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Which Shox ??

Postby bandiflip » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:15 pm

Fancy changing the shox on my Disco....Any recomendations???
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Postby Bo » Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:38 am

The Terafirma +5"'s that I have on the Disco are a good balance between quality and cost.

http://www.terrafirma4x4.com/products_php.php?cat=3&grp=72
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Postby TwoSheds » Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:29 am

Bo wrote:The Terafirma +5"'s that I have on the Disco are a good balance between quality and cost.

http://www.terrafirma4x4.com/products_php.php?cat=3&grp=72
So am I correct to think that in order to exploit +5 shocks you would also need +2" turrets and rear mounts, along with dislocation cones? Maybe +2" springs too?

BTW - you might be interested in these

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Postby Bo » Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:46 pm

So am I correct to think that in order to exploit +5 shocks you would also need +2" turrets and rear mounts, along with dislocation cones? Maybe +2" springs too?

You are correct Roger, to get the best out of the shocks you need to use challenge mounts on the rear and +2" turrets on the front. You also must fit extended brake lines.
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Postby bandiflip » Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:46 pm

I've got a 2" lift on mine and -2" front turrets........ures has a body lift too doesnt it Bo?
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Postby Bo » Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:15 am

No body lift, just+ 2" suspensioin.
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Postby varleym » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:10 am

I've got the same as Bo (+5 Terrafirma's) and they work really well.
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Postby Matthews » Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:22 am

I've got standard length shocks all round , used to be al bilstien but as I've eventually (some of them are about 15 years old and have been on 4 motors) killed a few it's a mixture of what I've got kicking about, bilstien, decarbon and lovels (the lovels are the worst on the back).
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Postby tecnick » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:03 pm

Billys are sooo expensive though. for me its the difference between getting all the stuff I need now within budget now, even if stuff breaks, as the purse fills up again next year. False economy? maybe but what can you do?

I recon its going to be 4xprocomp +2" and maybe change to the bearmach blue springs in garage.

Cheers Nick
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Postby nicks90 » Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:22 am

i dont think i'll go with procomps again, ok my set lasted 6 years before they spilt their guts out - but they are pretty soft and weak dampers.

currently got a set of decarbons +2 and they are much better for only a couple of quid more per shock.
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Postby Matthews » Tue Sep 06, 2011 7:59 pm

For once I concur with Nick as imo decarbons are waaaayyyy better than procomps (they seem to be getting poorer quality as time goes by)
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Postby bandiflip » Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:54 pm

What about Britpart Cellular Dynamics ???
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Postby bandiflip » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:16 pm

Well thats the shox sorted........NEXT !!
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Postby TwoSheds » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:32 am

bandiflip wrote:Well thats the shox sorted........NEXT !!
but what did you go for?
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Postby bandiflip » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:50 am

Cellular dynamics.... Was going to go with De Carbon but going to try these first, see what they're like
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