whats a better safer and stronger option with shock mods

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Originally Posted by MickG

Your right, they differ from shock to shock, but you can easily get the right diametre bush made up - 14mm hole is what you are after i believe although somone may correct me.
Keep me posted as you go but to add confusion, have you thought about chopping down the front shock tower?

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Do you mean front Shock Turrets yeah thats an option to however I have to find the shocks first hehehehe


When I called Sydney shocks they advised that if the eye isnt correct that the shock will chew up the bushes macking things cluck and wable and wareout quick

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Originally Posted by ROVERNIT

are all eye diameters the same ????? is there a standard

I bet not

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What you need to do is take the front shock out and have a look at what they mean by a pin setup in the D2, then you'll understand.

Baz.

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Originally Posted by Redback

What you need to do is take the front shock out and have a look at what they mean by a pin setup in the D2, then you'll understand.

Baz.

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I hear yeah mate but doing all that work taking of a shock just to see what they mean by pin set up is a bit difficult ill have a better understanding when I remove it however I want to remove it when all the part are around me to swap old for new if you know what I mean

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Originally Posted by ROVERNIT

I hear yeah mate but doing all that work taking of a shock just to see what they mean by pin set up is a bit difficult ill have a better understanding when I remove it however I want to remove it when all the part are around me to swap old for new if you know what I mean

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If you have ARB or similar near by then try dropping in and seeing if they have a front shock in stock for a D2.

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Originally Posted by ROVERNIT

oh that give me the S**ts when told different I should have a look my self which I just did eye to eye all round

I was told pin + pin front and eye top and Pin bottom rear rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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This is a Disco 1 setup above.

Look

D2 shocks
eye to eye rear

Eye to eye WITH A CROSS PIN front

No point going out and buying shocks if there wrong

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Originally Posted by Redback

This is a Disco 1 setup above.

Look

D2 shocks
eye to eye rear

Eye to eye WITH A CROSS PIN front

No point going out and buying shocks if there wrong

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Oh Ok I hear yeah

I've been told Bilstein shocks have mono body (one pipe), so easy to damage, compare to other popular brands with double skin. It is right?

From my experiences the multishell shocks have thin tubes and get damaged a fair bit, but it is largely cosmetic and I've not had any damage go through into the piston area of these shocks. The Bilsteins are made from some pretty thick material that is difficult to dent. Ive done a lot of touring and a lot of fast dirt work and a lot of just plain rough stuff on these shocks also and not yet damaged a Bilstein. I have seen 1 damaged Bilstein which was a snapped mount and that came off a Pajero Io.

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

From my experiences the multishell shocks have thin tubes and get damaged a fair bit, but it is largely cosmetic and I've not had any damage go through into the piston area of these shocks. The Bilsteins are made from some pretty thick material that is difficult to dent. Ive done a lot of touring and a lot of fast dirt work and a lot of just plain rough stuff on these shocks also and not yet damaged a Bilstein. I have seen 1 damaged Bilstein which was a snapped mount and that came off a Pajero Io.

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Slunnie have you checked out this web site im not sure I know what Im looking for

I called sydney shockies and they recomended that I use a 2 inch billy of the shelf and modify it for 4 inchs I asked about patrol shocks etc he advised this is the best method costly though $1320 for 4 shocks

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Originally Posted by ROVERNIT

Slunnie have you checked out this web site im not sure I know what Im looking for

I called sydney shockies and they recomended that I use a 2 inch billy of the shelf and modify it for 4 inchs I asked about patrol shocks etc he advised this is the best method costly though $1320 for 4 shocks

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Which website?

What they're doing is taking the Disco2 spec shocks and they reshaft them to give a longer open length but it still has the same travel as a normal D2 shock. So the cost is for the shocks, and then for the rebuild of the 4 shocks to be reshafted.

The Patrol rears is the same mountings (get the correct bushes to suit) but the shock body is longer so you get the correct open length, and you also get more travel. In addition to this you will need to have 1pr revalved ($150pr). If they're charging you $460pr then to do it this way will cost you $1070 + the lower barpins for the front shocks. Thats about $250 cheaper + more travel.

Also, I wouldn't lower the turrets, the drop travel that you gain is by the exact same amount as the bump travel that you lose. The poms do this for some very strange reason. Its dodgy. If you're truly after long travel suspension you raise the turrets (if you can!) and fit longer shocks again so that the open length is correct and you can get the full bump travel up to the bump stops. Its trick with this 4" setup as the coil binds solid at the front at about the same time the shock runs out of travel, and on the rear to move the mounts up you would also need to do a body lift or lay the shocks over and revalve them to suit. I didn't think it was worth it, though others may think it is (as did Greg Davis in the US who layed his rear shocks forward.)