Uhm, this is an A and B conversation.....So, C your way out of it!
LOL, where have you've been? Hardly see you post lately, makes it knda quiet around here.
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hahahah I've been slammed at work plus my wife's sister and her family and my wife's parents came down. The sister left but her brother will be here next week as well now. So ya I've been burning about 3hrs of sleep a night then going to work so just a tad bit busy LOL.
LOL, yep in-laws will wear you out (in a good or bad way). Damn, you have enough room for all those people? i would have to sleep on the floor over here if all them came over, LOL...
Actually that last estimate was high... doing my wifes Liberty maintenance today and saw that the XK had (almost exactly) 30k miles on it in Feb when i did the last oil change. I now have just under 34,000 miles, so im averaging ~800 miles/month... I'm definitely under 2500 miles on these shocks.
Man, i'm doing pretty good keeping my mileage down :cool:
When this was my wifes DD she has a 45 mile round trip to work... now that its my DD and I only have ~25 mile round trip, i'm definitely saving on the mileage!
Ok I got the shocks installed. First problem is putting longer shocks on I had to disconnect the sway bar to get the axle to drop enough which worked great and easy enough done except the driver side upper control arm hitting the fuel tank skid stopped me on that side. Some prying and pushing got the shock in. I will take more measurements when I'm loaded for the beach this weekend but here are the first ones.
Measurements are from the center of the hub or wheel to the bottom of the fender.
Stock: Empty jeep 1/2 fuel 21 1/16
Stock: Empty jeep and fuel 21 3/16
Monroe's: Empty Jeep and fuel 22 3/4
The funny part was getting out of my garage I put my hitch basket on and two large cooler full of water and my wife's dad on there and still only dropped enough to scrap out the door. Other then that it was a straight forward easy as can be upgrade. I'm on my way out to lowes to get some parts to drop my basket closer to the roof which will be another thread. Oh forgot on the top I added three washers to pick up the difference in size I just used barring grease to hold the washers in place while I put the shock in.
I should note that with the extra length of the longer shocks being matched up to the lifted rear axle puts that shock right into the sweep spot or proper operating range.
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Wow... awesome man. Lol don't you wish you cut the gas tank now???
I may have to order these... based on your measurements I'd expect my rear to come up another inch, so I'd be right at 36" front and 37.25" rear when unloaded.... and will probably never sag lower than the front even when loaded.
How's the ride? Mine firmed up but was not "jolting" at all...is still very comfortable.