Question about Prothane install...

[Andy in Pa.]

I pulled the factory rubber piece out and welded a plate there instead. And yes, welded cup things. Drilling and tapping is probably a better idea but I didn't feel like it lol

So your plate is small enough to slip inside the coil spring then (2" to 2-1/2" or so, right?). Is that working OK? It doesn't seem like it would have enough surface area to contact the prothane fully, but maybe that hole in the uppper end of the coil is bigger than I remember... Or maybe you can twist the coil and thread the plate through the coil as you put the coil in place.... hmmm, gonna have to look at this some more...

I used the hole saw i had for notching my 60 brakets. So its 3¹/⁴ i believe.

I thought about putting the plate on the bump tower. But i was afraid the coil would hang up on it.

I am thinking the same thing about the coil hanging on the plate. I like your idea, but I would have to cut down the prothane to do it. I got the full length ones with the plan of cutting it if I need to, but would rather not if I don't have to... if I cut the factory bump cup off and put a plate there, I would not have to cut the prothane....

Decisions decisions... Thanks for the help gents!!

A.

 

[chedisme]

Andy i have the full ones as well. With 5.5 in lift coils and no rubber ends on my bump towers there is about an inch before they contact. And even if they did contact at ride hight, after seing how progressive they are i would run them like that

 

[foxwar71]

It seems like a few others recently put these in as well. Ross/Stefan maybe? Can't remember now...

Airbumps dude, airbumps


Here's a bunch of good info about the Prothane's from the JeepSpeed section.

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=985677

 

[chedisme]

baa! ross and his fancy air bumps. you could probably buy 1000 sets of prothanes cut them up and make a Mcdonals style ball pit with them for the price of your bumps.

I think the ball pit is a better investment.

 

[foxwar71]

:bs: You can only buy 4 sets for roughly the same price as a pair of the airbumps I got.

 

[Andy in Pa.]

Airbumps dude, airbumps


Here's a bunch of good info about the Prothane's from the JeepSpeed section.

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=985677

I was trying to find that post, but was having a hard time. Thanks for linking it up. LOL... air bumps.

 

[XJLI]

So your plate is small enough to slip inside the coil spring then (2" to 2-1/2" or so, right?). Is that working OK? It doesn't seem like it would have enough surface area to contact the prothane fully, but maybe that hole in the uppper end of the coil is bigger than I remember... Or maybe you can twist the coil and thread the plate through the coil as you put the coil in place.... hmmm, gonna have to look at this some more...

It seems to be working pretty well, they've lasted this long. The piece I made was originally contacting the coil, I had to trim it a tad. It's probably the size you said, I never measured. I'll walk outside during my lunch break to grab a pic.

 

[Andy in Pa.]

It seems to be working pretty well, they've lasted this long. The piece I made was originally contacting the coil, I had to trim it a tad. It's probably the size you said, I never measured. I'll walk outside during my lunch break to grab a pic.

Cool, Thanks!!

 

[XJEEPER]

What I did http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=985677&page=7. And mine float in the coil as well.

 

[Andy in Pa.]

What I did http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=985677&page=7. And mine float in the coil as well.

I saw yours, and am really liking that idea!! Ever hear/feel the coil catching the bump stop?

 

[XJEEPER]

Never noticed the coil catching the bumps. However, if your coils have a bow in them, they will occasionally rub on the round bump plate.

 

[chedisme]

I just found these other pics

drooped out max

ah, back when my antenna pointed up.

this is about full bump on the pass side.

dont let that last one scare you. I think its bowing like that because Im dumb and didnt put the spring perch in quite the right place/angle.

 

[Andy in Pa.]

I started building what xjeeper did for the bump stops, but unfortunately one of my coil spring buckets at the axle is mounted slightly crooked, and it makes the coil spring ride close to the bump stop on the inside (near the track bar bracket). So... now I am now doing what Stefan did. It should work just as well, but I liked the idea of the adjustibility of the other method. Hopefully will have them done this weekend.