What other brand of coil-over shocks are made other than, Bilstein, Sway-A-Way, Fox, and King's?
Who has the best prices and knowledge?
Which one has the best value for the dollar?
Looking for 17" plus of travel.

Originally posted by stubby
What other brand of coil-over shocks are made other than, Bilstein, Sway-A-Way, Fox, and King's?
Who has the best prices and knowledge?
Which one has the best value for the dollar?
Looking for 17" plus of travel.

17" iz a BUTT load of travel. You sure you need that much?

what would be the best amount of travel to have for the best preformance for regular 4 wheeling and rock crawling

Most of the shock manufactures only make up to 16" travel in 2" shocks, the companys you listed are about it for long travel off-road shocks, there are allot of others that make shocks for turning left in 7" & 9" travel, they are cheap but not as heavy duty. All of those companies have excellent quality, price varies a bit but basicilly it comes down to if you want a red, blue or black shock and brand loyalty, like ford-chevy-dodge.
-Bilsteins are usually more expensive ( its a German thing)
-King will tell you that you have to run 2.5" shocks
-Sway-A-Way will give you all your options and their opion and let you decide what you want.
-Fox knows allot about off-road racing buggies and snowmobiles.

I would call Sway-A-Way and talk to Drew or Dylan, they have some sick rock-crawlers and know alot about shocks for rock crawling.

Originally posted by stubby
What other brand of coil-over shocks are made other than, Bilstein, Sway-A-Way, Fox, and King's?
Who has the best prices and knowledge?
Which one has the best value for the dollar?
Looking for 17" plus of travel.



I would say sway-a-way if it weren't for the SLOW service. Bilstein 7100 remote resevoir shocks are what i have and i got all four for $675.00. King does say 2.5 everytime you call. Fox????

Originally posted by GOAT1
Most of the shock manufactures only make up to 16" travel in 2" shocks, the companys you listed are about it for long travel off-road shocks, there are allot of others that make shocks for turning left in 7" & 9" travel, they are cheap but not as heavy duty. All of those companies have excellent quality, price varies a bit but basicilly it comes down to if you want a red, blue or black shock and brand loyalty, like ford-chevy-dodge.
-Bilsteins are usually more expensive ( its a German thing)
-King will tell you that you have to run 2.5" shocks
-Sway-A-Way will give you all your options and their opion and let you decide what you want.
-Fox knows allot about off-road racing buggies and snowmobiles.

I would call Sway-A-Way and talk to Drew or Dylan, they have some sick rock-crawlers and know alot about shocks for rock crawling.

Andrew what can you tell us about Sway-A-Way new Big Bore shocks that they have coming out. What kind of lengths and do you have a price on them? Thanks.

[i]I would call Sway-A-Way and talk to Drew or Dylan, they have some sick rock-crawlers and know alot about shocks for rock crawling. [/B]

Haha......Sway-A-Ways are very dope. So lets see some pics of sick CRAWLERz.....Drew, Dylan???

Brawler, what problems did you have with SAW's SLOW service? It depends on who you order them from, Kartek has most of the shocks on the shelf, but some shops don't pay their bills so we dont ship them any shocks until they do. PM me any problems or what we can do to improve. I'll admit SAW is slow at times but so is everyone else.

Donavan, the new Big Bore shocks are going to be a monotube bolt on shock for SUV's and trucks. They are similar to a Bilstein 5100 but larger piston (2.0 vs 1.8) and larger shaft(.625 vs .55) They will me made for popular SUVs and trucks and will be tuned for each application not a generic valving like a most twin tuves. The first ones will be out in jan or feb. I plan to make some long travel 12-14" for rock crawlers that will have a few valving options or find a :) medium. Possibly available with remote resevoir and spherical bearings. In my opinion a twin tube works like shiat and a monotube either big bore, bilstein or edelbrock is a great improvement.

Will post some pics later in week after rear done.

Anyone seen the Doetsch Tech Coil Overs on the trail?

Originally posted by Brawler




I would say sway-a-way if it weren't for the SLOW service. Bilstein 7100 remote resevoir shocks are what i have and i got all four for $675.00. King does say 2.5 everytime you call. Fox????

Whered you get that deal at?

Originally posted by GOAT1
Brawler, what problems did you have with SAW's SLOW service? It depends on who you order them from, Kartek has most of the shocks on the shelf, but some shops don't pay their bills so we dont ship them any shocks until they do. PM me any problems or what we can do to improve. I'll admit SAW is slow at times but so is everyone else.

Donavan, the new Big Bore shocks are going to be a monotube bolt on shock for SUV's and trucks. They are similar to a Bilstein 5100 but larger piston (2.0 vs 1.8) and larger shaft(.625 vs .55) They will me made for popular SUVs and trucks and will be tuned for each application not a generic valving like a most twin tuves. The first ones will be out in jan or feb. I plan to make some long travel 12-14" for rock crawlers that will have a few valving options or find a :) medium. Possibly available with remote resevoir and spherical bearings. In my opinion a twin tube works like shiat and a monotube either big bore, bilstein or edelbrock is a great improvement.

Will post some pics later in week after rear done.

Andrew this is off the subject but do you guys centerless grind all of your own shafts or do you send them out. Within a year, I will be buying another centerless grinder and I was wondering what you guys are using? Thanks

Originally posted by GOAT1

Will post some pics later in week after rear done.

Wow, its gonna be dope........I haver seen anything like this on a crawler before. I almost dropped one in my drawers when I saw it the first time...

We have 2 centerless grinders, both with 3 1/4 capacity.

Originally posted by Whitewater


Whered you get that deal at?
Friend of a friend of a friend with connections to a friend who has a friend that has a shop that sold them to me.

Local shop but got some kinda deal. Needed 16" travel two inch body sway-a-ways a while back but everyone i called either didn't have four or they were charging $300 a shock. Shop i bought my bilsteins from were going to sell them to me for $209.00.

So your bashing Sway-A-Way because you couldnt get a "buddy" deal and bilsteins are better because you could get a "buddy" deal.

Originally posted by GOAT1
So your bashing Sway-A-Way because you couldnt get a "buddy" deal and bilsteins are better because you could get a "buddy" deal.

If you would actually read his post "I would say sway-a-way if it weren't for the SLOW service" sounds like he said sway-a-ways are the best :rolleyes:

I am running the 2.5 King's with 16'' of travel, which is plenty of travel on a full size Blazer. So far I am impressed with the product and the customer service. They valved the shocks for the use and weight parameters of my truck.http://www.mooffroadoutfitters.rockcrawler.com/images/8.jpg

Originally posted by Explorer
Anyone seen the Doetsch Tech Coil Overs on the trail?


ya i have them what about em?

Originally posted by camo



ya i have them what about em?

Camo, he said "ON the trail" :flipoff2:

Call Bob Roggy 530-626-9451 he has a set of Bilstiens ready to go (four shocks with all hd ware)

Originally posted by GOAT1
So your bashing Sway-A-Way because you couldnt get a "buddy" deal and bilsteins are better because you could get a "buddy" deal.



Little sensitive arn't we??? I said sway-a-ways are better IMO but i couldn't get them in time so i ordered bilsteins. Bilsteins are comparable or else i wouldn't have purchased them either.