Raising top shock mounts?

[3lud13]

Vehicle in question is a 95 disco. Shocks are going to be the terrafirma 5" extreme lt coils are going to come from lr automotive (still not worked out the finer details on them yet) Pretty sure I wont be running dislocation cones from what I have read it seems to be the better option to have the coils properly secured but open to ideas on that one still.

Been looking into shocks coils the whole suspension package since I need new shocks to pass roadworthy in a few months.
Wondering what the pros and cons of raising the top shock mounts are and what it actually does.
My guess was in allowing your shock to sit higher it would allow on compression your wheel to move up further into your arches and therefore if shock length allowed your opposite wheel could be further from the arch. So in short I think raising top shock mounts as a good thing and increase articulation. (please correct me if I am wrong)

Have been seeing kits for raising and lowering the bottom shock mounts but not sure what the benifits of that would be cant imagine why you would want to lower them I dont know I wanna get my stuff up higher from the ground not closer to it.

[Rick1970]

I take it the shocks have 5" longer stroke?


If that's the case, there closed length will be considerably longer than a standard shock. You need to cater for this extra length by either raising the top shock mount, or lowering the bump stop so the shock doesn't bottom out and damage it.
In theory, raising the top mount and fitting a 5" longer stroke shock will give a fair amount of extra droop. In practice, this may or may not be the case. The shock is not always the limiting factor in suspension travel.


The rear of my D1 flex's quite well with std springs and std length shocks, the front rather less so.....Even with the front shocks removed completely, there isn't a great deal more flex available without changing other things.

[frantic]

Raising the shock mounts means you can fit longer shocks without restricting upwards movement. Have a look at gwyn Lewis challenge kit, basically a 2in lift in the shock mount will let you fit shocks with 12in of travel compared to standard 8in travel. Leaving the shock mounts as is means longer bump stops to stop the shock being destroyed and less real articulation.

[rrturboD]

I started with the TF519 Extreme long travel rear top shock mounts
and given that I had also lifted the body 2", was able to further lift them, some more. I added modified GAL146R extended bump stops, cutting them down to about 70mm height.
Remember that as you lift the mounts you need to move them forward, to maintain flex at bottom too.
Can't explain why pic is upside down ... but I am sure you will see what I mean!

[RoverHse]

I'm in the same boat as you. Been looking at LRA kits and APT Fabrication as well. Was interested in the KONI shocks at LRA, but beyond my budget. So also considering Terrafirma. APT has a kit with raised shock mounts, front and rear arms which I'm leaning towards.