WHAT IS THE BEST SHOCK AVAILIBLE FOR AROUND THE $550 MARK

[matsgrit]

THINKIN OF BUYING SOME TOUGH DOG ADJUSTABLES FOR MY 4X4, THE 45 MM ONES, JUST WONDERING IF THEY ARE MY BEST OPTION. I HAVE A 6 INCH LIFT

[S.CoXy]

550 a corner or total?
measure your shock points at both high/low flex and buy the shock vs load you need... NOT always what the book says for your car, you would be amazed at what you can find from Truck ECT that will work in other apps.

P.S. STOP SHOUTING ITS RUDE!!!!!!!

[matsgrit]

550 FOR A PAIR OR THERE ABOUTS. SORRY MATE IM A CAPS LOCK JUNKIE,

[cooki_monsta]

dont get toughdog, do a search on it and you will find 2 or 3 threads on the shocks falling apart inside (mine being one of them) go efs or the like, for that kind of money you can get much better shocks imo then toughdogs, id never fit a set again even if they were given to me for free, its not worth my time!

[ludacris]

I would be looking at FOX or pro comps. Even EFS EXTREMES.

Cris

[cooki_monsta]

i was gonna suggest ironman foamcells, cheap, fairly strong, and offer a nice ride, and if you fuck one, wont cost ya an arm and a leg to replace it

[Evski]

Having held both in my hand, I would have thought the Tough Dog shocks would be better than the EFS ones. That being said I have killed a Tough Dog off road (havent used EFS). Your best off speaking to a company that stocks heaps of different brands of suspension gear to see what they recomend for what you want. Both 4WD 1 in NSW and Suspension stuff in QLD have been good to me over the years. Both deliver to your door as well to save stuffing around.

[Barno111]

Im now running procomp shocks! They are well priced and offer a huge range. The bloke the recommanded i go with procomp also sell efs! As he had no problems at all with procomps! He even runs them on a leaf sprung rock crawler! And the blokes at suspenion stuff were great and every easy to deal with! Had them in 1 day of paying!

[FKT08]

Having held both in my hand, I would have thought the Tough Dog shocks would be better than the EFS ones

If your just holding them in your hand then a stick would do

EFS Elite or something rebuild-able would be best.

Superior have just released some new ones. Check their site.

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[[gubeaut]]

You will have to go EFS extreme as they dont do elite shocks past 3".

[bazzle]

Would be nice to know what you are driving?

ARB OME's come in 'L' series for about $160 each

Bazzle

[matsgrit]

thanks for all the help its a gq patrol

[bogged]

Would be nice to know what you are driving?

ARB OME's come in 'L' series for about $160 each

Bazzle

Thats what Im running again, after playin with several others.

[Auto-Craft]

Would be nice to know what you are driving?

ARB OME's come in 'L' series for about $160 each

Bazzle

Not the ideal set up for the $, as the valving just seems to always make the vehicle drive like a standard car, with the extra weight and you could do better for the money or a little more.

For a true 6" lift you will need something 650+ long valved to suit, and will need a bump stop spacer to fit such a long extended length.

[brendan rooke]

Hey mate, Brendan here..the bloke that bought the 38's off ya.

For not much more than $550..you can get a full set of Pro-comp es9000,they are a good set of all round shocks for the money.

I had them in my old 60 and they worked well, i know its a completely different set up to ya gq but still worth a look. Cheers mate.

[hi_luxmad]

pro comp dont make shocks bigger than a 4''

[80's_delirious]

pro comp dont make shocks bigger than a 4''

they'll go nicely with your 9" shackles

[hi_luxmad]

dont have 9'' shackles mate ive got 2'' longer than standard.
4's arent long enough for me.
i like them real long sexy

[5inchgq]

pro comp dont make shocks bigger than a 4''

just out of curosity do you know the extended length of a 4" pro comp ? 'Cause i've just parted out a 6" lifted gq that had pro comp shocks and they are a whole lot longer than my 3" tough dogs.............

[ludacris]

pro comp dont make shocks bigger than a 4''

Pro comps do a 32 inch shock. 29inch is usually good enough for a true 6 inch lifted patrol rear.

