I guess when it comes to figuring out the right length for a shock, you need to fall within the window of fully extended and fully compressed when going through a normal range for the suspension cycling. Correct?
How much are those rear shocks? I did not see a price anywhere (guess you have to go to a dealer site?). Let me know how your experience with them goes. I am not super savvy on shocks and what makes one better than another. I just know that everyone says the QA1's are the best (or one of the best) for these trucks when lowered. I suppose there could be other shocks out there equally as good, we just do not know about them in our particular application.
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your diagram is right on man. I just called Bilstein and told them what I had and the turns out the shock they recommended was the one I picked out. Just needed to confirm it would be a solid choice.
hey, someone has to try something different to get some comparative data, lol, they may end up being $hit!
I chose the B8 5125 series because they are made for lowered vehicles and have the digressive valving I was looking for, also I've read alot of autocrossers use digressive valving, but of course I want first hand experience on that as well and I have none thus far.
quick excerpt I found:
"Digressive damping profile
A digressive damping profiles produce high damping forces at low suspension velocities and reduced damping forces at high speed. Rally cars have made digressive profiles popular due to a need for a suspension soft enough to handle rough sections of the coarse yet stiff enough to give the driver good road feedback at the lower suspension velocities occurring when entering or exiting a turn.
Features: Low damping rates at high suspension velocities allow the suspension to float through the rough sections of the coarse partially relieving the strain on the suspension system. High damping rates at low suspension velocities cause the suspension to rapidly settle as soon as the vehicle exits a rough section. More importantly stiff low speed damping gives the driver more road feel and feedback when entering or exiting a turn and provide the stiff low speed damping rates needed to damp the chassis and the reduced high speed damping forces needed to damping the un-sprung mass of the wheels.
Drawbacks: The high damping forces at low suspension velocities produce a brutally stiff ride. The suspension remains stiff until bumps are hit hard enough to pound the suspension through the stiff low speed damping range into the softer rates at high speed."
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/bsn-33-185606