SLROC Forum

Hi all, was fitting some rear dislocation cones yesterday and noticed one of my rear shocks is leaking oil. On closer inspection the top mount point is a bit bent also. So its been bottoming out before the bump stop hits the axle. Bought the vehicle with the lift already done, but no extended bump stops were fitted. Ah well, gives me a job for next weekend 

Interesting point, a lot of people seem to ignore this.

Theres never any info on compressed/extended length when you go to buy aftermarket shocks though, which seems a bit weird. If you were looking for articulation you could then go for those with the longest stroke, and of course make sure that at full compression it bottoms out on the bump stop not the shock.

Terrafirma do top mounts that apparently give 2" more travel, but don't ask me how they do it lol

My 90 hybrid has a 1" body lift. Gives the same look but saves messing about with the suspension.

The terrafirma ones seem to work by dropping the shock downward. This would then give even less upward movement. It does say to fit bump stop spacers if using those. I take it that if you have a lift and then use the lowered top mount that there would be a risk of bottoming out even if you had extended bump stops fitted. In other words it sacrifices upwards range to give more downwards range. 

Depends on the dampers you get..... some will cope with the extended range, and some won't.