Shock lengths database..

olram30

Not That Kind of Engineer
Lot of people ask what shocks to get, what lengths. Hopefully this will help find the answers you're looking for.
Also may help with bump stop selection. Bump stops do a lot of work and are often overlooked or not understood. They do 3 things.
1. Protect your coils from going solid. Quick way to ruin a coil.
This is bad.
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This is good.
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2. Keeps your shocks safe. A factory jeep has 15" eye to eye at full bump. That's why a factory shock is around 14.75". Extra ¼" buffer to protect them from bottoming out. You cannot add longer shocks to a factory jeep without adding bump stops.

3. Keeps tires off fenders and sheet metal. Larger tires with factory flares requires extra attention here.
Going with flat or trimming factory fenders adds around 3" of extra clearance.

*Please add additional information about shocks if you have it. I'll be adding more as the days go by.
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Front shocks.
Collapsed/extended/travel

Factory Sport and Sahara.
14.02"/21.93"/7.91"

Factory Rubicon
14.75"/22.75"/8.00"

Bilstein 5100

Rancho

OME Front (6066L)
16.0/27.5/11.5

Teraflex 9550

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Rear shocks.

Factory sport / Sahara
14.50"/22.50"/8.00"

Factory Rubicon
14.63"/23.13"/8.50"

Bilstein 5100

Rancho

OME Rear (60067L)
16.5/28.0/11.5

Teraflex 9550
 
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Rccrwlr

New member
Lot of people ask what shocks to get, what lengths. Hopefully this will help find the answers you're looking for.
Also may help with bump stop selection. Bump stops do a lot of work and are often overlooked or not understood. They do 3 things.
1. Protect your coils from going solid. Quick way to ruin a coil.
This is bad.
View attachment 143317
This is good.
View attachment 143318

2. Keeps your shocks safe. A factory jeep has 15" eye to eye at full bump. That's why a factory shock is around 14.75". Extra ¼" buffer to protect them from bottoming out. You cannot add longer shocks to a factory jeep without adding bump stops.

3. Keeps tires off fenders and sheet metal. Larger tires with factory flares requires extra attention here.
Going with flat or trimming factory fenders adds around 3" of extra clearance.

*Please add additional information about shocks if you have it. I'll be adding more as the days go by.
---------------------------------------
Front shocks.
Collapsed/extended/travel

Factory Sport and Sahara.
14.02"/21.93"/7.91"

Factory Rubicon
14.75"/22.75"/8.00"

Bilstein 5100

Rancho

Ome

Teraflex 9550

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Rear shocks.

Factory sport / Sahara
14.50"/22.50"/8.00"

Factory Rubicon
14.63"/23.13"/8.50"

Bilstein 5100

Rancho

Ome

Teraflex 9550

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olram30

Not That Kind of Engineer
That sucks, I'll try to add them back to the main post.
 

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jedg

New member
The 'L' specifies long travel

OME Front (6066L)
16.0/27.5/11.5

OME Rear (60067L)
16.5/28.0/11.5
 
Rancho rs9000xl

rs999329 (front)
Compressed Length: 15.660
Extended Length: 25.280
Travel Length: 9.620

rs999330 (rear)
Compressed Length 16.110
Extended Length 26.010
Travel Length 9.90
 

Kalums

New member
Rancho rs9000xl

rs999329 (front)
Compressed Length: 15.660
Extended Length: 25.280
Travel Length: 9.620

rs999330 (rear)
Compressed Length 16.110
Extended Length 26.010
Travel Length 9.90

That is exactly what I was looking for thx guys for another very useful thread!
 

Jeepfan30

Member
*FOX RACING SHOX JK FRONT SHOCKS, SMOOTH BODY IFP., 4 IN - 6 IN LIFT, EACH - 980-24-641

Extended Length - 28.250"

Collapsed Length - 17.150"

Travel length - 11.100
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*FOX RACING SHOX JK REAR SHOCKS, IFP, 2.0, 10.6 IN., 4IN.- 6IN. LIFT, EACH - 980-24-642

Extended Length - 27.950"

Collapsed Length - 17.350"

Travel length - 10.600
 

big dr

New member
I found this chart for the KING 2.5 IBP's. It covers the shock from its 6" model to its 18" model.


King Part # Shock Travel Extended Length Collapsed Length
PR2506-COHRS-I/PBS-I 6.0" 20.0" 14.0"
PR2508-COHRS-I/PBS-I 8.0" 24.0" 16.0"
PR2510-COHRS-I/PBS-I 10.0" 28.375" 18.375"
PR2512-COHRS-I/PBS-I 12.0" 32.65" 20.65"
PR2514-COHRS-I/PBS-I 14.0" 37.25" 23.25"
PR2516-COHRS-I/PBS-I 16.0" 42.0" 26.0"
PR2518-COHRS-I/PBS-I 18.0" 46.0" 28.0"
 
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