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[Jimmyb]

Wouldnt worry about shock mounts, you are already maxed out on the control arm.

[Rodgebone]

lol Jimmy - he is going up 2 more inches!

[optical]

cant hurt to add them - need my bumpstops put in - rodge did my brakelines today

[Jimmyb]

Not without dropping the back of those control arms, RE make a drop bracket so that it wont be as steep, I ran that on the original red XJ until I went longarms. You will find you will cure 2 things with the drop mount, jerky steer and also you will gain flex back.

[Rodgebone]

i reckon he just needs longer arms with welded brackets or a trans bracket infusion....6.5 is a long way to go

[Jimmyb]

The prob you will have with longer arms on the stock mount is that with doing the uppers it will roll the diff as well as push it forward, so front pinion angle will be stuffed.

if he is going 6.5" trust me on this one guys. I ran 8.5" for a long time and did a LOT of tuning!

I would invest the money in the RE drop brackets before I spent it on the shocks!!

Mind you I could be wrong here, in that he wants the vehicle to be high and have no flex and drive like a horny goat?

[Steve F]

Originally Posted by optical

cant hurt to add them - need my bumpstops put in - rodge did my brakelines today

If you raise the lower shock mounts with those LT OME shocks you'll probably find they dont compress enough anymore. Just double check, I found they bottom out pretty early on and are not the limiting factor in the amout of droop you will get but will limit up travel with a raise lower mount.

Seriously, short arms with 6.5" is going to be one hell of a rough ride, those arms will be at quite an angle and the force of bumps in the road will try and push he arms backwards rather than up, the shock of the hit will be transfered along the arm. Drop brackets or long arms (as Jimmy said) is really the only way to go.

Cheers
Steve