Hopefully next week I'll be rotating my rear axel and installing longer shocks.

My dad just bought a sidekick and I thought that I would give him the Calmini shocks so we could whip up a home brew lift for his truck.

I think a 2" lift would be suitable for his needs. Will the shocks that come from the Calmini 3" kit work in a 2" system?  If so what would be the best donor coil to use? Which won't fall out under full articulation but will only lift the rear end 2" ?  


I know the Calmini shocks don’t fully utilize the length of the 3" rear Calmini coils. That’s why I'm gonna be installing the longer ones on my truck.  So if that’s the case then you should be able to get away with a shorter coil with that shock set up, correct?



TIA

 

do the GV coil lift, and  3in body.  thats about 5 inchs of lift.

Stu

I'd do the spring lift, add the tires you want to use. Then measure for the shock length at the static height. Then, remove the 1 coil, and measure the most compression the tire will take before it hits the body. Measure for the shock length. You may have to redo the location of the bump stop. Remember this action is not an impact so adjust for 1/2" more compression for that on the bump stop measurement. (Meaning the compression impact will be greater compression than just lifting.) Find a shock to fit the length criteria. The closer you get to bottoming the shock without actually bottoming it, you'll get the most droop length. To add, remember the shock has to be a certain diameter otherwise it'll hit the axle housing during full droop. If you want to add a limiting strap, this will support the droop of the shock from fully drooping.