POLL: how much up-stuff do you have? how much droop?
- Thread starter B2-Bomber
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ChestonScout
opinions are like Jeeps..
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- Clinton, Ut
I will have to go buy a bigger tape measure
jeep-N-montero
Formerly black_ZJ
- Location
- Bountiful
I think it's right at 9 inches of up-travel, but I still have the stock bump stops in there that are getting replaced with longer ones so it will be around 7.
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sixstringsteve
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- UT
My guesses for my rig: I have about 4" up, 3" down in the front. 4" up and about 6" down in the rear. I agree with Shawn though, flex, travel, RTI, all that is good information, but judging a rig or a driver by those measurements is silly.
jeep-N-montero
Formerly black_ZJ
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- Bountiful
What exactly are you trying to figure out? Every vehicle will be different due to wheelbase, track width, underbelly clearance, vehicle weight, tire size, etc. So while one vehicle might have better wheel travel another might have a longer wheelbase or other differing variable making for a bad comparison. My issue and for others usually is do I want more up-travel or a larger tire?
TJDukit
I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S.
- Location
- Clearfield
I have never measured mine and I likely never will. I have mine set up to stuff as much as physically possible without contacting any sheet metal but actually measuring it takes too much effort to get numbers that really don't mean much. For down travel again I am limited by my shocks but still don't feel the need to measure it.
skiboarder
SkiBoarder
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- No Ogden
Stuff is equally as important as droop. If a vehicle doesn't stuff the movement is trasferred to the opposite corner. When it does this the vehicle will tricycle. My vehicle has to little stuff and it sucks. IMO; if you have a ride hieght that is equally between stuff and flex you have achieved the nominal ride hieght. There are other factors that are involved as well. With this being said. I am no engineer and am not an expert. 
zukijames
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- not moab anymore
so your asking how much up and down in the shock correct? or at the tire?
skiboarder
SkiBoarder
- Location
- No Ogden
The tire movement from ride height up is stuff. From ride height down is droop.
i disagree, just because it is "in the middle" doesn't mean that is the best. it just means it is a round number, i think far more factors contribute than just "eh...its in the middle"
yeah lets say at the tire
skiboarder
SkiBoarder
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- No Ogden
zukijames
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- Location
- not moab anymore
you bronco 2 guys get along!
at the tire is hard to measure on my buggy i set up at the shocks for .. front 8 up 6 down
rear is 8 up 10 down but there mounted on the lower link so .. its alot more at the tire..i will have to get a drive line and see where the u joints bind and limit it right before that
zukijames
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- not moab anymore
but i do agree with the people before that mentioned flex is overrated.. but i also know that from the land rover to my buggy i sure missed the flex of my buggy
mombobuggy
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- Location
- Highland
This is a subject that I put a lot of thought into over the years. after watching comp rigs for the last fifteen years my conclusion is that not a lot is gained by having crazy amounts of droop. It looks neat but in my opinion there is such a thing as to much this of course varies from one machine to another. back in the mid ninetys there were a lot of rigs with twenty inches of droop and only two inches of up travel. to me that sucks they were constantly bottoming out and a pain in the spine to ride in and drive. For my rig I feel that six inches of droop at the shock maybe eight or nine at the tire is enough that is where my travel limit straps and chains stop it slightly before the shocks top out. ten inches uptravel at the shocks maybe 12 or 14 at the tire this configuration is working great. I am very happy with the way its working now it took some trial and error to arrive at these numbers and find the right combination of springs and shocks started with airbags and f150 coils they are now laying in the junk pile in favor of early bronco deaver coils coils 5 and one half in lift springs the other junk was to ruff riding for my application. just my two cents for what ever its worth. mombo san.