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  1. Mar 15, 2018 at 10:01 AM
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    Yep, just gotta find time to pull it.
     
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    make your own with your measurements once completed. Thats what i did. ended up being 2 1/4" bump drop

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    I have no bumpstops. Haven't gotten around to it and I don't really mob it in whoops at all, just crawl.
     
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    i had to space mine down. Made custom spacers for that too. Extended it a 1/2" for me. can kinda see here.

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    top up and rear i moved to the end of the oem shock mount with a different style mount.
     
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    35s and fender wells do not like eachother
     
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    i have no need to cut it, up travel is fine as is and dont need to do all that work for a possible 1" more.
     
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    i have some extra 1/2" spacers if you need.
     
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    let me know how many you need. shoot me your address.

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    opened up rear plastics for the stuffage.
     
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    There are bumpstops on the shaft. The force of max compression goes straight to the coil bucket. I also drive this truck once every 2 weeks haha
     
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    Yikes!
     
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    I’ll add my 2c, I’ve spaced out both front and rear bumps for shock travel, everything else clears, superbumps on all 4 corners.
     
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    measure your travel on YOUR set up. everyone's will be different. Only way to be accurate on YOUR vehicle is you measure it.
     
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    Exactly! My fronts are dropped like an inch, and the rears 2-3".
     
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    Yeah, all the time. Front is maybe 1.5", rear 4-5", using the full shock stroke all around. Superbumps are not great for comparing to anything other than superbumps though, they are super tall and initially compress very easily and ramp up the more they squish.
     
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    Yeah they're extremely soft. I've got one on each control arm up front, and a stock one also to actually act as a final stop on compression.

    In the back I've got a set of energy suspension bump stops dropped a couple inches, they might be too long now though with the kimgs in the back. I haven't had time to test it out yet.
     
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    There's the video of them on a Tacoma that really shows how soft they are. Mine are just about touching at ride height.

    Also mine are Daystar also, not energy... Probably have the same ones, or nearly the same.
     
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    that looks awesome
     
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    Look how much fender I had when I first mounted 35's hahaha. Also damn do I miss that dog :(
    [​IMG]IMG_5113 by Connor Rhoades, on Flickr
     

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