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I went with the massive Koni Raids on our Defender 110. We found they handled corrugations no problem without getting hot at all. We did the Anne Beadell in our Defender, fully loaded with 200lt fuel, 100lt of water, roof top tent, etc etc. . We have done the CSR in our Unimog, and the corrugations on the Anne Beadell were worse in my opinion, being a lot higher and solid as concrete, but then the Mog tyres are substantially bigger and do a great job at ironing out corrugations so it might be hard to compare properly. We slowed right down on both the Anne Beadell and CSR when the corrugations were bad, there are always some big holes and rocks on the track that will catch you out is your try and skim over the top and you will break something. We've done about 80,000km with them, and they still seems to work great. I've found them to be really good off road/dunes, a bit bouncier than the OEM shocks on the rear at high speed over the cattle grids, and a bit softer than the OEM ones which makes it wallow a bit more but you get used to it.
Our Unimog also has Koni Raids (much bigger ones), and I never measured anything above 65Deg C on the CSR. The corrugations are not the worst thing for the shocks on the CSR, there are long sections in the dunes with large bumps every 5-10 metres which give you almost full travel of the suspension every few seconds for hours. The Unimog shocks have 250mm of travel which means they push a more fluid around than the Defender ones. We only travelled at around 100-150km per day though, the CSR is not the Dakar, and its a very long way to get parts if you break something, and did regular temp check on shocks and drive line at each well.
Originally Posted by cripesamighty
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