and um, thanks smiley. nice to have your opinion too.
Sorry about that... I actually had writen a rather lengthy post (
Imagine that!), but upon proof reading it, I realized that most of it was either based on unsubstantiated personal opinion, or consisted of off-topic banter.
I figured if I was going to post something utterly useless, then I might as well go all-out!
Fortunately, I may now have the opportunity to redeem myself...
...since they include the bumpstop extensions in their kit, what they seem to be saying themselves is "we can improve your suspension and give you more travel, but we are going to make sure we go back and limit that travel anyway by extending the bumpstops."
When I first started frequenting this forum [*
No, IÆm not going to go out and count the rings on my Isuzu û LetÆs just say itÆs been a little while now *], it seemed like the subject of extended bump stops came-up in every-other conversationà But as time has gone by, IÆve noticed that there has been less and less mention of them, up to the point that until today, I canÆt say when the last time was that I've seen anyone bring them up at all.
Granted, I donÆt read
every post, but I do read a whole heck-of-a-lot of `em. - Enough that I can say beyond any doubt that people arn't talking about them anywhere near as much as they used to.
Now, add to this the fact that I presently have about 3.5 to 4.5-inches of lift on the rear of my Rodeo (thanks to the non-production prototype DORs that I have on there now!)à and that I have gradually worked my way up to that figure by first having 1.5-inches, followed by roughly 3 to 3.25, respectivelyà and that AT NO POINT among any of my past or present suspension lift figures have I ever observed the need for a set of bump stop extensions, whatsoever. --- Mine flexes and stuffs throughout its full range of articulation just fine without them.
So, is my case unique? û I honestly donÆt knowà
But I can tell you that I personally know of a whole lot of lifted Isuzus (both coil & leaf sprung) that are doing just as well as I am out there on the trails without them. --- It would at least appear that they are not an actual necessity; because if they were, we surely would have heard some major noise about it by now.
Going back to those earlier daysà As best as I can recall, the common accepted wisdom at the time was that the bump stop extensions prevented over-compression of your rear suspension, and alleviated the concern that your shocks would bottom-out. û Additionally, they would also aid in preventing your rear tires from making contact with the inner fenders.
And while I canÆt argue with any of those points, it doesnÆt change the fact that the non-extended set-ups that I have seen
FAR outnumber the extended ones (Something like 25 or 30 to 1).
I canÆt speak for anyone else - but as far as IÆm concernedà Until I someday get around to doing a Spring-Over-Axle conversion, I doubt very much that IÆll be adding any bump stop extensions on mine.
HTH / TIFWIW / YMMV
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