putting bump stops there also helped with the towers bending in. bump stops are the done the same way in the rear. have only broke one cv in 5 years and 2 rear axles. have thought about the double arms just haven`t tackled it yet

Are you running a front locker? I'm assuming you are for sure locked in the Rear?

Ok so you have 10 shocks now ? and are your bottom arms stock? My arms move the hub 1" out and 1 " forward , how much travel do you have how ?  what is the length  between the bottom strut mounting bolt on the spindle  and the top shock mount ?do you have IFS drop brackets already ? with you already having bump stops all you would need to do with my struts and lower mount  is put limit straps to help support at drop out

open front diff ,welded locker in the back

ok stock struts still in front, with coilover shock beside it raising up front stock front springs gone , no drop brackets on front diff. 2 shocks at each corner in back with hyd. bump stops not sure what rear springs are but it is lifted with no drop bracket on 3rd link. front coilovers and stock strut plus hyd. bump stops. (all bump stops are in stock location)as  for heights i`ll have to measure its on stands right now so i`ll but together and check but it raised up a bit with coilovers. control arms are stock and in stock location.

travel i s everything strut has (i believe that is 6.5"  bump stops stop travel just before strut runs out out of travel maybe .25 inch strut travel left.

where you say top of shock mount you want measurement under the tower where shock top is correct. if so measuring buy hooking measuring tape under bolt to top edge of shock top under the tower is aprrox. 17 and 3/4 inches. that`s pretty damn close

I didn't see that you had the stock strut still there with coil over next to it . My 41/2 " front has about 9 1/2 " travel at hub and can be set up to be no taller than you are now with more drop out .

that sounds like what i`m looking for then. in that pic. stock strut not there only had the coilover but bent shafts only7/8 so had to put stock struts back in and put coilover where i had my second shock located.

So let me know how i can be of assistance to get your front end working the way you want it
Bob/ kreator

inbox me with pics of your 4.5 kit with control arms and whatever other little things  and how much
thanks James/plumcrazy2