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Henry Webster:

--- Quote from: "colintandy" ---i would recomend not to use them untill procomp start making a shocker that will do the job! ...take a look at the australian 4x4 websites there aint many people using them on heavy trucks out there i dont expect they would last very well on corrugated tracks !
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Well, I absolutely have to fundamentally disagree.  I have eight procomps on my Hillrally Discovery and they have out performed numerous other much more expensive shock absorbers, time and time again.

The Scottish Hillrally is an excellent case in point.  The stages take place over the Scottish moors in the Ochil range of hills south of Perth and they are notoriously tough on the suspension.  The moorland is very bumpy - similar to corrugations and we race across it at up to about 70 mph.  I have never had an ES9000 fail on the Scottish Hillrally and I have raced against competitors who have had 2-3 failures with their expensive Fox or Ohlins dampers.  There is one thing that Procomps are and that's tough.

If you don't believe how hard I am on shocks take a look at this www.FriesianRacing.co.uk

No the lifetime guarantee does not apply to me - but the only failure we have had have been through old age or stone damage on rocky stages!

Explorer UK are excellent people to deal with and very efficient, but I am in no way related to them - nor do I get any sponsorship from them - I am just a happy customer!

Cheers

H

Bulli:
I agree Henry, sorry Colin but i had decarbon steering damper that failed after 1 month!!!! ceased solid. If i didnt want travel i would fit very heavy duty shocks like the auzzies.
Dont get me wrong it and failed shock is a worry but it may just be that people are now using procomp far more than others in the UK. Strange then that they fail more often.
It would be intresting to do a poll and see what everyone is using. Dont forget hard used trucks will kill shocks more than 'shine and show' ones.

TimM:

--- Quote from: "Bulli" ---Dont forget hard used trucks will kill shocks more than 'shine and show' ones.
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Exactly  :wink:

Lots of us buy ProComp + lots of use abuse our vehicles = lots of us have failed ProComp shocks.

Not a particularly complicated formula.

colintandy:
:D just own observation from reading on many failed procomp shockers seems that alot are selling with the cheaper lift kits ...could be a case of a bad batch been made it does happen you only have to go back a few months and it happend to a well known shop that we all know about ..like you say they probably sold more procomps in the last year than any other and as the other gent clearly says the maths work out  :D

smog:
I have used DeCarbon on the past 3 hybrids and all have outlasted the motors, that said i have been lucky apparently because others trash them.

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