Delux2769

Your rears are way too short. Fronts "look" ok.

Delux2769

Rears are too long**.... Too little shaft showing out the top so their compressed too much... Damn Lyxdexia

JK703

I agree, but the front were deadening out just by jumping on the bumper as the rears were obviously with only an inch to travel. So what would you say? Quadratec sent me the wrong shocks?

JK703

Good point. If you read like page 2 or w.e the model numbers are for a 3" lift according to TeraFlex, but from Quadratec its just a range from 2.5-4" when TF has separate shocks for each size lift.

Delux2769

One way to check your stuff or up-travel is to put a floor jack under your tire then jack up the tire. I find it easiest to drive up onto the floor jack then use ebrake to stay.

JK703

What more am I going to find out by doing this than what I already know? The rear shocks are too long. I guess figure out exactly how much travel the front ones are getting and that will let me know if they are too short or too long?

Delux2769

Yep, it can be easier to talk to the more experienced people when you can say "I'm getting X.X amount of travel" instead of "I'm getting very little travel when getting on bumper"

JK703

hahah true, except whats funny is that my mechanic friend was the one who did that to test it.

JK703

Here are 3 photos on a 6" curb. Obviously the rear are not right. I guess you would say they are too long therefore there is no stretch to the shock pin and no room for travel.

I think I have at least some more clarrification. I had these shocks on at one point with both the 2.5" spacers in and 2.5-3" springs and had no trouble. My guess is because as I made aware before the quadratec model # for these shocks matches the 3-4" lift on TeraFlex where it should really be matching the 2-3" lift so when I had the spacers and springs on my lift was high enough to utilize the length of the shocks but now without the spacers, they have no room for travel. Any opinion on that?

JK703

But then if you say the rears are wrong, then the front are wrong as well because they also have the same model number that would go with a 3-4" lift. And to prove that, the front deaden out as well. I would say both my front and rear shocks based on the model number are made for the 3-4" lift when I am only running the 2.5-3" Spring lift.

Quadratec is basically telling you that your buying shocks that work for 2.5-4" lift kits when teraflex has specific shocks for 2.5, 3, 4" lifts respectively.
http://www.quadratec.com/products/16195_0000.htm - model # 1553200 2.5-4" Lift
http://www.quadratec.com/products/16195_0003.htm - model # 1554200 2.5-4" Lift
http://www.teraflex.biz/jk-rear-tera...-absorber.html - model # 1554200 = 3"-4"
http://www.teraflex.biz/jk-front-ter...-absorber.html - model # 1553200 = 3"-4"