I've been searching forever trying to figure out what length shocks I need for the 63" conversion and I haven't found anything. If I missed something in my search, a link would be much appreciated. I'll be buying the Sky swap kit and mounting the shocks in the stock location (if possible). Thanks in advance.

 

16" ?? i think.

 

cool, thanks norcrawler. do you know the open and/or closed length too or just the travel?

 

ill go measure for you right now.

18" closed. open i dont know.

 

sweet, thanks again.

 

hey norcrawler, are you runnin a single shackle setup in the rear? rears up front?

 

are you sure its 16" travel or did I just misinterpret your post? I can only find a 12" travel shock with a 18" compressed length

 

i used stock shock length, with stock rear single shackle.

 

every set up is a little different...you need to get a tape measure after you install the springs and measure your flex and compression and chose an appropriate shock length. I assume you are making custom mounts as well...the length of the shock can be fudged a little depending on how you make your mounts as well

 

So what is the longest shock you can run?. I'm doing the swap on my 83 and I want as much flex as possible.

 

12" travel is the max on my truck. Works perfectly with chevy springs.

 

here read this

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...threadid=20665

 

Is it possible to just use the stock shock mounts or will I need to make custom ones?

 

I've noticed several people who didn't relocate the rear shackle mount... used a double shackle (stock Toy on frame, and mocked up chevy shackle mounted to spring)

 

I'll be relocating the shackle mounts as I've read bad things about the double shackle set-up with wheel hop. As a slight thread jack, I grew up in Redding grovedogg. Small world, haha

 

oh no.. im running double shackles on the 63" springs. rear shocks up front?

 

stock toyota rear springs up front..its a common swap..they are longer than stock front springs for the flex...

I would never recommend running double shackles on a rig.......when they unload it could be very bad...

 

i flexe mine and measured...it was 18" fully compressedand like 38" full drop...my shocks are 17.25" collasped and like 36" fully drop...they are also tirangulated

and no...that pic is nowhere near full drop

 

oh no im running a skys offroad sas kit up front i think they are 5" springs. with shackles.

whats wrong with running double shackles?

it helps out with the flex.


i dont know how much that is but it is a lot.

 

yeah thats a crapload of droop. i could picture the shackles collapsing in the opposite direction but i donno ive never actually seen a double shackle setup