Category Archives: Shock Therapy

Shock Therapy XP Turbo suspension

If you follow our web site much then you probably know we have our turbo Ride Improvement kits available. If not then here is a heads up.

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After months of testing and ordering custom parts that no other company has, our new 2016 XP1000 Turbo RIS kits are here! The new Turbo RZR has many good attributes. Fox internal bypass shocks and a front anti sway bar make this model quite a bit more plush and stable than earlier RZR’s. After extensive testing of the stock set up in terrain from desert, dunes, trail, rock, mud and short course we were dying to dig in and improve the things we felt needed some help. Although the Turbo XP was more plush and smooth through mid size obstacles we felt that it was way too stiff and abusive to your body in the small chop and rocks, but at the same time it was too soft for the big hits like jump landings or dune G outs. Also, the dual spring system on the car utilized a completely collapsed upper spring which contributes to the stiff feeling through half the terrain since the car is riding on the stiffer lower spring 90% of the time.

Our first step was to cure the items on our hit list with internal shock work if possible. After much testing and too many re-valves to count, we nailed what we feel to be the best internal set up possible. More plush in the small chop, stable and confident in the whoops through mid travel and double the bump stage capacity for the big hits. Adjustable from soft in the desert and trails to stiff in the dunes just by adjusting the compression knob on the shock. This is accomplished through extensive internal machine work to the piston, bypass tubes, bypass valving, piston valving and total oil flow capacities. All of this work requires custom tools and tooling to accomplish. The best, single ride quality improvement possible is the Stage 1 RIS kit.

Stage 1 RIS kit, internal shock mods and bypass and piston valving….$749.95 all four shocks

After getting the most out of our Stage 1 RIS kit we turned to the short comings in the stock spring package. We immediately removed the factory upper, coil bound, tender springs and machined up our Silent Cross Over Rings to engage the lower springs at a time of our choosing giving us the adjust ability to bring the stiff lower springs into play when we want them to be as opposed to having them engaged at ride height like the factory system is. Another issue we cured is the play or slop between the springs and the pre-load collar, the spring divider and lower spring perch. There is as much as 3/8″ of slop with any aftermarket spring and these parts. We machined 6061 aluminum spacers that take up all of this play for a solid, centered spring system. With the addition of custom springs and cross over rings the Fox Edition really wakes up. Our spring kits can be done one step at a time or all 4 at once.

Level 2 spring kit. This kit includes new upper rear springs with new silent cross over rings and aluminum spring spacers. These springs are huge. 3.75″ in diameter to fit the factory 3″ rear shocks. By installing this kit you will remove the factory coil bound upper spring and the stiffness is creates. Our spring kit runs a full length upper spring using the whole shock body and gives you the room for cross over ring adjust ability. With this new adjustment “tool” you can control when the lower, stiff spring engages. You can run a much more plush and soft combined spring rate which feels smoother in all terrains and cures the rear bucking in the whoops. This kit can be used with stock valving.

Level 3 spring kit. This kit includes all of the Level 2 parts with the addition of new upper front springs, cross overs and spring adapters. This gives you all of the benefits of the Level 2 spring kit as well as more control of the front as well. With the Level 3 you can control the lower spring engagement and use a full length upper spring to gain a smoother ride in the front as well as the rear without sacrificing nose dive, body roll or bottom out resistance. This is the softest riding spring kit available. It is also compatible with the stock valving and does not require custom shock work.

Level 4 spring kit. This kit includes all of the parts from Level 2 and 3 with the addition of new lower springs that will add a huge amount of spring resistance in the big hits. With these new lower springs you can run your compression adjustment knobs looser and run your cross over ring engagement points higher for an even smoother ride while still having over 1600lbs of added spring force (over stock) to help stop you in a big hit or bottom out situation. The Level 4 spring kit is best combined with internal shock work. This way our internal work can compensate for the extra spring forces with added rebound control. By far, the best spring kit for every terrain and for the driver who loves to let it all hang out.

