You guys have a forum member discount code?

You guys have a forum member discount code?

Heads up to everyone who races their RZRs and those who just would like to give it a shot. We are sponsoring the AZOP Race in Hila Bend November 21st. $2,500 in UTV pay outs! Good time to give racing a go and win some money if you do well. See you there!

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We would like to congratulate Paul Champion on his race win at the S.A.D.R. Point to Point 250 in Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point) Mexico last weekend! 250 miles of rough terrain, Cholla cactus fields and 2-3 foot sandy whoops that go to the horizon. Since we were tied up last weekend, Paul took our XP 1000 test car (it gets abused every day buy us) and ran south to enter the race. He won the UTV class by an 1 hour and 15 minutes over second place and finished 7th overall with only class 1 and class 10 cars ahead of him. This car has a bone stock engine with a re-flash and our Stage 4 RIS suspension kit installed only. Good job Paul. Maybe next time we can drive!

Here are some pics next the gulf waters and a video of him taken from his crew on a smooth section next to the highway. 8600 RPM at 78mph. Listen to this thing singing.

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In preparation for our upcoming October trip to Moab, I decided to go ahead and make the jump to a set of Shock Therapy shocks. We tend to bottom out quite often on the Colorado rocky trails. This was evident by the worn out OEM upper springs which were already rubbing the paint off after 200 miles!!

I fully expected to have to get both new springs and a lift kit but I was hoping the springs would raise the RZR enough to not need the lift kit. Pretty easy job for a novice hack like myself. No major incidents or heartache in the process.

A few things I learned:
– You need the spring compressors. Without them, this would have been a major pain.
– You will gain some ride height, but it isn’t a huge amount.
– Ernie and the Shock Therapy team are awesome! They gave excellent advice, great feedback and the springs were at my doorstep in 3 days!!

Here are a few pics to tell the tale!

The kit came well packaged and with plenty of swag to boot!

Everything was well labeled also!

The old ride heights were 8.5" in the rear and 11.5" in the front.

The comparison between the new springs was impressive, especially when comparing the front springs

The total gains in height were 1.5" in the rear and 3" in the front.

Side view before change!

Side view after change showing new height (The dotted line is the previous silhouette) (Determined by superimposing the shots taken from the exact same vantage point).

I completed the install on Friday night in about 4 hours and we took the RZR out for an easy ride up Peru Creek and Chihuahua Gulch trails to see how she ran.

The ride was definitely smoother…significantly so in fact! The RZR took the bumps and rocks with a lot less feedback. The RZR did tend to lean a little more than before when turning. Plus the sag in the rear when hitting bumps was more pronounced. I caught myself bottoming out on rocks I wouldn’t have in the past.

Both of these facts are to be expected when dealing with a softer suspension and are a fair trade off when you consider the weight the RZR is carrying (I’m 6’5" and 275lbs alone. The wife and all of the gear we carry adds another 250lbs easily).

I guess I’ll be on the phone with Ernie tomorrow morning to get some suggestions for a lift kit and go from there. I’d definitely buy them again.

In preparation for our upcoming October trip to Moab, I decided to go ahead and make the jump to a set of Shock Therapy shocks. We tend to bottom out quite often on the Colorado rocky trails. This was evident by the worn out OEM upper springs which were already rubbing the paint off after 200 miles!!

I fully expected to have to get both new springs and a lift kit but I was hoping the springs would raise the RZR enough to not need the lift kit. Pretty easy job for a novice hack like myself. No major incidents or heartache in the process.

A few things I learned:
– You need the spring compressors. Without them, this would have been a major pain.
– You will gain some ride height, but it isn’t a huge amount.
– Ernie and the Shock Therapy team are awesome! They gave excellent advice, great feedback and the springs were at my doorstep in 3 days!!

Here are a few pics to tell the tale!

The kit came well packaged and with plenty of swag to boot!

Everything was well labeled also!

The old ride heights were 8.5" in the rear and 11.5" in the front.

The comparison between the new springs was impressive, especially when comparing the front springs

The total gains in height were 1.5" in the rear and 3" in the front.

Side view before change!

Side view after change showing new height (The dotted line is the previous silhouette) (Determined by superimposing the shots taken from the exact same vantage point).

I completed the install on Friday night in about 4 hours and we took the RZR out for an easy ride up Peru Creek and Chihuahua Gulch trails to see how she ran.

The ride was definitely smoother…significantly so in fact! The RZR took the bumps and rocks with a lot less feedback. The RZR did tend to lean a little more than before when turning. Plus the sag in the rear when hitting bumps was more pronounced. I caught myself bottoming out on rocks I wouldn’t have in the past.

Both of these facts are to be expected when dealing with a softer suspension and are a fair trade off when you consider the weight the RZR is carrying (I’m 6’5" and 275lbs alone. The wife and all of the gear we carry adds another 250lbs easily).

I guess I’ll be on the phone with Ernie tomorrow morning to get some suggestions for a lift kit and go from there. I’d definitely buy them again.

Hello everyone. We finally had a chance to finish up some things around here and one of them is this video. We compared a stock XP 1000, a Fox Edition and our sway bar systems on a slalom course so you can see exactly what each one is capable of. Hope this helps anyone who has always wondered what the difference actually is. It is a lot! Enjoy

For more videos and product comparisons go to Shock Therapy

Hello everyone. We finally had a chance to finish up some things around here and one of them is this video. We compared a stock XP 1000, a Fox Edition and our sway bar systems on a slalom course so you can see exactly what each one is capable of. Hope this helps anyone who has always wondered what the difference actually is. It is a lot! Enjoy

For more videos and product comparisons go to Shock Therapy

I had the guys at Shock Therapy do the stage 1 RIS kit about a month ago and spent the holiday weekend at the Cinders. I couldn’t be any happier with the way the Rzr 1000 performs now. Night and day difference through the whoops. Very little to no "bucking" at any speed. I went through the whoop section near the 100$ hill which if you have been there you know it’s about a half mile long of constant whoops running around 40mph.

Thank you guys for making this machine perform the way it should have right out of the box!

I had the guys at Shock Therapy do the stage 1 RIS kit about a month ago and spent the holiday weekend at the Cinders. I couldn’t be any happier with the way the Rzr 1000 performs now. Night and day difference through the whoops. Very little to no "bucking" at any speed. I went through the whoop section near the 100$ hill which if you have been there you know it’s about a half mile long of constant whoops running around 40mph.

Thank you guys for making this machine perform the way it should have right out of the box!