Upsidwn
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the info. My current setup is pretty much all metalcloak. I’ve been piece meaning it together piece by piece, but I have most of the game changer kit on it now (control arms, tracks bars, etc)Metalcloak also uses front lower shock relocation brackets that are meant to be paired with the Rocksports. They raise the mounting point by about 1.5". I'll save you all the details that lead up to it, but when I 1st installed this lift I had both upper and lower relocation brackets on the front shocks. I still didn't bottom out the 6-packs, but the droop was insane enough to raise the dual rate springs a couple of inches off the lower perch. I removed the lower brackets and looked into them further, finally realizing that they only get used with the Rocksports. Both brackets also shift the shocks outward to prevent the shock body from hitting the frame at full droop.
In my opinion, a 38 on a wheel with no more than 3.5" of backspace would be needed to fully take advantage of the 6-packs uptravel. I've learned that more articulation requires less backspace to keep the inner tire shoulder out of the liners, and less articulating lifts need more backspace to keep the outer tire shoulder from hitting the outer lip of the fender.
Just curious, what's your current setup and what are your intended uses?
I’m running stock rubicon springs and shocks with 2” budget boost daystar spacers right now, with their shock extensions on the stock rubi shocks.
I’m trying to decide between coilovers or metalcloak springs/6packs right now. I figure it’s pointless going with metalcloak springs right now if I’m going to coilovers so trying to just be one and done.
The main pro to the 6packs for me is the extra travel, which is only 2.7” more travel than the rocksports. So I’m trying to figure out how much travel is wasted when properly bumped for 37/38’s with chopped rubi fenders.
I’m sure you know what I’m getting at here, If you still need to bump 3-4” to kee the tires out of sheet metal even when trimmed, and that equates to 2-3” of unused uptravel, than the usable travel on them isn’t any more than just going with a properly spec’d out king/fox/Holstein/[insert shock of the month here]
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