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Shocks
« on: September 02, 2011, 10:17:18 »
Thinking about fitting pro comp +4 inch shocks any else done this or no what they are like


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Re: Shocks
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2011, 18:17:17 »
I fitted a full  set of +2 Pro comp gas charged jobs to a SJ after getting a new set of +2 leaves fitted a few years back. They made a hell of a difference, and rode really nice on the road.
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Re: Shocks
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2011, 22:55:13 »
try TERRAFIRMA, have them fitted all round on my 5"lift DC, Pin-Pin fittings...

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Re: Shocks
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2011, 07:49:31 »
I had +2 pro comp's on my disco (which didn't last to long) and have recently changed over to the terrafirma bigbore plus +2. All i would say is that for the little extra money it was well worth it.
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Re: Shocks
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2011, 12:20:28 »
We deff doing as much research as poss upgrades for us are far and few and on tight budget so its getting slowly modded and as one of our front shocks is now leaking the Mrs is saying get new all round and as plus 4/5 is not much more says get them ready for next upgrade what ever that may be
been advised on a few forums now to give pro comp a miss and go for rough country or terrafima if we go for plus 4/5 on these they both are pin tops on rear 
we no we have to change rear mounts
i can make my own relocation devices for springs
brake lines already are plus 5
what else do we have to look at
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Re: Shocks
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2011, 13:13:00 »
Here's a run down of where I got to after replacing a pair of shocks on my 90

Replaced Rear leaking Pair with Terrafirma - quite firm but much better than original
Replaced Front Pair along with Terrafirma after winch & bumper killed the originals - very good!
Fitted +40mm  Bearmach springs all round - bit firm...
Cranked Trailing Arms...
Castor Corrected Radius Arms

Went bonkers and decided to go for a Flexkit and from MiB - so +5" Rough Country Shocks followed by wide angle props front and rear plus new mountings.
The 265/75/16 MT's looked a bit skinny, so 33/12.5/15's went on....

Must stop now!

In short, the rough country shocks are great, better than Terrafirma for road manners!

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Re: Shocks
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2011, 14:58:44 »
been advised on a few forums now to give pro comp a miss and go for rough country or terrafima

Having used both Rough Country and TerraFirma, I see them as two very different qualities. The shafts on the RC's are way smaller and rusted within 3 weeks of getting the 90 on the road. You could see the shaft bending at full rebound. Not good. I also found them rather under damped for road use.

The TerraFirma have 20mm shafts and they are as good as the day I fitted them over a year ago. The feel on the road is vastly better than the Rough Country's too.
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Re: Shocks
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2011, 22:14:35 »
sounds like terrafirma getting more votes here and elsewere


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Re: Shocks
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2011, 22:39:08 »
yep....had Pro-comp and they snapped at weld, changed to RC ( I know Dave ), and like fella above said, rusted and shafts flexed a bit...So Porny @ IRB got me Terryfarmer ones, with uprated springs , flexes nicely and does'nt wallow when i throw her round bends..With 2" spring spacers, +9 front QT radius arms and same at back, shes a tall girl...

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Re: Shocks
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2011, 00:25:35 »
Been Running Terrafirma Dampers since march 2009. Still as good as the day i got them. And they haven't had an easy life either.
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