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will raising the rear end not extend the rear shocks? causing them essentally(sp) to have less drop/flex than they could when needed? I do intend to use the truck off road as it sould be, but at the same time i want to know if the stock shocks are going to be maxxed out with the new springs seeing as they are now further extended than they once were... I guess i dont know how much extension/flex room the stock shocks have in them...

2nd gen Troopers have a lot of travel in the rear. Moving your ride height a couple of inches higher isn't going to hamper your axle droop materially.

You have to be a little careful messing with shock length...my Trooper is a dedicated trail rig. I installed rear shocks 2" longer and my OME 912 coils started falling out upon extreme axle travel. Adding 2" coil spacers fixed that (I was planning on doing that anyway).

Also, keep in mind that longer shocks also have a longer compressed length as well as longer extended length. You don't want to bottom out the shocks on compression. Though, to my knowledge I haven't bottomed out mine at 2" longer, probably because with the setup I have the spring will fully compress before the shock will.

Steve Carlson - 95 Trooper LS expo rig
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