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Originally Posted by forestb
I just realize that the new shocks for the front will give me around 3 inches of down travel and 1.5 inches of up travel that I would need to lower my upper bracket in order to even them out. I wonder if I do need to relocate it should I try and move it away from the frame a little at the same time in order to put it in a more horizontal position.
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Not unless shocks are bottoming out. The dampening is linear in most shocks. Meaning they do not change dampening rate as they compress or extend. I ran stock length shocks on my 94 with a 6/8 drop no problems for years. IMHO best way to measure shocks is to remove spring and set suspension on stops. Get a shock that has a compressed length slightly shorter. For street driven dropped vehicles I have found the extended length does not really matter much. In fact I have seen problems where "drop shocks" were installed and it made the ride bad because of limiting down travel. Topping out the shocks, not allowing suspension to follow the road. One thing I think is often overlooked by many is that a shock mounted at an angle is not moving 1 to 1 with the suspension.