Shock relocate on 2/4 drop

[kaycee]

Do I need to redo my shock mounts if I just go with a 2/4 drop?I saw the post on redoing the rear mounts ,I just went with cut springs on front and jeep springs in the rear.Thanks for the help

[SCOTI]

It's hard to answer 100% accurately since a 2/4 drop is possibly different from truck to truck (2/4 drop from stock, from where it was, etc...). The best way to know is to do some basic measuring & determine what your needs are. Take some measurements of shock length (eye to eye) @ ride height. Then remove them, measuring for fully compressed, & fully extended heights.

You'll get pretty decent ride quality & shock travel w/about 2-2.5" minimum travel up/down. Compare your ride height shock dimension w/the 2" min need & see what the tape measure says.

Example: Lets say the hypothetical truck has....
Front shock length @ ride height = 13"
Front shock fully extended = 17"
Front shock fully compressed = 10"

13" + 2" = 15" for decent expansion w/o over extending & it's less than the max @ 17".

13" - 2.5" = 10.5" for decent compression w/o bottoming & there's still .500" before the shock bottoms out.

With something like this, there's no need for relocating mounts or 'custom' drop shocks. The rear would be done in the same fashion.

[lakeroadster]

And once you follow Scoti's advice take that dimensional data and look at the charts that shock manufacturers supply on-line.

Here is the link to data for

Doetsch shocks: http://www.doetsch-shocks.com/3.asp

Monroe shocks: http://www.monroe.com/catalog/docume...engthSheet.pdf

I was able to find off the shelf Monroe shocks for my 4/5 static dropped '65:

Rear: Monro-Matic Plus P/N 32207: 17.875" Extended, 11.250" Collapsed
Front: Monroe Gas Magnum RV P/N 555002: 12.750" Extended, 8.625" Collapsed

[kaycee]

OK Thanks alot for the info ,I got the rear springs in today and it dropped it 3" will try and get the fronts done tomarrow

[lakeroadster]

FYI: Typically they will drop a bit more once driven around a bit.

[Deenice21]

Originally Posted by lakeroadster

And once you follow Scoti's advice take that dimensional data and look at the charts that shock manufacturers supply on-line.

Here is the link to data for

Doetsch shocks: http://www.doetsch-shocks.com/3.asp

Monroe shocks: http://www.monroe.com/catalog/docume...engthSheet.pdf

I was able to find off the shelf Monroe shocks for my 4/5 static dropped '65:

Rear: Monro-Matic Plus P/N 32207: 17.875" Extended, 11.250" Collapsed
Front: Monroe Gas Magnum RV P/N 555002: 12.750" Extended, 8.625" Collapsed

btw rockauto has them u just have to search by pn