New shocks for leafers

[CR88]

Hello all,

Call for setup and photos for longer, stronger and more recent shock absorbers in leafers (S2 & S3)

Fox, Bilstein, others...

Thanks and BR,

[larryowner]

CR88, fitted Spax coil overs to my series one trialer many years ago.

[Arjan]

Koni

what else... 😎

 

[Chicken Drumstick]

I’m running Rough Country shocks on mine. Full details in my build thread. 

 

[Chicken Drumstick]

[FridgeFreezer]

Bilstein 5125's same as @ToyRoverlander dead chuffed with them:

The tyre is 37" for scale.

 

Front setup - coiler towers for much longness and to really confuse people:

 

Rear setup - just a little above the chassis because the Volvo lower mounts are super-low on the hub:

 

[Cliffordtdi]

On 4/27/2019 at 11:29 PM, FridgeFreezer said:

Bilstein 5125's same as @ToyRoverlander dead chuffed with them:

The tyre is 37" for scale.

 

Front setup - coiler towers for much longness and to really confuse people:

 

Rear setup - just a little above the chassis because the Volvo lower mounts are super-low on the hub:

 

FridgeFreezer, Have you got any photo's inside your rear tub when the build was complete? And have you got any photo's / details of the rear Volvo lower mounts?

[FridgeFreezer]

Volvo front suspension, standard mounts are welded to the axle casing;

You can see it nearest the camera here (no shock fitted):

 

 

Volvo rear suspension - the shock mount (28) bolts to the bottom of the portal box;

 

This sort of shows the tub - the covers are a lot bigger than the really need to be;

 

[Arjan]

Looks impressive !

[FridgeFreezer]

It does OK, was never supposed to be an articulation monster - I've got Gon2Far front mounts (visible here) but keep forgetting to unlock them

The length of the shocks was mostly down to what could fit in the available space and work with the Volvos - the rear mounts give you space for ~14" of shock travel and using turrets on the front allowed it to be the same both ends, although the shorter front leaves on Series are the limiting factor - I think @ToyRoverlander has extended his front hangers to fit rears on the front or possible some other spring (Transit?).