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Mar 13, 2009 | 02:50 AM

BatteriesNotINCL

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Shock Install

Can you install shocks upside down in the rear? I've seen trucks with both the boot on bottom and top. TIA

Mar 13, 2009 | 03:14 AM

Tylus

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not sure if you can on these trucks.

Rancho/Bilstein say their shocks are designed for use upwards mounted...but the Jeep community has been proving for years that shocks will work just fine upside down

btw, why?

Mar 13, 2009 | 04:25 AM

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I had called Bilstein a few years ago about this. At the time they told me it made no difference which way they were mounted..

Mar 13, 2009 | 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tylus

I mounted them the same as the shock came off....boot on bottom. A few of my fellow truck buddies said that it was wrong and we got into a debate... just wanted to make sure I wasn't making an *** of myself.

Mar 13, 2009 | 06:24 PM

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Why would you? Seriously? I'm curious.

Mar 13, 2009 | 08:29 PM

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like I said, in Jeeps, you have to mount the rear shocks upside down on the TJ's...maybe the YJ as well. There isn't enough room by the upper mount for the shock body to clear, so you mount them upside down so the skinny part is up there

otherwise, I can't think of any reason to mount the "body" on the bottom...aka upside-down