Hey all. I got ahold of a set of Fox 2.0 air bumps really cheap. Like dirt cheap. So cheap that there was no way I was going to pass them up even though my girlfriend made me sleep on the couch for a few days. I am going to be working on mounting them tomorrow but I have a couple of questions.
I am going to be making a set of cans tomorrow morning. The fronts will be getting welded into the stock location. Putting the cans in the same way the king bumps bolt in. The rears are where my questions are. Most rear cans get welded either into or onto the frame. From reading around on various methods there was one on Pirate that caught my attention and it made a lot of sense to me.
Air bumps work best at high speeds. While they can be tuned for low speeds they are not ised to their full potential. The idea I read on Pirate was to use air bumps for high speed,more vertical travel, and poly bumps for low speed articulated travel. I also read about a mounting method on TJs of welding the cans into the read coil buckets. Similar to the front set up on the JK.
Would that through coil method work on the rear? Along with welding the can into the upper bucket, i would also make a pad that would bolt onto the lower pad. (This of course, is assuming that there is enough space to allow the axle to articulate without destroying the air bump. Something that Ill have to check on install.)
If that wont work and I have to french them into the frame, I am going to set them for the high speed stuff. That means they may not work on articulated travel. At a low speed I dont see it being a huge issue having the shock bottom out (Ive got King 2.5 resi's). Am i wrong in that thinking?
Im on my phone and cant remember what my sig says so this is all on a 2011 2 door with rockjock 44s in stock configuration. Thanks all. And have a great Thanksgiving!
I am going to be making a set of cans tomorrow morning. The fronts will be getting welded into the stock location. Putting the cans in the same way the king bumps bolt in. The rears are where my questions are. Most rear cans get welded either into or onto the frame. From reading around on various methods there was one on Pirate that caught my attention and it made a lot of sense to me.
Air bumps work best at high speeds. While they can be tuned for low speeds they are not ised to their full potential. The idea I read on Pirate was to use air bumps for high speed,more vertical travel, and poly bumps for low speed articulated travel. I also read about a mounting method on TJs of welding the cans into the read coil buckets. Similar to the front set up on the JK.
Would that through coil method work on the rear? Along with welding the can into the upper bucket, i would also make a pad that would bolt onto the lower pad. (This of course, is assuming that there is enough space to allow the axle to articulate without destroying the air bump. Something that Ill have to check on install.)
If that wont work and I have to french them into the frame, I am going to set them for the high speed stuff. That means they may not work on articulated travel. At a low speed I dont see it being a huge issue having the shock bottom out (Ive got King 2.5 resi's). Am i wrong in that thinking?
Im on my phone and cant remember what my sig says so this is all on a 2011 2 door with rockjock 44s in stock configuration. Thanks all. And have a great Thanksgiving!