptravel which is definitely greater than 2”.

I think it's because they are measuring from axle to the start of the bump not to the cup. The cup is about 2-2.5 inches more which is where they should be measuring to.

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

I think it's because they are measuring from axle to the start of the bump not to the cup. The cup is about 2-2.5 inches more which is where they should be measuring to.

Yea, you’re probably right.

I have a 2.5” Clayton lift and haven’t messed with the bumpstops yet. The rear is 6” to the bumpstop, 8” to the cup. So something still isn’t quite adding up.

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