Benefits of my shocks being mounted this way?

[dirk954rr]

As you can see from the photo my shocks are pointed in ..... / \ Not sure what the benefit of this would be? Any ideas?

 

[coldwater]

Conventional thought is that anything mounted to center will aid in articulation. Shocks included.

 

[BajaEdition]

I am with Cold on that one. I would be more worried about the spaghetti of a brake line system you have, can easily get snagged and ripped out. You need to rerun those lines tight to the axle housing.

 

[LongHorn]

Technically any inclination from vertical reduces efficiency.
At least that was the mantra I was taught.
Though you see it done on many vehicles.

 

[dirk954rr]

I'm definitely going to clean those brake lines up! In about month I will be removing the tub and cleaning/painting everything! The cj is really scary to drive down the road at 40mph or 50mph and I'm trying to do everything I can to give it a safer ride. From what I gather the shocks would give me a better ride mounted ( | ) then like( / ) ??

 

[coldwater]

Eh, I wouldn't let it worry me. If the new mount was installed correctly and isn't a mess, you can let it alone. Sounds like you have more pressing issues with the front end.