I recently installed 2" ball joint spacers on my IFS for my front lift. I looked the other day and noticed that I only have about 2" before I hit my bump stops. How different is this from stock? It seems like I lost some travel but I didnt check how much I had before I installed it.

 

did you put on longer shocks to compensate for the added height?? if not you will be having a lot of lower ball joint problems soon.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...joints-269220/
here is one option.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...shocks-267013/

some pictures would help explain what you are truly questioning

 

Yeah I have longer shocks. Basically what I mean is the lower control arm is only about 2 inches below the bump stop. So if i drive over a speed bump I'm pretty much hitting them. Not only does it make rough terrain uncomfortable, but I still have like 4 inches of travel on my shocks. I'm just wondering if it's normal to have so little travel.

 

Remeber the arms a lever. If theres 2 in under the stop theres more like 4-6 at the wheel.

 

Short travel up or down? BJ spacers increase down travel over stock. If you cranked your tbars to add more than the 1.5"/2" spacer then this is your reason because there is so much preload on the bars and they don't want to twist. Theres also a limit with how high you can go due to CV angles. What are your fender lip to axle centers measurements?

 

i can tell you my stock IFS only has about 2" between bump stop and a-arm while sitting in the driveway. like people say, the wheel travel is longer than the bumpstop travel.

you can also get low-profile bump stops. Check this thread https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f129...mpstops-75740/

you get more travel but when you bottom out it's harsher because there isn't a big cushy bumpstop to absorb the impact of bottoming.

 

Having heard this i think this is much less of a problem than i thought. I'll probably do low profile ones just so i can use the full travel of my shocks. Gotta get that last little bit of articulation lol.

 

Hey, you paid for it, may as well get it!

Let us know how the ride feels after.