Stage 1 RIS. Internal shock mods for a plush ride and more bottom out resistance…….$749.95 all four

Level 2 Spring kit. New 3.75″ diameter upper rear springs with silent cross over rings and spring adapters…$419.85

Level 3 Spring kit. Includes Level 2, plus two upper front 3″ springs, cross overs and adapters….$719.70

Level 4 Spring kit. Includes Level 2 and 3, plus new lower springs 3″ front, 3.75″ rear and adapters….$1,349.50

Stage 2 RIS kit. Includes Stage 1 RIS and Level 4 spring kit………….$2,099.45

We use 3″ diameter springs on the front 2.5″ shocks. We use custom made 3.75″ springs on the rear 3″ shocks. There are no springs made by any manufacture (Eibach, Hypercoil, King, PAC, ect) in the correct spring rates needed for the Fox Edition. They are all too light or way too heavy. This is why we had our own springs made. For comparison sake, an Eibach 3.75 x 12″ spring runs $299 to $399 EACH spring depending on the spring rate you choose. Our 3.75″ springs are $159.95 to $214.95 individually depending on the length and spring rate. We are the only company with a kit for the Fox Edition and with multiple spring rates to choose from to fit your needs. Don’t wait, call us today to go over your specific needs and get ready to unlock the amazing potential in your Fox Edition.

An easy way to show you how these items rate in ride quality is to use a 1-10 scale. 1 being a stock Fox Edition and a 10 being the best it could possibly ride, here is how all of your options lay out:

1. Stock Fox Edition RZR ride
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3.
4. Level 2 spring kit (no shock work) $419.85
5. Level 3 spring kit (no shock work) $719.70
6. Stage 1 RIS (no spring kit) $749.95
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8. Stage 1 RIS with Level 1 spring kit $1,169.80
9. Stage 1 RIS with Level 2 spring kit $1,469.65
10. Stage 2 RIS (stage 1 plus Level 4 spring kit) $2,099.45

We hope this helps when you can see what the best bang for the buck gets you. Give us a call or email us with any questions you may have. Remember all these kits are tune able for your weight and specific use. Thank you.

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Fox IBP shock sale!

We have ten sets of Fox internal bypass shocks for XP 1000 and XP 4 1000. We are making room for some new inventory for the season so these must go. These are $4,995 retail. YOUR PRICE IS $3,600 PER SET! First 10 guys that call us get them. They do NOT have our valving or springs on them. They are exactly the way Fox ships them. Brand New! Call quick. Thank you
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Happy Jack poker run

Coming up on August 14th -16th we are attending an event in Happy Jack Arizona. The event is held at the Happy Jack Lodge and will include a poker run, vendor areas, bar, restaurant, RV camping, and mountain UTV rides every day. Escape the valley heat and enjoy the 75 degree temps in the mountains. We will be installing products all weekend so call us in advance to set up your appointment times as they fill up fast. Here are some pictures from last month’s event. Hope to see you there.

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The Cinders, dash cam video

Hello everyone,

There is an AZOP race in the Cinders next weekend. Since we have at least 10 of our customers in the race we decided to head up there and do some testing to get a set up for them. If you are from another state or country, the Cinders is an area called "Sunset Crater" in Flagstaff Arizona, 2.5 hours north of us in Phoenix. It is an extinct volcano and you can pretty much drive anywhere you like through the forest on volcanic gravel and mountains. It is loaded with whoops from 1-2 ft high that never quit. Perfect torture test for our suspension systems. Its long so here is an outline for the good parts:

Dicing on the trails 0-8:00
Amazing view top of the crater 8:00-8:35
Drive down into a crater 8:45-10:30
Great view driving down the outside of the crater 10:40-11:30
Dicing on trails and roads again 12:00 to the end.

Excuse the squeaking. All the joints are worn out in this car. It has not been prepped since it won the SADR 150 in Puerto Penasco , Mexico last month. Hope you enjoy the video. See more videos at Shocktherapyst.com

TWO piece pre load nuts

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So you are trying to raise the ride height on your RZR because it has settled a bit since you first bought it. Or maybe you are installing your new spring kit for the weekend ride. You jack the car up and go to twist the pre-load collar in the rear down to raise your car a little and BOOM. It completely seized up on you. Not even the biggest pipe wrench in the tool box will break it loose. This is common. Your not alone. You can cut the collar off with a cut off wheel but you can’t get a new one on without completely disassembling the shock to thread it on from the top. Ouch. Not any more. Shock Therapy has new TWO piece pre-load collars to cure your problem. Once you cut your seized collar off you can bolt these two piece, hard anodized collars on and your back in business without having to send the shock out to your favorite shock guy or deal with the dealer at all. Quick, easy and long lasting. These collars address a common problem and work great.

