scorpion racing (UK) suspension

[macy918]

Just been looking at the Scorpion racing (extreme) suspnesion kit from the UK. http://www.scorpionracing.co.uk/.
looks the goods and comes with everything from shocks and springs to cranked radius arms, trailing arms, dislocation cones and shock turrets as well as bump stops and limiting straps for jacking etc. etc...
i was thinking of getting a quote on price and shipping to Aus.
anyone know anything of them??

[bigbad]

Read the english forums, there are lots of posts about them, commonly known as scrapiron. I think the products are okay, but are mostly overpriced copies or stolen designs.

[DK]

ScrapIron it is....a rip off Equipe i believe...Things like u mentioned above u could make yourself or source locally...

[KiwiBacon]

I've only seen pictures of two rigs with their long travel kit. Both rubbed tyres on the shocks.
So while it might be almost bolt on, expect a fair bit of tweaking and refinement to get things working right.

[KiwiBacon]

Well look at that.
They sell Hiclones.

[macy918]

Well look at that.
They sell Hiclones.

[GQ4.8coilcab]

ScrapIron it is....a rip off Equipe i believe...Things like u mentioned above u could make yourself or source locally...

equipe 4x4 gear is the shiz, there control arms are awesome

[ROVERNIT]

ScrapIron it is....a rip off Equipe i believe...Things like u mentioned above u could make yourself or source locally...

equipe 4x4 gear is the shiz, there control arms are awesome

yeah so is the price but again if your one of only a few that makes mods for landrovers U can B

Scrapiron can be bought localy to I beleave

[uninformed]

theres also a distributer of equippe in oz

serg

[86MUD]

I have purchased the modified front shock towers (50mm lower then standard) and the modified rear shock mounts (also 50mm lower then standard) and have never had a problem with them. There is a scorpion dealer in West Aus called Rovacraft. I bought these before reading all the articles on "Scrap iron". just be cautious.

cheers

Andrew

ps..the equip stuf is wicked. those front radius arms are the ducks nuts. but I think they are around $500 for the pair?

[ROVERNIT]

if you want to get gear cheaper then scrap iron or eqiup try Rovertym in the states they do the same modS and they have kits that are cheaper 2 3 or 5 inch for D1 RR 90/110's and D2

ive bought some gear of them

[def90]

i priced the full extreme kit a couple years ago from rovercraft and it was around $7000to$8000 can't remember exactly.

all i really wanted was their front comp winch bar (around $1200, coulnd't find anyone here to fab one for me.), still got that though, and love it!!!

[steve_f20]

Read the english forums, there are lots of posts about them, commonly known as scrapiron. I think the products are okay, but are mostly overpriced copies or stolen designs.

If you have a look here,
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showt ... l=scorpion
and here,
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showt ... l=scorpion
you can see some UK opinions mentioned by bigbad. I haven't ever had anyhting from them so I can't really comment but the general view here is that there stuff is expensive and varies in quality (particularly some of their springs). However I have heard good things said about their winch bumpers. They do seem to sell a lot of stuff here so obviously there are some who are happy with the product and service.

As I say I have never had anything from them as they don't stock much suitable for either of my trucks, a series 109 and a Daihatsu Scat, but there is a lot of bad feeling towards them amongst some elements of the UK scene.

[macy918]

i priced the full extreme kit a couple years ago from rovercraft and it was around $7000to$8000 can't remember exactly.

all i really wanted was their front comp winch bar (around $1200, coulnd't find anyone here to fab one for me.), still got that though, and love it!!!

i was looking at the winch bars as well, they do look good!
how does that price compare with getting one made up by Cheezy??

[ROVERNIT]

I dont know about cheezy but brooksy over QLD said he does them for around $700 equip basic bar with out the hoop is $1300 I wanted one for the D2 however the law and the fact that you can get an ARB bar fitted for the same price stopped me

[KiwiBacon]

I dont know about cheezy but brooksy over QLD said he does them for around $700 equip basic bar with out the hoop is $1300 I wanted one for the D2 however the law and the fact that you can get an ARB bar fitted for the same price stopped me

Does Equip have a website? I was considering making my own front bar (just bar, no hoop), but for that price it's easier to buy.

[DK]

http://www.equipe4x4.com/inglese/inghome.htm