mounting position for shocks

[24SHORTIE]

Just wondering what you goons think...

my shocks in the back are angled in... how does that compare to them angle straight as in for ride on the street..

would it make it better to have them angled up or not?

[Sparkplug]

straight up and down is the best, angled in like this /\ will cause more body roll on the street

[24SHORTIE]

yeah thought so... im prolly gonna change mine...

[John Doe]

To get a longer travel shock, look into mounting it on the back side of the axle and behind what ever crossmember you are mounting to and not on top of the axle/ under the crossmember.

[OldGold3VZE]

Here's how I mounted my 12" Fox 2.0s with stock leaf springs and 6" shackles in the rear.  Tucked up nice.











If I had to change anything I would have gone with 10" due to not having a lift, but I added shaft bumpers, so I never even feel the shocks bottom out.  2-3" lift would be ideal for this setup.  Another note, these shocks are much longer, like 3-4" than my 12" Bilstein 5100s on my crawler, so those could easily be mounted in the same fashion 

[79coyotefrg]

To get a longer travel shock, look into mounting it on the back side of the axle and behind what ever crossmember you are mounting to and not on top of the axle/ under the crossmember.

Becca,   this is how I mounted mine (almost stock position for a first gen) but lower and higher





those are 14 inch shocks but Ive since put some 12 inch ones in there and they seem to actually flex better.

[IronClad]

You always want to get your shocks as straight up and down as possible and mounted as far out as possible to get the most out of the shock. Mounting them at an angle like that is just a way to get some dampening without cutting through the bed and a way to get cheap suspension travel.


I can get away with this since im fullwidth but this is pretty much optimal




Wont be able to do it on yours without notching the frame and doing other stuff but thats the jist of it