AnnDee4444
Well-Known Member
Are you sure you're getting 9.1" of shock travel? Some of the 0-1.5" Fox shocks will compress beyond the suspension's limits.Myself I got a set of these a couple of months ago. Used to have no lift on my Sport at a time. Although, I am running a set of Fox shocks for 0-1.5" lift with declared travel of 9.1". According to "DO NOT USE WITH LONGER THAN 8.5" STROKE SHOCKS" on Apex website, I chose a longer - 10.5" - version. Obviously, those didn't fit at all. Nearly no clearance on fender liner instead of desired huge travel they suggest. In our email thread with guys from Apex they seemed a little astounded and an only suggestion was to add at least 2" of bump stop extension. It was not an option, as would limit the free travel of axle to a 0 distance between the plastic bump stop and extension...
Attempt No.2 included new Rubicon springs and 0.5" levelling spacers with long Teraflex bump stops. Conlusion: daily rides are fine. With links engaged and flex limited by the sway bar, it's just ok. But with links disengaged, bump stops get fully compressed, and top of the link push against fender liner and something behind it. After small investigation, I discovered this something is the radiator of my LED headlight.
Conclusion:
The only solution to run these is to have a long and firm bump stop extension mounted on the axle. But, likely, there still can be some issues, as with lesser lift you have to expose more of link body on top of it. The design seems to be somewhat poor. Some of indicated positions you can adjust to on the longer version of it may be no usable at all.
On the other hand, I should admit that build quality is superb, and likely those with at least 2" lifts would enjoy these for a long time.
For example: the 2.5 Remote Reservoir 0-1.5" shock has a compressed length of 15.87", but the OEM bump stops are fully compressed at 16.25". This means that you would really only have 8.72" of travel, which is probably close enough to 8.5" (I guess you could always extend the bump stops 1/2" to be safe).
Does the Autolynx actually have 8.5"/10.5" of travel, or does it partially relying on some swaybar flex for their quoted numbers?
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