az4x4runner

I'm thinking of doing this tomorrow, or at least the upper ones that limit downward travel. Do you think the stock shocks can stand an extra inch or so of droop? Would cutting the bottom ones as well help much?

I would just get low profile ones but I'm not sure where they'd sell them around here, Checker/AutoZone maybe (I tried their webpages but they suck)?
thx,
Bryan

Shane

I did that on my extension bumpstops, hacked them down to about 1/3 their original height. I wouldn't change the compression stops though. http://energysuspension.com/ carries low-pro poly stops.

az4x4runner

heh, I'm not sure which ones are which, could you explain? Just so I am sure, I assume compression would be the bottom two and extension the top one?
:pat:

Shane

correct

OneTrickToy

I have cut.... uh... rather "torn" bumpstops in the rear. One bumpstop was kinda torn off at the base. At the end of an Evan's Creek run with Gibby(upndair), I found that it was completely ripped off. Only thing left was the base. So I cut my other side to match. I wouldn't suggest this if you have flexy leafs like me. If I hit deep potholes at speed(forest roads), I get my teeth and brain rattled.

Mad Chemist

I'm taking this to mean that you don't want to overcompress your shocks for fear of blowing out the seals?

Anybody know the dimensions of the stock bumpstops? It looks like Daystar just has a generic applications page for them.

vudbster

I cut my top bumpstops in half, but my shocks are a little bit longer than stock. I turned my torsion bars up a bit so I needed to cut them to retain a normal amount of droop. Im not sure how much more suspension travel I have, but it does well on high speed offroading.


Mike.

ravencr

Do 3rd gens have bumpstops to limit the downward travel (droop)? I know they have the two compression bumpstops, but I haven't noticed the ones for droop. Anyone know?

Chris

Shane

You don't want the shock to act as the limiter in either direction, it will be destroyed. I don't cut the compression bumpstops because they do a decent job of absorbing the shock of bottoming out the suspension. I can jump my truck a few feet off the ground and the landing is still very smooth, no sudden shock felt. The extension bumpstop is only to stop the arms from extending any further and only has the torsion bar acting on it, so I see no reason not to trim it down some as long as your shock can take it. The only downside I've seen is if you crank your torsion bars up as well you'll get pretty severe CV boot wear.

I can't say on the 3rd gen runners, not familiar enough on their design.