Suspension for Beginners

[Badooky]

for a buget 2" lift talk to brian at suziwest. they now us westralia springs that are pretty good, i have them on one of my work zooks and i'll soon be puting them on mine aswell. or go straight to westralia springs works (9277 5134)
matt is talking about my brother with the lovells, i dont like the fronts at all, they were on my car for a while, my second hand rear lovells are very good.
just my 2c worth

[bigsteve]

Listen more...buy less

Learn to drive it rather than buy it
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That sounds kind of like me. 255 posts and my only mods are removing the sway bar and big steves old bullbar.

Yes but you polished that bar up a treat buddy.

As far as suspension goes The Apprentice made a good point,

Get out there and see what works for other people and adapt it to your needs/wants.

I set up my first zook in a way that I thought would work for me, I then joined a club and saw smarter and cheaper ways of getting more out of a suzuki's

Joining the zook club was the best mod i ever did

[bazooked]

i hope there is no one reading this from the zook club in wa as i am not a fan of there club. and im not goin into detail .any way we got a club meeting on wed night at the kingsley tavern 7.30 pm , im sure lee from make tracks will fill u in, as he spoke to me today askin what to do to fit 31" rubber on a zook

[Luigi Malone]

Hey

Knowing very little about cars is making doing my zuki up quite difficult. I have read through past posts but am still lost.

Im looking into upgrading her suspension and gettin her lifted but have no idea where to start.

I was considering Rancho 9000's, but have been told that with the Zuki being so light they wouldn't be worth putting in. King & Ridepro springs have been recommended but I dont know anyone that has them.

Basically she plays in the mud, on the rocks and on the dunes.. Anyone know where I should start?

OK, I have been there, done that, and even got the sunburnt neck.

I have fitted heaps of shocks, and each time I found another way to get more travel / flex. This made my shocks obsolete each time.
Also the OME shocks didn't extend as much as the OME springs and so were a waste of space.

I am finally at the stage where I use FOX shocks from the USA. They're not as scary as every one thinks. I landed my Fox emulsion 11" travel nito shocks here in NZ for about $265 ea. Whereas a Rancho 9012 is over $200 ea.
I now have fully rebuildable gas charged shocks with damping set to my requirements. Can still be adjusted for damping by shimming.Remote reservoir models in the rear.
So, to get to the point.
Get the longest travel, best value shock you can afford.
You will always want more, even if down the road a bit.
Have a good look at what you want to achieve. Even if not right now.
Then you can make allowances for the future.
Remember, you get what you pay for.
Cheaper isn't always better.
Don't be scared to phone the USA. Dave at Polyperformance is very helpful, he saved me hundreds.
Look after your knees, you'll miss them when you get older.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.......................Whoops, went away for a while there, I'm back now.
LM

[Bad JuJu]

Here in Oz, I think I have seen posts here by McZook that M&M Custom Engineering are agents for Fox Shox, Ill put up their details from White Pages Below.


M & M Custom Engineering
Unit 17/ 64 Drummond St Windsor 2756 (02) 4587 9811

[suzukisam]

can you buy fully adjustable shocks?? i just bought a new mountain bike with adjustable rebound and compression damping as well as having air springs, so you can adjust the effective spring rate, i want for my zook!!!!!

[Bad JuJu]

PM McZook, I have seen somthing on the net... the FOX Airshox are rebuildable, customizable in ride height, rebound rating & compression rating by the user!!
You just load them with the appropriate amount of oil and then add nitrogen via a valve ... thats all there is to it. and apparently you dont use springs with them....

[Bad JuJu]

Here it the tech article on the Fox air shox


http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavist ... index.html