P500 p5 suspension

[JWB]

Lol, money's not an issue, I want quality parts. Would you please provide a link to the one you mentioned above, I can't seem to find one.

Here's the link for valve: Hoke 1826F2B 200 PSI, 1/8 Female NPT Brass 1500 Series-Forged Body Toggle Valve | eBay and the two push-lock adapters: Parker W68PLP-2-2 Male Connector 1/8" Push On Line Each | eBay

 

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[Montecresto]

Here's the link for valve: Hoke 1826F2B 200 PSI, 1/8 Female NPT Brass 1500 Series-Forged Body Toggle Valve | eBay and the two push-lock adapters: Parker W68PLP-2-2 Male Connector 1/8" Push On Line Each | eBay

Thank you once again.

 

[solrus]

- I'm glad we have like three teams here working on different suspension set up.

- JWB please write a separate thread once you are done testing and have complete product with detailed description for the future generations.

- I will do the same with Walker Evans shocks set up .

- I hope Choo will finalize his set up too. I have few ideas ( may be you should try to angle the shock and weld your mount forward 2-3 inches??))) or use long travel coil over shock like on a pic.

The Buggy Shop

or here this guy did what you are doing now Yoda Pilot A arms

 

[Chooglin]

There are alot of things I never considered when I started my mod , so it ended up causing problems for me.

I would love to put some long travel shocks on the rear , but that cost money...........I already have to much invested in this already.

I will try out the springs you offered me and if that doesn't give me what I am looking for , the stok shocks will be going back on.

A may mess around with it come spring time , but for now , it's to cold to be out in the garage working

 

[solrus]

There are alot of things I never considered when I started my mod , so it ended up causing problems for me.

I would love to put some long travel shocks on the rear , but that cost money...........I already have to much invested in this already.

I will try out the springs you offered me and if that doesn't give me what I am looking for , the stok shocks will be going back on.

A may mess around with it come spring time , but for now , it's to cold to be out in the garage working

How about if you get a new 2017 springs on the rear?? Or just go with Jak/Chris and now Solrus set on the rear? So you dont have to give up those Progressive rear shocks and just lower spring rate on then and going to Standard springs.

Looks like Jak gave up on this thread , I did not see any comment for a while.

 

[Chooglin]

I don't want to give up the extra 1.00" clearance I would loose with the 17 shocks.

As far as the way you guys are doing it , it's awesome and seems to work well , but I'm not ready to start chopping my machine up just yet !

 

[Chooglin]

Another thing I am considering is , running a air shock in the rear , along with the stock shock. My setup allows me to run dual shocks. This way I can adjust my ride as needed without worrying about blowing the air shock and being stranded on the trail !

 

[Montecresto]

- I'm glad we have like three teams here working on different suspension set up.

That is pretty cool!

 

[solrus]

Guys! While I'm at work, my friend's friend is welding rear shock mount, it's done

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[Chooglin]

Nice..........you better check your cv boots for holes.........he should have covered them up !!!!!!

 

[Chooglin]

For anyone that will be doing the rear shock mod , I have a set of Progressive 425 HD springs for sale.

$275.00 + shipping

 

[solrus]

Nice..........you better check your cv boots for holes.........he should have covered them up !!!!!!

Will do, tonight.

 

[JWB]

Thank you once again.

You bet!

 

[Chooglin]

Any thoughts on these ?
Monroe Load-Adjusting Shock Absorbers 58624

Or these
Gabriel HiJackers Air Shocks 49233

They will both fit my shock mounts !!!!!

If I go with the air shocks , I would run them along with the stock shocks (dual)

If I go with the Monroe shocks , I would run them without the stock shocks (single) not sure they can support the weight of the machine ?

 

[Chooglin]

I found out that the munroe spring rate is only 45 lbs ...........so that's a no go !

 

[JWB]

I found out that the monroe spring rate is only 45 lbs ...........so that's a no go !

If you're just looking for more load capacity, the air shocks with the stockers would definitely work. Too bad about the monroes- that load rating must be assuming shocks mounted almost vertically, because the gabriels I'm using had the same load (1100lbs) rating, and y'all see the results. I'm going to be working on mounting the dual gabriels on the rear this weekend- assuming I don't run into any travel or CV binding issues. Do you happen to know how much stroke the rear stockers actually have?

 

[Chooglin]

If you're just looking for more load capacity, the air shocks with the stockers would definitely work. Too bad about the monroes- that load rating must be assuming shocks mounted almost vertically, because the gabriels I'm using had the same load (1100lbs) rating, and y'all see the results. I'm going to be working on mounting the dual gabriels on the rear this weekend- assuming I don't run into any travel or CV binding issues. Do you happen to know how much stroke the rear stockers actually have?

I have no idea how much stroke they have.

I am just trying to get a little firmer ride , so I figured if I ran the air shocks along with the stock shocks , I should have plenty of adjustment to get the ride I want.

I went ahead and ordered the gabriel air shocks from Summit !

 

[Chooglin]

@JWB I do know that the progressive 425 shocks only have 2 1/2" of stroke before they hit the bump stop !

 

[JWB]

@JWB I do know that the progressive 425 shocks only have 2 1/2" of stroke before they hit the bump stop !

thanks for the info. The gabriels I'm using have 4.6" of stroke! That's why I gained so much suspension travel in the front. I might be in trouble on the rears...s**t! Extra long stroke won't hurt you, the stockers will still be the limiters.

 

[solrus]

Finilized rear shocks. Chris C check out my spot for muffler bracket, it was my first unsupervised weld on p500 .
Was trying to cut old top brackets off with grinder, but was suggested to use plasma cutter. It was 2 minutes for all cuts .

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