Hilux 4x4 Forum

Whats the longest shocks available for my 89 SFA on the market ?? I presently run TJM's but they are at there limit (ish) sat on the driveway.....I have extended shackles and OME leafs....someone mentioned to me the Gabriel Ranchos X9000 or something like that....
the other option is to put in a spacer/bracket at the top where they sit especially the front ones and lower them down....but not sure if I want to go that route.....

any info welcome

cheers
Stubs

Im not a big fan of spacers at the top. It will in theory stop the wheel from articulating all the way up. perhaps even before the leafs hit the bump stop, Ranchos is good, I have HDP's also longer than the standard. and there is many other, depends on the budget.

thats a nice looking shock, how you find them, I also agree dont want to interfere with the wheels natural articulation process but inserting brackets to lower the shock etc....irrespective of budget what else is out there....???

Gabriel HDP from Midas at about R1000 each

Stu, there's these ......


.... but if you need bigger, then these .....

I also have oem leafes and 50mm extended chackels uses gabriel safari's. Articulation is good or do you need more than that?

phone koni
they will sort you out

thanks muddog, if only I could fit those !!! LOL...will check out the HDP and the Konis so long..tks

You can also check the shocks for the cruisers. I know way back when, when drive out did that blue bakkie, they fitted cruiser shocks to compensate for the travel shortfall after the lift. HDP's is very nice.

Speak to Allan (Hoppy) about the Ranchos. He fitted mine about a month ago and they are brilliant!

hey Stubs, rancho do a 70mm longer than standard shock for the ifs, i fitted them up front and used land cruiser shocks at the rear, and they will fit a SFA because i fitted standard IFS shocks to my SFA, they where longer and advised by Allan,

Heres the part nrs Rancho, try Goeie Hoop Onderdele Brackenfell
RS999136 70mm IFS front
RS999202 land cruiser rear

Stuart, OME N76 shocks is a racing aplication shock, its 90mm longer than your std OME shock for your Lux (rear). Front is very easy to extend the bottom mount with 2 pieces of flat bar. then youcan use the std shock. Remember, Land Cruiser shocks has a bit harder valving due to the heavier vehicle set up...

We were "hunting" at a Game farm outside Messina, i lost my footing and touched the 20 km fence that surrounds the property, it was the longest shock i've experienced.

I like to chose my ride comfort, i use Rancho's on all my trucks.

@ Hoppy, any particular ranchos ....the RS9000xl ????

@ outlaw,not sure how I would put anything under my front shocks as the mount is welded solid onto the axle and then obviously the one bolt through holds the shock to this mount, or am I missing something ??

youre missing something hehe. i take 2 pieces of flatbar, drill new holes in and weld them on the existing bracket facing upwards to extend the existing mount. on the one side i weld it inside of one existing bracket, and on the outside of the other to keep the width the same. i can upload a picture if youre still missing the idea

haha, blonde moment no I get it, what length did you extend it to ??? I am thinking something like 50mm or is that too much...

loosen your shock at the bottom and push it up till totaly collapsed and measure the distance towards the mounting point, then measure your distance to the bumpstop rubber. add another 20mm to the bump stop measurement. subtract and extend the bracket with that amount. if to long your shock will bottom out

I've got a good set of XGS shocks you can try out, they are very long, about 150mm longer than std, had them in Luxter, but i don't like the hard ride, prefer Ranchos

As jy n ramp het en jy trek jou wa so op het jy klaar jou min en max maates.

yeah was thinking along the lines of that, dont have a ramp but was gonna use my Hi-lift jack

@ hoppy, what condition are those TJM XGS shocks in matey ???

You can also order Procomp in any lenght you want .

100%, i still use them if i want to jump in the dunes

I'll trade them for a set of D4D strut spacers, but i need them today

Dalk fox of bilstein?

Van hulle het mos n extended chaimber .

Dai groei safaries is lekker duur :)