Terrafirma Prosport Plus 2" shocks review

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Originally Posted by noogie

Yeah Imeant to mention, I have a 1.5 inch dobinson lift & that measurement is from end of each pin. I do intend going a 2" lift one day with cranked trailing arms, lowered shock mounts/turrets etc. When I was in the store I was shown the terafirma catalogue & was impressed withthe quality products they have.

Just gotta save a few pennies.

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never understood why people lower shock mounts and turrets?

You need to go up with longer shocks.

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Originally Posted by Benny_IIA

never understood why people lower shock mounts and turrets?

You need to go up with longer shocks.

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Benny,

The new coils push the chassis and axle away from each other (raised chassis or lowered axle depending on your view) and the shock has to stay in reach -

Option 1 - very long shocks to reach full articulation of the new longer coils
Option 2 - lower the shock mounts to retain shorter shocks

Cheers,

Lou

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Originally Posted by Loubrey

Benny,

The new coils push the chassis and axle away from each other (raised chassis or lowered axle depending on your view) and the shock has to stay in reach -

Option 1 - very long shocks to reach full articulation of the new longer coils
Option 2 - lower the shock mounts to retain shorter shocks

Cheers,

Lou

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Lowering the top shock mounts,will either cause the shocks to Top out or require the fitting of extended bump stops.Causing loss of Up travel in the suspension,and in some situations off road this can cause the vehicle to prematurely become unstable as the weight of the vehicle is transferred to the opposite side as the suspension is bottomed out rather than allowing the extra suspension Up travel to soak up the suspension movement.

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Originally Posted by LowRanger

Lowering the top shock mounts,will either cause the shocks to Top out or require the fitting of extended bump stops.Causing loss of Up travel in the suspension,and in some situations off road this can cause the vehicle to prematurely become unstable as the weight of the vehicle is transferred to the opposite side as the suspension is bottomed out rather than allowing the extra suspension Up travel to soak up the suspension movement.

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Not a fan or an advocate, just answering the question why people do it...

Cheers,

Lou

I have just put in terrafirma shocks and King springs, both +2inch on the D2.

So far so good other than putting the jack through the sump when fitting the damn things!

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Originally Posted by Loubrey

Benny,

The new coils push the chassis and axle away from each other (raised chassis or lowered axle depending on your view) and the shock has to stay in reach -

Option 1 - very long shocks to reach full articulation of the new longer coils
Option 2 - lower the shock mounts to retain shorter shocks

Cheers,

Lou

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You took my post the wrong way.

I know why people do it.

But i don't understand why they do it.

if that makes sense.

its a **** idea as per lowranges post.

And you dont gain any articulation from longer springs, your just changing where the vechile sits in the shock travel.

Longer shocks are the only way to gain more travel.

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Originally Posted by 5H00TA

I have just put in terrafirma shocks and King springs, both +2inch on the D2.

So far so good other than putting the jack through the sump when fitting the damn things!

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Sounds like the way to go. great advice guys. Just wondering which king springs you fitted. Medium or heavy duty? I've read that the Tf shocks ride well on medium duty tf springs so keen to know your full set up. Are they the prosport plus 2" shocks? Did you extend brakelines or is that not necessary?

cheers
Mick

I haven't extended the brake lines, will see next time I am out on the track in a couple of weeks whether this is a good decision or not.

I believe I went for medium front springs and heavy duty on the back.

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Originally Posted by 5H00TA

I haven't extended the brake lines, will see next time I am out on the track in a couple of weeks whether this is a good decision or not.

I believe I went for medium front springs and heavy duty on the back.

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How do you find the ride?

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Originally Posted by noogie

How do you find the ride?

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It wallows a bit under heavy breaking but other than that it is comfortable and feels much more sure footed, especially going round corners.

My shocks and springs were pretty stuffed; I could compress them by hand pretty easily and it looked like the suspension was bottoming out onto the rubbers pretty often, so this is a great improvement.

I have lost a bit of torque though but I believe that this is because I have moved up to 265/85 tyres