MudRunnerTD's GQ From the Ground Up

[MudRunnerTD]

Well as a few may have read in the Meet Up thread last time i took the beast out i did the big hill climb in the video on the previous page. Had a great drive but when i went to load up for the meet up i noted that i had a Blown Rear Shock....pissing it's oil out all over the place.

Damn

I must say that the car has not done much since the rebuild and what it had done i was a little unhappy with the suspension setup as i thought it was a little soft and i was forever lifting wheels off the ground. Check out that vid for evidence of the front left lifting.....all the time. Gets a little un-nerving to be honest but was a bit of fun.

Well got under the thing this week end to have a play around with it, took some measurements and noted that the rear shocks were a little long and then did the same on the front and they also were a little long for the bump stops even with the extensions that i have done.

I gave Shane at Suspension Stuff in NSW a call today where i got this kit in 2008 (sat in a box for 18months during the rebuild). Shane agrees that the BOSS Shocks ARE JUNK. I Agree. He has honoured some commitment to his customer with a very very good offer to replace the shocks with his own brand of Gas twin Tube jobs for $200 for 4. I reckon that is pretty reasonable given the time frame.

The new shocks should be here by the end of the week and i hope to bolt them up in the next week or so. Will be interesting to drive some hard stuff with new shocks to see how soft this thing is then.

Watch this space