which shocks should i buy

Post by **winchin1** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:46 am

hey i got a gq with 3" lift with wombat offroad hydrulic oil shocks .

im looking at going with a 5' lift just wondering which shocks i should buy

as a medium price range but still good quality shocks .

i have a set of fox shox that i brought but i had to sell them to fund my

new set of tyres .

any ideas would be grate

cheers.

Post by **WICKED** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:48 pm

Post by **jet-6** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:32 pm

I run Procomps with my 5" lift, there great

Post by **mickyd555** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:21 pm

Post by **turps** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:37 pm

mickyd555 wrote:koni

I agree if you had Fox or King in mind before the fun tokens disapeared. Koni's 90series 'RAID' are supposed to be pretty good and they are bolt on.

Post by **Suspension Stuff** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:54 pm

Procomp es9000's in my opinion. Some like Tough Dog but I don't know if they have fixed their seal probs properly. Time will tell.

The Koni "Raid" shocks are a truck shock that you can pay to get revalved to suit the Nissan. You would be looking at approx $600 each.

Shane

Post by **heathhoppy** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:35 pm

WICKED wrote:EFS

i would agree on efs but make sure there are the extreame ones there are the best bye far

Post by **tna racing** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:52 pm

heathhoppy wrote:
WICKED wrote:EFS

i would agree on efs but make sure there are the extreame ones there are the best bye far

yerp i 3rd that. the extremes seem to be awsum run them on our truck. you can certainly hit stuff harder and they walk very good

Post by **GU BUG** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:01 pm

mickyd555 wrote:koni

x 2

Pay a lil more the first time & you won't have to pay again

Post by **Goutman** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:17 pm

Koni

Post by **heathhoppy** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:35 pm

Goutman wrote:Koni

what are koni worth? compare to efs extreames are worth about $750 give and take a little

Post by **Ezookiel** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:27 am

Not sure they make them for lifted vehicles, but my Bilsteins absolutely transformed my vehicle. Went from plain dangerous, to a fantastic vehicle to drive. They aren't the dearest, but they're not cheap either.

Post by **Zam** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:01 am

I put in RidePro about amonth ago and very happy with em so far.

Post by **acebryan** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:47 pm

My mates and I use to swear by pro comp 9000 for comps and play. Untill we got our hands on the new efs extremes there about $220 to $250 a corner depending on were you go but they offer a 3 year unconditional (spelling) warrenty and are worth it. We have never looked back.

Post by **Suspension Stuff** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:44 pm

My mates and I use to swear by pro comp 9000 for comps and play. Untill we got our hands on the new efs extremes there about $220 to $250 a corner depending on were you go but they offer a 3 year unconditional (spelling) warrenty and are worth it. We have never looked back.

Hi acebryan

I would like to hear more about this. Would you say they were a softer ride than the Procomps, any more info would be helpfull for all.

The EFS extremes have a 45mm bore and 20mm chrome poston rod and filled with oil. I could sell them to you for $230 a corner including freight.
They have an extended length of 750mm on the rear which might be too long for some 5" lifts.

Shane

Post by **acebryan** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:28 pm

Hello shane they are an excellant smooth ride shock over fast and slow stuff. They don't get as hot as pro comps after big poundings and they cool down quicker than them also. Which should in theory make them last longer as the oil will be cold sooner.

There warrenty holds up also we had two of them have oil seal issues right out of the box they replaced them straight away. My mates and I have 3 winch trucks that run them plus alot of the other big name guys also use and swear by them on the comp scene.

I also have two other mates with GQ wagons that they have set up for touring both with 5 inch dobinson coils and efs extreme shocks and they feel like they are a new truck to drive they handle on road and off and have not found anything that feels like them hope this helps.

P.S. No I don't work or get sponsored by EFS lol.

Post by **badger** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:27 pm

750mm shocks is perfect for a true 5 inch lift of you wish for your coils to remain captive.

efs extreems seem good but for that sorta money you can buy some good adjustable shocks.
that said every efs shock ive seen has handeled well and copped alot of abuse

Post by **acebryan** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:24 am

We have also tried fox shocks, Tuff dogs and rancho with incab adjustables the fox shocks lasted 1 race and 1 muck around in the bush. the tuff dogs are not to bad, but are not as smooth to ride on and ranchos lasted 3 weeks with no comps we are very hard on gear.

Post by **very rusty patrol** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:06 pm

procomp es9000 not to expensive and perform well

Post by **turps** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:05 pm

acebryan wrote:We have also tried fox shocks, Tuff dogs and rancho with incab adjustables the fox shocks lasted 1 race and 1 muck around in the bush. the tuff dogs are not to bad, but are not as smooth to ride on and ranchos lasted 3 weeks with no comps we are very hard on gear.

SO why did the Fox Shoxs die? I would have thought they would have been heaps better than Tuff dogs and Ranchos.

Post by **acebryan** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:04 am

yeah we thought the same. One over flexed some how and ripped the strut clean out the end of the bore. (at pace), The other did it's seal and they wouldn't warrenty it. They are alot more than a efs aswell, but at the end of the day it comes back to what works for one prob won't work for another. In this case my mates and I have done a fair bit of trial and era and that is the answer we came up with for us in our trucks anyway.

Post by **turps** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:56 pm

acebryan wrote:yeah we thought the same. One over flexed some how and ripped the strut clean out the end of the bore. (at pace), The other did it's seal and they wouldn't warrenty it. They are alot more than a efs aswell, but at the end of the day it comes back to what works for one prob won't work for another. In this case my mates and I have done a fair bit of trial and era and that is the answer we came up with for us in our trucks anyway.

Sounds like there might be a need to fit limiting straps. To prevent droop. Wrong shock for the job. Normally in general use. Using the shock to limit down travel seems fine. But when driven hard, it can kill them.

Post by **acebryan** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:42 am

Nah just had to start running EFS have not had any problems with them since. and they have been in 5 trucks for over 3 months

Post by **Suspension Stuff** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:00 am

Hello acebryan, I love your input however I am a bit concerned about the oil leak straight out of the box, have you heard of anybody else having this problem?
Also, it would be good to see if anybody has had any failures with them in the comp scene. Have you heard of any?

Shane

Post by **acebryan** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:07 pm

Gday shane, no it only happened the once and nothing since. There are alot of big name guys in the winch challenges up here in Queensland that have them.

The 4 or 5 I know love them and have not had any trouble with them that i have scene or heard off. But there warrenty is the best bit because it's 3 years or 100 000 kms which ever comes first.

And it doesn't matter if your racing or not they still warrenty them. if you look on any comp truck running EFS stickers you can beat your bottom dollar it will have EFS Extremes on it.

Post by **Big Red Toy** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:15 pm

EFS Xtremes work for us

Different kinda shock but never feel them suffering Fatigue

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