what shocks for lots of travel?

is there a shock to be considered as a happy medium that is common to use on a rear set up that has about 15" of travel? what is everyone using these days? i assume axle to frame is usually the best mounting areas if space allows also being most outboard on the axle if also possible. i have the bags on the bars which are firestone 2600's and i was wondering if there are any reasonably priced longer travel shocks that would work best.

since your bags are on your bars your gonna have a hell of a time trying to get your shocks on the axle directly... I put my shocks on the bars and then to the frame. this does make for a softer ride but it's still pretty smooth and you can keep a shorter shock.. my bags are a little closer to the cab then the rear end (just past the halfway point on the bars) and I bought two shocks (monroe gas matic 59001) for like 35 bucks from advanced auto parts I'll post up some pics tomorrow

i just measured layed out and all the way up and ordered the dimensions i wanted! i use ac delco shocks

The more travel you have the more "quality" the dampening should be. I would strongly suggest running at least a Bilstein shock or other high-quality shock for something like that. It's tough to explain how much of a difference it makes when you spend $1000 on a pair of shocks compared to even $250 pair of shocks. There is a reason that you would pay more money for a HIGH-quality dampener.

There is no reason that the system above won't work well for most of the people out there, but if you're gonna ask my oppinion, I would say spend as much as you can afford on the shocks.

http://www.monroe.com/catalog_lookup/misc_app_docs/08_MountingLengthSheet.pdf...you can find a shock you want buy part number, find out what they use it on...then go buy them at your local parts store....if theres an aftermarket shock chances are someone else made it.

I re-read the question and I still don't have a definitive answer, because the question of "reasonably priced shocks" is subject to interpretation. A reasonably priced shock to me is about $100 each, but I have seen many posts about $20 shocks. Also where the shocks are to be mounted should affect your shock choice as well. If you can fit a shock in a situation that allows the shock to be run in a 1:1 ratio, you can get away with a lower quality shock. If you are forced to compromise the install and run the shock in a 2:1 ratio then you should run a higher quality part.

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in my experience shocks never last too long on a mini most of the time because of either bottoming out or over extending the shock over and over again and if you have a fast setup it seems to cause some pretty quick wear as well just my two cents then again I've never ran 1000 dollar shocks before I hope they have a lifetime warrentee..

Shocks off the rear of a newer dodge ram like 06 are supper long so you can use them on 1 to 1 on most set ups.

100 bucks a shock would be reasonable to me considering the application, i just didn't want to get into something long travel made for offroad with an external canister or nitrogen charged expansion chamber deal. that'd out of limits for someone like me but if i can find something to work off the store shelf for now that'd be great too, the quicker i can get it the better. i'm going to check out that monroe shock catalog. thanks