Front shocks

[STEELE497]

if the front shocks stay the same length and the springs are longer won’t that limit travel down? I’m just having trouble wrapping my head around the front ome lift. Thanks

 

[ikuo78]

Due to its structure, down travel cannot be extended.
Down travel will be reduced by the amount of lift.
The main purpose of lifts is to increase road clearance, which actually improves trail adaptability.

Front traction may be reduced when going uphill.
If only one rear wheel rides on a bump, the front wheel may float.

But if the road clearance is small, you won't be able to go there.

 

[STEELE497]

Due to its structure, down travel cannot be extended.
Down travel will be reduced by the amount of lift.
The main purpose of lifts is to increase road clearance, which actually improves trail adaptability.

Front traction may be reduced when going uphill.
If only one rear wheel rides on a bump, the front wheel may float.

But if the road clearance is small, you won't be able to go there.

So when the front end comes up and the shock pulls on itself due to the decreased down travel doesn’t that hurt the shock. In my mind you would need a bump stop to stop the suspension from pulling itself apart at full extension.

 

[ikuo78]

The stock suspension uses the shock's fully extended limit as a down travel limit.
Does that mean it's not enough?
There are certainly some car models that have re-bump stoppers.

 

[mrlavalamp]

Less than ideal sure, shortens the life of the shock some if you do it a lot, but the only viable alternative I can think of would be adding limit straps. Fabbing in lower bump stops would be tricky to do without impacting ground clearance and defeating the purpose of the lift at least in part. Considering that the only weight hanging on the shock will be arm/wheel/knuckle etc either option seems a little overkill to me.

In comparison, it isn't nearly as bad as the shock bottoming out with the full weight of the vehicle on it. That is why the bump stops are setup how they are from the factory, full compression is a much bigger issue.

Really, unless your doing a ton of high speed rough terrain like a trophy truck or something where it would be hammering out to full extension over and over you should be fine.

 

[duderz7]

Pretty sure I read somewhere that the ome and oem shocks are designed with internal bump stops for top out. Most shocks are not.

 

[ikuo78]

Certainly OME considers high rate coils.

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