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A bit of a rant....

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Disco-Ron:
Had to have my rear shocks off today, the gaitors were half full of water and crap... so not gonna fit one on the steering damper..... at the end of the day it's a £30 or so item, so if it lasts 2 yrs i'll be happy....

Thanks for the opinions....

Eeyore:

--- Quote from: "Defender" ---I must admit I've never broken the Pro-Comps on either my old Series 3 or the Defender I now have. The chrome on the piston rods always rusts & damages the seals. I don't fit the rubber gaitors as they tend to collect mud & debris.
--- End quote ---


We've got eight on the racer and they've done a season without complaint and are still going strong. Yet folk have stacked Pro-comps with much less abuse than we've given 'em. Hence the question.

Folk have asked we haven't gone for better shocks, but my answer is that I can re-shock a corner of the car for the price of getting a Fox serviced and re-valved (practically a yearly job). I can reshock the entire truck for the price of one King and still have diesel money left at the end of it. 'No-brainer' in my book. But the continuing reports of failures does make me think.

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Range Rover Blues:
I suspect (but wait to hear a definite reason) that it is dues to the welded-on bolt breaking off from the body.  As it is only welded on with 2 splats of MIG style weld I can imagine if it is twisted the wrong way it could be susceptable to damage/failure, but this would be more likely on a lifted motor where the shock mounts are out of alignment, like on the front axle for example.

Like I say, I wait to hear, meanwhile I keep fitting Pro-Comp and trying to stop them rusting.

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