Has anyone made a progressive spring for 80's?
ICON VEHICLE DYNAMICS Piggy-Back Prototype Shocks for the 80 Series (1 Viewer)
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Has anyone made a progressive spring for 80's?
So what is the reason more companies don't offer progressive springs? Are they more expensive to produce? Too labor intensive?
They are linear. Nobody makes a progressive for the 80 anymore, except in a 1-2" version
Must mean the ones under my rig don't exist.
I've got the Autocraft.com.au 3" slinky lift. Its designed to be 3" with full armour and expo loaded (ie 2 week desert trip all food water and fuel), so with a ali bullbar and no winch, and no rear bar/tyre carrier it sits about 4" front and 5" rear unloaded. Springs are progressive wound to stay captive when running a 12-14" stroke shock.
Autocraft offer the springs in different rates depending on what you are carrying and different ride heights.
No affliation, etc
Only in 2.5" or less flavor.
Those are not progressive. If you look up the code King states that they are linear. I contacted that company and the guy I spoke to didn't know crap about anything I asked.
They're more expensive and a whole heck of a lot more fickle. I know people have had some issues with Frankie's (FOR) springs breaking, may have happened with a linear spring but I tend to doubt it.
Must mean the ones under my rig don't exist.
I've got the Autocraft.com.au 3" slinky lift. Its designed to be 3" with full armour and expo loaded (ie 2 week desert trip all food water and fuel), so with a ali bullbar and no winch, and no rear bar/tyre carrier it sits about 4" front and 5" rear unloaded. Springs are progressive wound to stay captive when running a 12-14" stroke shock.
Autocraft offer the springs in different rates depending on what you are carrying and different ride heights.
No affliation, etc
I can't find anything official on those springs, so I can't say how they're designed.
What I know is common is a "progressive" spring which has dead coils wound at the top. In normal circumstances, those dead coils do nothing more than act as a bit of a spacer, they provide no spring rate what so ever. When you drop the axle, they become live, and prevent the spring from popping out.
What you're describing sounds like this. A bunch of manufacturers offer this (including OME), but this isn't really what we mean when we say progressive.
What we're looking for is a spring where all the coils stay live, but is wound with one or more rates. The idea being that in normal circumstances you are in the light spring rate range, and only when loaded down with gear does the heavy spring rate kick in. Best of both worlds, light when driving around town and heavy when loaded for bear.
Additionally, 3" isn't really significantly longer than the ~2.5" that's already being offered out there. Folks are more looking for a 4" or 6" progressive spring.
Alright I don't know what I'm talking about. I don't have progressive springs that have dead coils to stay captive or a rising rate spring to run flexible when unladen but still cope with corrugations with a 3300kg GVM.
My truck is sprung with fairy floss.
I would normally agree with your point of view, but in this case, I see that a lot of people spend more than that on a rear bumper....
I like premium shocks on any type of automobile. Having had Konis on my sports cars for years makes me hate cheap shox more than most people.
Yes, $1.5k on shocks is a bit steep. Are these better than a set of Fox reservoir units?
kind of curious as well. I hate my OME shocks.
Icon has officially released their shock stage kits designed for the 0-3" and 4-6" lift variations. You can check them out on our website for pricing, we are actively stocking some of these shocks with free shipping!
http://www.metaltech4x4.com/c-647-suspension.aspx#Ma5|
http://www.metaltech4x4.com/c-647-suspension.aspx#Ma5|
Currently Icon is only listing the 2.5" remote reservoirs for the 4-6" lift I will need to inquire with them if they plan on doing a 2.0 in the future.
For those not close to LT you can get them at any 4 Wheel Parts store, it's where I ordered mine from and they worked a good price.
We are adding the 4-6" lift option in the 2.0" series (stage 1)
Now I just need somebody to do a test on how these stage 1 shocks improve over an OME stock height Nitro Sport shock....
Now I just need somebody to do a test on how these stage 1 shocks improve over an OME stock height Nitro Sport shock....
I would go check over in the 100 series section to see the responses people had when they switched out from OME to Icon.
Tapage
Club 4X4 Panamá
Did you guys set a valving stack according to the 80 weight / suspension components .?
I'm ready to order the 4-6" 2.0 non-res version as soon as they are ready...Originally thought I'd go Fox, but hear great things about the Icon products and figure since Dylan has an 80 they should be set up real nice out of the box. SO, when can I order a set? I'd love to review them for everyone as I currently run OME Nitros and J's all around.
Must mean the ones under my rig don't exist.
I've got the Autocraft.com.au 3" slinky lift.
I see nothing but Subaru love on that site.....
