Thread: Isuzu shocks

Here I am banging on about DeCarbons again, but having had them in the RRC/ Isuzu for 7 years and seen a fair bit of rough stuff, recently took them out and fitted them to the front of the 110 as they were still as new in feel and no leaks etc, can't fault them for ride quality and control. There are better, like Koni Raid and heavy track etc but I am happy with these, very happy.

JC

Originally Posted by justinc

Here I am banging on about DeCarbons again, but having had them in the RRC/ Isuzu for 7 years and seen a fair bit of rough stuff, recently took them out and fitted them to the front of the 110 as they were still as new in feel and no leaks etc, can't fault them for ride quality and control. There are better, like Koni Raid and heavy track etc but I am happy with these, very happy.

JC

how are thay for heating up? dirt roads and higher speeds etc

80 series landcruiser koni's.
The height works out perfectly if you have another inch under your bump-stops and they give about 2 inches extra down-stroke.
Great ride, great handling and adjustable rebound so you can set it where you want it.

You will likely need longer brake lines.

Errrr... I probably can't add much just yet, but thought I'd throw in a few questions.

1.) What sort of springs do you have on the county at the moment, and are you planning to keep them? The reason I ask is that the choice of shocks will ideally be matched to the springs that you have, and the weight (and purpose) of the car.

2.) What will be the major purpose of the setup? Will it be more of a weekend toy, a workhorse or or a tourer? This will to a degree determine how much load you're typically going to carry, but more importantly, it may dictate what type of shock you should go for. On a tourer for example, your primary consideration may be capacity for heat dissipation - in which case you would want monotubed shocks. On a weekend warrior, on the other hand, it doesn't so much matter as you're unlikely to encounter endless monster corrugations while fully loaded, and you may find that wheel travel is a bigger consideration.

3.) What is your budget - or rather, how much money do you want to / are you prepared to spend on the shocks?

Nehow, let us know what your plans are, and we'll take it from there.

Cheers

Bojan

I have a two inch lift and don't carry alot (or any) weight 90% of the time. So I went with softer springs with polyairs in the rear and Tough Dog adjustable shocks (45mm bore) suited to the lift (about 50mm extra travel in the shocks). These have been unreal on everything from the highway to rough tracks and outback roads. Can't fault them. Everyone always comments on how smooth the ride is, my mate reckons it rides better than his TD5 Disco, so he is now running the same shocks on his car.

As for what springs she has at the moment, I don’t know. But she rides better than the D1 with kings or our previous D1 300tdi stock.
Soft ride which is quite nice, but that could be because the shocks are stuffed.

She sits a little higher in the front than a new puma but hasn’t got that bum in the air look. She sits level, load her up and the load leveler sorts her out again.

I guess a load with fuel 130ltrs, water 140 ltrs. fridge tent and body’s = 750 Kgs?

We are not into the rock climbing thing or squirting testosterone around by busting CVs and axles every weekend.

Our last descent trip consisted of 10 hours of back tracks, trying to follow tracks in the long grass or trying to fined away though washouts along with a couple of descent ( one technical clime) and a really lose and a bit hairy descent. It also consisted of about 14 hour’s highway 110kms an hour stuff.

5 days all up, DIDINT want to come home

Originally Posted by 85 county

how are thay for heating up? dirt roads and higher speeds etc

Really good, I had the rear ones fade very slightly after high speed towing on corrugated road with 45psi in the rear tyres, let them down to 30 and all was fine. Lesson learnt that day about stopping and reducing tyre pressures coming off Bitumen.

As I said, they were new when that happened, have been conscious of it ever since and consequently they are still as good as new 7 years on
They are monotube, have had heaps of offroading too and still no issues.

JC

Originally Posted by justinc

Really good, I had the rear ones fade very slightly after high speed towing on corrugated road with 45psi in the rear tyres, let them down to 30 and all was fine. Lesson learnt that day about stopping and reducing tyre pressures coming off Bitumen.

As I said, they were new when that happened, have been conscious of it ever since and consequently they are still as good as new 7 years on
They are monotube, have had heaps of offroading too and still no issues.

JC

ok what where and how much? i tryed googleing last night with out much luck.