Thread: Parabolic Springs Shocks help!

Originally Posted by willish

Hello,

I own a lwb series 3 with rocky mountain parabolic springs installed. one of the rear shocks has started to leak and so i am replacing the rear shocks. I bought heavy duty rear shocks designed for the 109" but i did not realise that the parabolic springs means that there is an extra 2 inches of lift over factory. the stock length shocks fit but are slightly over extended, is this going to be a problem? or can i use them. (btw I bought the armstrong heavy duty rear shocks.)

Thanks

You can only damage the shock when they are fully extended and the shock "bottoms out".
If you still have the factory axle straps fitted this should not be able to happen.

Unless you are doing some really serious off road or rock climbing I would leave them as they are.

When i upgraded to parabolics on my S3 shorty i stuck with existing standard length shocks (Konis i think they were) without any issues, but after several years i got around to fitting new shocks and went with the extra length ones suited to parabolic springs.

Further to this, yesterday i travelled the 530 kilometer journey to Corowa and usually its in the S3 with parabolics, but this year i opted to give my 2A shorty which has stock springs a run and although it wasn't too bad to travel in at the time, this morning i am getting around like a half open Bunny Knife due to lower back pain.
The ride thar parabolic springs offer certainly makes a big difference in my opinion.

Cheers, Mick.