Need help with front suspension

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Originally Posted by PhilD

Under normal conditions, you will not be bottoming out your shocks. You will generally feel it if you are.

Even with shock extensions that raise up the bottom of the shock 1.5"?

Originally Posted by PhilD

The gap at the jounce jumpers (bump stops) seems to vary, even when the z-height is set correctly (4.5"), some touch the jounce jumpers, some have a gap. When stock I used to have a 1" gap and never felt the ride was bad at all. However, others have felt it to be too bouncy and have fabbed up a spcer to between the jounce jumper and it's mount.

What gap to you have? Also, what tire psi are you running?

Currently with 4 turn on the TBs, I have about 0.5" gap. I am running about 42psi as I found this to work best as it's just enough to not feel the drag of running low tire pressure.

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I think OEM settings might rely on the bump stops and not soley on the spring of the TBs for bottoming control. Once you crank the TBs to allow for a ride height increase, now it's sitting soley on a spring of TB rather than a combination of the cushioned bump stop and TB. A tighter wound spring seems to cause more of a bounce affect.

I am at the best it's ever been on the front suspension. Understanding it better keeps getting me closer and closer to a factory ride with cranked up TBs.

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