Thread: A couple of shock absorber questions for the 130 if I may

Not sure about the puma shocks. Best price I found for my Koni Heavy Tracks was Wholesale suspension. Wholesale Suspension - Lowering Springs, Performance Shocks...
Awesome customer service and delivery.

To my knowledge Puma and Defender County should have the same shock lengths. Stiffer springs for the 130, but I think the same height.

I just got some Koni Raid 90's for the front of my TD5 Defender. Had them shipped from Paddock Spares in the UK. Just over $600 delivered for the front pair, which is similar to the price I paid for my Bilsteins 15 years ago. Of the $600, $100 was for shipping. Took 4 days from UK to my house north of Cairns. Very happy with the Raid 90 so far. Very nice ride, and got rid of my death wobbles when I hit a bump.

Cheers,

KenIMG_5406.jpg

I needed to get on with this job, as rego inspection is coming up. I decided to get a full set of Koni heavy tracks from Paddocks. $AUD.660.00 delivered.
Waiting.......
Don.

Originally Posted by Mudnut

To my knowledge Puma and Defender County should have the same shock lengths. Stiffer springs for the 130, but I think the same height.

I just got some Koni Raid 90's for the front of my TD5 Defender. Had them shipped from Paddock Spares in the UK. Just over $600 delivered for the front pair, which is similar to the price I paid for my Bilsteins 15 years ago. Of the $600, $100 was for shipping. Took 4 days from UK to my house north of Cairns. Very happy with the Raid 90 so far. Very nice ride, and got rid of my death wobbles when I hit a bump.

Cheers,

KenIMG_5406.jpg

Any Chance of getting the OPEN/CLOSE lengths by any chance?

I'm running some 80'series cruiser Front shocks just so I can get some extra length, so was wondering what the open/close lengths might be...

And today I get the following email. Am I wrong in thinking others here have sourced these shocks from Paddocks?

On 9 Sep 2020, at 7:37 pm, Toni - Paddock Spares <toni@paddockspares.com> wrote:

Hi

Thank you for your order

I am sorry due to restrictions we are unable to send the 30-1311/30-1312 Koni shocks to Australia, as they are classed as hazardous. The only ones we can send are the Britpart super Gaz and standard hydraulics.

Please advise what you would like to do.

Regards


Back to the drawing board.

Don.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Koni has a distributor in Melbourne.

Originally Posted by Don 130

And today I get the following email. Am I wrong in thinking others here have sourced these shocks from Paddocks?

On 9 Sep 2020, at 7:37 pm, Toni - Paddock Spares <toni@paddockspares.com> wrote:

Hi

Thank you for your order

I am sorry due to restrictions we are unable to send the 30-1311/30-1312 Koni shocks to Australia, as they are classed as hazardous. The only ones we can send are the Britpart super Gaz and standard hydraulics.

Please advise what you would like to do.

Regards


Back to the drawing board.

Don.

I had no problems having my Koni Raid 90 shipped. They arrived 2 weeks ago. Probably because they are not high pressure gas shocks. At around $250 a shock still much cheaper than local sourced.

Cheers,

Ken

Originally Posted by Robmacca

Any Chance of getting the OPEN/CLOSE lengths by any chance?

I'm running some 80'series cruiser Front shocks just so I can get some extra length, so was wondering what the open/close lengths might be...

I remember seeing the lengths on this forum somewhere, but mine are installed at the moment, and my car hoist has my sons car on it. Same size of my old Bilsteins.

Cheers,

Ken