87manche Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 I'd go the cheaper "box4rocks" route. I look at it like this: I can go and get a 3.73 geared 8.8 for $100, not mess with the gears, toss it SOA under the back and aussie lock it. Take all the money I was going to spend on gears, put that to a box4rocks. It would save me buying new wheels and expensive road tires. I guess the point is that I really enjoy the 3.73's on the highway with 31's. I have good power and get great mileage, which is important to me, as the Mj is not a trailer queen, and will be what we take on camping trips. So I think that for my uses a doubler makes more sense. I'll run trails just like I do in 4lo, and when I get to the rocks, put it in double low.
88MJay Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 If you haven't ordered your coilovers yet check out this place and their prices! They were talking about them over on NAXJA. http://f-o-a.com/
pingpong Posted March 23, 2007 Author Posted March 23, 2007 Those are some good prices... I wonder who has used them and abused them like I will. Ineed to do some more research on them
88MJay Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 From what I gather and have read the guy and co. is pretty legit. I suppose a phone call to them to see if they would warranty any breakage would be a good idea. Unbelievable prices though on coilovers!
88MJay Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Also... the way I look at it is... if they have been ran and tested in the desert at high speed for long periods of time the will easily stand up to rock crawling and trail riding.
feerocknok Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Here's a thread on them from Dezertrangers.com: http://dezertrangers.com/cgi-bin/ib/iko ... 786;hl=foa The thread starts off with mindless bashing of the company for having low prices, and slowly turns into the realization that these are a coilover that is meant for people that don't need the capibilities of a King or Fox, and lastly that these may indeed be a quality shock. Someone that works in the company starts in on the conversation on the 2nd page. He seems very knowledgable and there shocks sound nice. Not too much talk about the coilovers though.
Oizarod115 Posted March 24, 2007 Posted March 24, 2007 look nice, i wish i didnt have to buy cheapies. :cry:
dakal Posted March 24, 2007 Posted March 24, 2007 great post on the shocks. since i'm getting all new suspension, will love to save $$. i'm going to seriously check them out. his desert rep. :D
feerocknok Posted March 24, 2007 Posted March 24, 2007 look nice, i wish i didnt have to buy cheapies. :cry: I'm running $30 shocks myself after rebate, $35 a piece normally. I have to find out why they're so dang loud! I hate crawling with em cause I constantly hear them, "fuhhhhhhh-foooooh." I can't back this product, cause I've never tried them, but they look decent, and their reviews are decent. They'll probably wind up on my prerunner project.
pingpong Posted March 24, 2007 Author Posted March 24, 2007 Well I think I am going to get a set of coilovers from them in a couple of weeks... I just need to jam out about 20hrs of OT to afford them
88MJay Posted March 24, 2007 Posted March 24, 2007 Cool. It's one of those deals where the price is just too good to not give it a try. Let us know how everything goes.
pingpong Posted March 25, 2007 Author Posted March 25, 2007 I am going to call Monday and see what he has to say about my setup, and if he thinks his shocks are upto the task of being rolled and flopped. Then my next question will concern if he offers dual rate kits and stuff, and what he recommneds for springs. I am 99% sure I can call RBS or schaffers and they will be able to point me in the right direction for springs and sell me the proper setup, but at close to 3 times what FOAm wants
pingpong Posted March 29, 2007 Author Posted March 29, 2007 I just get these today. The quality on the cut outs isn't as good as I expected, and it took longer then I expected to get as well
87manche Posted March 29, 2007 Posted March 29, 2007 they look like recentered hummer double beadlocks, with a rock ring.
pingpong Posted March 29, 2007 Author Posted March 29, 2007 ... :oops: what exactly are those? They are H1's rims. They are not recentered yet, but they will be. The reason why you recenter them is cause they have like71/4" backspacing, which negates the advantage of being full width, and makes it harder to do a high steer conversion
pingpong Posted March 30, 2007 Author Posted March 30, 2007 I just emailed FOA, hopefully they will get back to me soon, so I can decide weather or not to use them....
pingpong Posted April 2, 2007 Author Posted April 2, 2007 Well The UPS man just left :D and he left behind my Np203 to D300 doubler kit minus the shaft (still being machined). I strongly recommend dealing with Jeds Machining, the owner is his only employee, and he promised me the adapters by today, and they showed up :eek: Here is a fronty and back side pic, the D300 ring is a press fit into the backing plate for the np203, nice machine work as well
pingpong Posted April 2, 2007 Author Posted April 2, 2007 It was 625 with shipping. It came with some hardware, and Gaskets. The guy even included an issue of Crawl Magazine.... bad part of that is I am all ready a Subscriber
87manche Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 ouch, 625 is steep. I was going to go with the madrooster setup. Those pieces look a lot nicer than the madrooster ones, but I'm on a budget, as I still need to get the 8.8 in the rear, and the bed built in the fall.
pingpong Posted April 2, 2007 Author Posted April 2, 2007 You have to keep everything in perspective..... I will have a bul;let proof three speed t-case :D All gear driven for that price.... especially considering the Np203 and d300 were free :brows: That beats 2600 for an atlas
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