As you can see in my pics, the ride height is just about stock, maybe an inch higher than what the factory set it as with the -040 Fox shock. Anything longer would for sure need a wider lower A arm. I mean at top out (Lower A arm) is at 45 degrees. When the washes run over the 2 lane black top here in the 4 corners area, the wash board is totally absorbed at more than the speed limit, especially WFO on open trails, the shock action is the best. Going up curbs, coming off the El Camino my F150 with the new Bilsteins (50kmi old) can't come close to the complete absorption with these Fox Coilovers. The only thing that I wanted to try was some sort of non-linear or dual spring, but that as I already mentioned would be with a longer shock where the spring selection has way more offerings. In this sort of swap with the stock arms & shock tower, there is just not a whole bunch of room to experiment with. I do know one thing for sure, my setup is dialed with the front leveled & stiff enough for great initial handling, yet sensitive enough that one knows that the small ripples are very, very well smoothed out. The big hits are no problem, so I believe any more shock length would be hampered by coil bind which would limit the bottom out height. Remember some modeling of the whole "system" is necessary to know the whole picture. We're not tossing on "bolt on mall crawler dress up stuff" in a world of give & takes, this mod carries over the factory geometry where only small changes can be introduced. If one wants a longer travel, then you would want a wider A arm, longer CV, longer shock, & a taller place (hoop) to attach it higher up top.
Congrats of a 07 Lvl II! I hope you keep the stock wheels (forged Alcoas) & the stock track width. Remember (this is my take), with the rubber closer together (tucked) there is more weight on each tire at any given time, as the CG is kept closer to the center. With a wider track width setup, more weight is extended out away from the centerline more often, plus anyone else can't pass you on a tight fire road which backing down (or up) is anything but a pleasant & safe situation. Nothing like watching someone's video tooling along where their outside wheels are half on / half off the trail~
Post a couple of pics of that war wagon when you have a chance. Also Rick's drop outs look perfect, complete the whole rebuild, you'll be glad you did especially with the 33s.