Cris

[hi_luxmad]

my mate from pedders rang pro comp yesterday and they dont make anything bigger than a 4'' for luxs.they do make a 6'' for patrols though.
i think your just takin the piss with 32inch shocks lol

[Webbie]

BILSTEIN OR KONI best everyday shocks that do everything and more give Chris at locktup a call for bilsteins or koni shocks are a bit dearer but fully rebuildable look outside the square you wont be disapointed,btw both of these shocks are made by the company on the shock not just a rebadged/revalved generic unit.

[macca81]

my mate from pedders rang pro comp yesterday and they dont make anything bigger than a 4'' for luxs.they do make a 6'' for patrols though.
i think your just takin the piss with 32inch shocks lol

i really hope your talking diam, or do you not realise how long 4" is??

[hi_luxmad]

my mate from pedders rang pro comp yesterday and they dont make anything bigger than a 4'' for luxs.they do make a 6'' for patrols though.
i think your just takin the piss with 32inch shocks lol

i really hope your talking diam, or do you not realise how long 4" is??

no mate not diameter i was talking 4'' over standard size.
its a given that we're not talking 4'' overall length.
im looking for 12''shocks...over standard height

i think ludacris was talking overall length though

[brendan rooke]

pro comp dont make shocks bigger than a 4''

My mate had pro-comp shocks in his sprung over 60 and they were a hell of a lot longer than 4 inch buddy.

[ludacris]

my mate from pedders rang pro comp yesterday and they dont make anything bigger than a 4'' for luxs.they do make a 6'' for patrols though.
i think your just takin the piss with 32inch shocks lol

i really hope your talking diam, or do you not realise how long 4" is??

no mate not diameter i was talking 4'' over standard size.
its a given that we're not talking 4'' overall length.
im looking for 12''shocks...over standard height

i think ludacris was talking overall length though

Ahh your funny. Tryin to confuse us all. So a standard shock may have at a guess 8 inches of travel so you are after lets say 20 inches of travel out of a shock.

Cris

[hi_luxmad]

pro comp dont make shocks bigger than a 4''

My mate had pro-comp shocks in his sprung over 60 and they were a hell of a lot longer than 4 inch buddy.

the bloke that works at pro comp must not know what hes on about then

yeah ludacris after at least that much.i had 6'' over standard and bottomed them out and i didnt even have hi steer.now im going hi steer and flexy leafs ill need something alot longer.
im going to wait till its all done and flex it up before i buy shocks and mount the shock hoops.
know any companies that makes 12's or bigger other than bilstein?

[ludacris]

What do Bilstein do. 17 inches of travel.

Cris

[brendan rooke]

pro comp dont make shocks bigger than a 4''

My mate had pro-comp shocks in his sprung over 60 and they were a hell of a lot longer than 4 inch buddy.

the bloke that works at pro comp must not know what hes on about then

I would say the bloke at Pro-comp would know what hes talking about, its others that think they know what their on about is the issue here.

In your first post you said that Pro-comp dont make shocks longer than 4 inch...then you changed that by saying that they dont make them longer than 4 inch for a hilux..but they make a 6 inch longer shock for the GQ...

If you read from the top you would know that matsgrit is asking advice about shocks for his 6 inch lifted GQ...

[hi_luxmad]

pro comp dont make shocks bigger than a 4''

My mate had pro-comp shocks in his sprung over 60 and they were a hell of a lot longer than 4 inch buddy.

the bloke that works at pro comp must not know what hes on about then

I would say the bloke at Pro-comp would know what hes talking about, its others that think they know what their on about is the issue here.

In your first post you said that Pro-comp dont make shocks longer than 4 inch...then you changed that by saying that they dont make them longer than 4 inch for a hilux..but they make a 6 inch longer shock for the GQ...

If you read from the top you would know that matsgrit is asking advice about shocks for his 6 inch lifted GQ...

and you said your mate had a hell of alot longer than 4'' shocks on he's 60 correct?
well the guy at pro comp said they dont do longer than 4's for toyota vehicles(hilux and 60).i think it is you who doesnt know what hes on about.my mate has been working at pedders for 4 yrs and he rang pro comp and thats what they told him