Everything you wanted to know about shock absorbers

[DieselBoy]

I was busy digging around on the net trying to decide what shocks I need to fit to my Defender for its big adventure later in the year and stumbled accross this tech article from a Australian mag.

It goes through all the basics of how different types of shocks work and their strengths and weaknesses. They do this by taking a selection of 9 of the top brands of shocks and subject them to both real life and dyno testing.

It's a good read if you interested:

http://www.raw4x4.com.au/SiteFiles/raw4 ... ro_WEB.pdf

[mudbugga]

Good read. Cheers

[drive it ...]

Thanks for the post.
I've got new rancho 9000 in the 78 prado and even on firmest setting its still pretty floppy. Even more so with a full load on. Had been thinking about new springs but maybe I'll try shocks first.
Interesting reading, cheers.