I'm looking into getting some bypass shocks for the rear of my Blazer and I am not sure what valving I should get or if it's even the right thing to do.
I use this rig for just about everything from loading it down with 5 people and all of our camping gear for 4 days to running the sand dunes with 6 passengers to running trails in Moab, high speed runs in the desert etc. So I would like to have the adjustability of a bypass with the capacity and cooling of a large body shock.
I have run several types of shocks and currently have some 14" travel Bilstein 5150s and can overheat them and render them useless in 30 minutes out in the desert. The other problem is I can't/won't cut the floor to mount the shocks to the cage where they probably should be since this is the family truckster. I have instead moved the shocks outboard and made long brackets below the housing to allow the use of long shocks and they have worked fine for the Bilsteins. Not ideal obviously, but a huge improvement over the stock mounting location and I now have 14" of usable travel. I will have to lengthen and strengthen the axle brackets to work with the longer bypass shocks.
I have saved enough money to get a pair of FOA 14" bypasses and a pair of 4" x 2 1/2 bumps. I have had a set of FOA 16" coilovers and bumps on the front for close to 5 years now with zero issues so I'm not worried too much about them.
Thoughts, since I am quite ignorant about bypass shocks and have a less than ideal setup.
I use this rig for just about everything from loading it down with 5 people and all of our camping gear for 4 days to running the sand dunes with 6 passengers to running trails in Moab, high speed runs in the desert etc. So I would like to have the adjustability of a bypass with the capacity and cooling of a large body shock.
I have run several types of shocks and currently have some 14" travel Bilstein 5150s and can overheat them and render them useless in 30 minutes out in the desert. The other problem is I can't/won't cut the floor to mount the shocks to the cage where they probably should be since this is the family truckster. I have instead moved the shocks outboard and made long brackets below the housing to allow the use of long shocks and they have worked fine for the Bilsteins. Not ideal obviously, but a huge improvement over the stock mounting location and I now have 14" of usable travel. I will have to lengthen and strengthen the axle brackets to work with the longer bypass shocks.
I have saved enough money to get a pair of FOA 14" bypasses and a pair of 4" x 2 1/2 bumps. I have had a set of FOA 16" coilovers and bumps on the front for close to 5 years now with zero issues so I'm not worried too much about them.
Thoughts, since I am quite ignorant about bypass shocks and have a less than ideal setup.
