So a longer shock will give you longer travel? The next up size of the fox shock would be 4 to 6. that just seems really long.
No no no a longer shock will give you a larger extended length and in turn a larger collapsed length too. They all travel about the same.
Let me try with an example. These are all made up numbers but it should get the pint across
A shock for a 1.5" lift has collapsed length of 10" and an extended length of 15"
Shock for 3" lift is 12" to 17"
Shock for 4" lift is 15" to 20"
You cycle your suspension and find out that the most you can stuff your tire without hitting something or making your coils solid is 11" (measuring the shock length). The mist you can droop axle without the coil coming unseated is 19".
In this case the best fit would be the shock for a 3" lift with a minimum of 1" bumpstop.
If you choose the one for a 1.5" lift you can stuff your tire all the way without needing to add any bumpstop but your losing out on 4" of down travel
If you buy the one for a 4" lift you would have to run at least 4" of bump stop to not bottom it out AND you would have your coil fall out at full droop. .
The one for a 3" lift fits because you can go to it's max extended length without your coil falling out and you can add just a little bit of bumpstop to keep it from bottoming out.
Does that make sense?
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