Okay so i recently bought a new 88 yota. its been straight axled and it has 63" chevy springs in the back. The thing is, when i flex it out my shocks start bringing my tires off the ground when the springs still have plenty of room left to droop. right now it has 12" rancho's on it. and my question is, would 12 inch bilstiens be better, or allow for more droop? And also, can i mount up some 14" bilstiens on it without any other mods other than bolting on the shocks?

 

How will another set of 12" shocks work better?

Sounds like you need longer shocks.

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yea i meant to say 14" my bad.

So would 14" bilstiens bolt right on? theoretically

 

Well, you need to look at the compressed length as well. If the 12" ones you have are not getting fully compressed, then you can probably fit a longer shock in there. In order to have the extra 2" of travel in the shock, you need 2" longer rod and then you need a 2" longer tube to push that longer rod into. So the 14" travel shock will typically be 2" longer in compression than a 12" travel shock.

 

okayy, so what im gettin is flex it out and see if the compressed shocks are fully compressed. if they are then i should be able to fit 14" shocks?

 

If the 12" shocks are getting fully compressed, then there is no way a 14" shock will fit in there as it'll be ~2" longer in compressed length. If you have at least 2" of shock compression left at full stuff, then a 14" shock may just fit:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/Rancho.shtml

 

how do i know what kinda of ranchos i have? im not seeing any numbers on the sides fo the shcoks

 

Not sure what kind of shocks you have, Ranchos will typically have the "RSxxxx" model number stamped near the bottom on the tube. Or just measure the compressed and extended length of what you have and then look it up. If a Rancho shock, and non-adjustable, it'll be "RS5xxx" and if adjustable, it'll be "RS9xxx" typically.

 

okay found the rs# on them. looks like i got the rs99012 ones.
So the way to really figure out weather or not i can fit 14" shocks is to flex it out the most i can and measure how much room i have on the compressed shock correct?

p.s. sorry for all the questions, just kinda new to all this, and i wanna make sure i get the right thing if i end up getting something

 

alright so just flexed it out and meassured and i got 2 3/4" of travel left in the compressed shock when the tires off the ground

 

Yep, then compare to the longer versions and see what will fit. There is a link on the page above on how to measure shock lengths.