Shock mounts

Post by **cloughy** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:36 am

Just wondering if anyone could post some pics of there custom made Shock mounts and towers, im going to make some shortly for my rangie and have the ideas in my head on what i'll do, but some piccies of what everyone else has done would be great!

Post by **walker** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:53 pm

I was going to make my own but the other week while over at LRA I got sucked in and bought their kit. It is not cheap but it is great and can be engineered if necessary. (about the only bit of the Rangioe that would pass engineering.

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Here are some pics.

Rear raised mounts.

Front raised mounts.

Post by **shakes** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:38 am

hey walker,

I was eyein the kit off yesterday and the only thing that put me off was the non retained rear spring making that extra travel in the back almost useless without a locker ohh and the lack of cash flow atm.

anyone had drama's with this (sorry for the hijack)

back on topic find someone with the lra kit and go similar heights and shock lengths because if what they tried to sell me on was true, its the most travel you can get before the standard linkages bind up.

Simon

Post by **walker** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:04 am

I have not used their springs or shock (too expensive) so I have a bit more travel than their kit. We will just have to see if anything breaks, I have already chewed out the rear trailing arm bushes in just 3 weeks.

Post by **rick130** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:40 am

walker wrote:<snip>I have already chewed out the rear trailing arm bushes in just 3 weeks.

Adam, were these the new angled ones at the chassis outrigger ??

Post by **GRIMACE** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:58 am

good to see LRA has changed the front turret spacer system aswell as reinforced the rear upper...

My rear upper mounts bent on the first outing, the kickers colapsed and the front turrets were a PITA and i ditched em... Looks like most of these issues have been rectified.

Post by **walker** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:56 pm

rick130 wrote:
walker wrote:<snip>I have already chewed out the rear trailing arm bushes in just 3 weeks.
Adam, were these the new angled ones at the chassis outrigger ??

Yes they are, I just put them on today. The angle is perfect for a 2" lift and there is no stress on the bush when on flat ground.

Post by **big AL** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:42 pm

HOPE THE LINK WORKS BUT IF YOU LOOK AROUND THERE SITE I THINK THERE ARE MORE PICTURES THINK THEY MAY DO EXTENDED ONES.

http://www.devon4x4.com/shop.php?mode=p ... 7&subcat=6

Post by **mickrangie** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:48 pm

AUD is worth crap atm so at 60 pounds thats about 180aud!!!!! + delivery!!! Not a chance!!

Post by **mickrangie** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:52 pm

AnthonyP wrote:good to see LRA has changed the front turret spacer system aswell as reinforced the rear upper...

My rear upper mounts bent on the first outing, the kickers colapsed and the front turrets were a PITA and i ditched em... Looks like most of these issues have been rectified.

AP i had those HUGE ass front towers for a while... they were CRAP!!! He updated me over a year ago and the new kit is sweet!! I still want to retain the rear springs thou...

Mick

Post by **Bush65** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:47 pm

big AL wrote:HOPE THE LINK WORKS BUT IF YOU LOOK AROUND THERE SITE I THINK THERE ARE MORE PICTURES THINK THEY MAY DO EXTENDED ONES.

http://www.devon4x4.com/shop.php?mode=p ... 7&subcat=6

Al,
Take your caps lock off - so that you are not shouting at peeps.

As far as I can tell from the UK scene, they don't go for extended shock mounts, indeed shorter shock mounts seem to be popular there (for more droop with drop out cones).

Here we are interested in extended mounts so as not to bottom out longer shocks at max bump travel.

Post by **shakes** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:27 am

I still want to retain the rear springs thou...

I know there's been many threads on this before but what makes you say this?

Post by **mickrangie** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:04 pm

Shakes have a read of this –

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... ar+springs

My rear end dose some strange shit so i want to see if retaining it will make a difference

Mick

Post by **cloughy** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:25 pm

Anyone else got some pics of their rear shock setup? i looked at raising the original mounts but it looke like the bush angle will be right up the shit. so i was thinking of making a pin to eye adaptor for each end and making a top shock mount set up for pin? any other thoughts preferably with pics

Post by **cloughy** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:18 pm

So nobody has any piccies of there rear shock mounts??

Post by **mickrangie** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:19 pm

mine are under an 1" of mud i aint cleaning my car fo you

walker had some pics somewhere maybe he will Tonka them for you

Mick

Post by **walker** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:24 pm

mickrangie wrote:mine are under an 1" of mud i aint cleaning my car fo you

walker had some pics somewhere maybe he will . them for you

Mick

What do you think are at the top of this thread?

Post by **mickrangie** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:31 pm

bwhaaaaaaaa

Post by **uninformed** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:53 pm

go check out the scorpion racing (uk) web site

in there extreme kit they have some nice rear mounts, for a 15 inch travel shock

serg

also search for "cq davo" on this site, he built some for his d100

Post by **Bush65** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:14 pm

cloughy wrote:Anyone else got some pics of their rear shock setup? i looked at raising the original mounts but it looke like the bush angle will be right up the shit. so i was thinking of making a pin to eye adaptor for each end and making a top shock mount set up for pin? any other thoughts preferably with pics

The angle of the stock upper mount is not ideal. This is why they sometimes bend/break shockie rods.

Post by **walker** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:27 pm

In the LRA kit they used to adjust the angle of the top shock mount when raising them but they don't anymore. Andrew at LRA did not reckon it was necessary and added a bit of expense to the kit.

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