According to the Rancho site, it's extended length is 23.750", compressed length is 15". The shock adapter adds some more length. The shock travel is 8.75", and it is utilized almost completely by the new setup, from bumstop to bumpstop. The driver side rear shock is not extended 100%, it's 1/4 - 1/2" less becouse of the gas tank. To measure the real on-wheels travel, I have no proper tools. My understanding is that the wheel travel is almost twice as big as the shocks travel, probably 15-16" is a conservative estimation.

I'll try to post pics ASAP. Right now I am busy with the new steel rear bumper and with the new audio.

I'm alittle confused,You are hitting the gas tank with bent arms still?
The rear shocks are not very long <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Can you post a pic of the driverside upper arm as it's mounted sitting on flat ground?

Thanks

I'll post the pictures probably tomorrow.

I did not hit the gas tank when I had 99179s. With 99116s, they are long enough to hit the tank.

Finally, I have some pictures of the setup:

http://www.geocities.com/olegmoskalenko/rearrodeosetup/index.html

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sweet man...if I see ya around WC ill honk at ya <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

I have an update.

After the rear steel bumper installation, the rear suspension settled a little bit. Then, I took the Rodeo to the Pismo Beach sands, and that's where the real beatings happened. In soft dry sand, in large hills, you cannot drive slowly and carefully; you must maintain really high speed not to get stuck going uphill. The surfice is fairly uneven, it's like a giant washboard with uneventies of about 1/3 of car length size. Going 30 MPH on such a washboard makes you feel like in ... well, there is nothing to compare with. So, as I mentioned, the suspension got good deal of real beatings. This made it to settle even more. The initial setup was very tightly calculated, so no wander that after that my truck began to bottom out my really long shocks, on compression cycle.
I could fix the problem by dialing the shocks firmer, but this would not be a good solution.

I ordered and installed new 2" coil spacers. Now, it bottoms out no more. My measurements show that now I have about equal uptravel and downtravel.

Everything else is perfect.

As for the sands, I saw some really well-prepared full-size pre-runners trucks going like 60-80 MPH on sands, and believe me it was impressive ! Their suspension was able to absorb the giant bumps so easily and so smoothly I could not imagine that it was real.

I measured the total lift. I compared my Rodeo to a stock one in our parking lot. I do not know how stock the other Rodeo is, and how good it's springs shape, but it looks pretty normal and fairly stock.

So, the measurements are:

Front - 3.7" lift
Rear - 5.2" lift

My rear is about 1.5" higher than front, according to the measurements. But with this size of lift, it's not very obvious. Anyway, with the full expedition load it must be level.