Two piece pre-load collars……………………$49.95 per shock

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Fox Edition suspension kits available

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After months of testing and ordering custom parts that no other company has, our new Fox Edition RIS kits are here! The new Fox Edition RZR has many good attributes. The addition of a front anti sway bar as well as factory Fox internal bypass shocks makes this model very balanced in the corners and quite a bit more plush than standard RZR’s. After extensive testing of the stock set up in terrain from desert, dunes, trail, rock, mud and short course we were dying to dig in and improve the things we felt needed some help. Although the Fox Edition was more plush and smooth through mid size obstacles we felt that it was way too stiff and abusive to your body in the small chop and rocks, but at the same time it was too soft for the big hits like jump landings or dune G outs. Also, the dual spring system on the car utilized a completely collapsed upper spring which contributes to the stiff feeling through half the terrain since the car is riding on the stiffer lower spring 90% of the time.

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Our first step was to cure the items on our hit list with internal shock work if possible. After much testing and too many re-valves to count, we nailed what we feel to be the best internal set up possible. More plush in the small chop, stable and confident in the whoops through mid travel and double the bump stage capacity for the big hits. Adjustable from soft in the desert and trails to stiff in the dunes just by adjusting the compression knob on the shock. This is accomplished through extensive internal machine work to the piston, bypass tubes, bypass valving, piston valving and total oil flow capacities. All of this work requires custom tools and tooling to accomplish. The best, single ride quality improvement possible is the Stage 1 RIS kit.

Stage 1 RIS kit, internal shock mods and bypass and piston valving….$750 all four shocks

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After getting the most out of our Stage 1 RIS kit we turned to the short comings in the stock spring package. We immediately removed the factory upper, coil bound, tender springs and machined up our Silent Cross Over Rings to engage the lower springs at a time of our choosing giving us the adjust ability to bring the stiff lower springs into play when we want them to be as opposed to having them engaged at ride height like the factory system is. Another issue we cured is the play or slop between the springs and the pre-load collar, the spring divider and lower spring perch. There is as much as 3/8″ of slop with any aftermarket spring and these parts. We machined 6061 aluminum spacers that take up all of this play for a solid, centered spring system. With the addition of custom springs and cross over rings the Fox Edition really wakes up. Our spring kits can be done one step at a time or all 4 at once.
Level 2 spring kit. This kit includes new upper rear springs with new silent cross over rings and aluminum spring spacers. These springs are huge. 3.75″ in diameter to fit the factory 3″ rear shocks. By installing this kit you will remove the factory coil bound upper spring and the stiffness is creates. Our spring kit runs a full length upper spring using the whole shock body and gives you the room for cross over ring adjust ability. With this new adjustment “tool” you can control when the lower, stiff spring engages. You can run a much more plush and soft combined spring rate which feels smoother in all terrains and cures the rear bucking in the whoops. This kit can be used with stock valving.
Level 3 spring kit. This kit includes all of the Level 2 parts with the addition of new upper front springs, cross overs and spring adapters. This gives you all of the benefits of the Level 2 spring kit as well as more control of the front as well. With the Level 3 you can control the lower spring engagement and use a full length upper spring to gain a smoother ride in the front as well as the rear without sacrificing nose dive, body roll or bottom out resistance. This is the softest riding spring kit available. It is also compatible with the stock valving and does not require custom shock work.

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Level 4 spring kit. This kit includes all of the parts from Level 2 and 3 with the addition of new lower springs that will add a huge amount of spring resistance in the big hits. With these new lower springs you can run your compression adjustment knobs looser and run your cross over ring engagement points higher for an even smoother ride while still having over 1600lbs of added spring force (over stock) to help stop you in a big hit or bottom out situation. The Level 4 spring kit is best combined with internal shock work. This way our internal work can compensate for the extra spring forces with added rebound control. By far, the best spring kit for every terrain and for the driver who loves to let it all hang out.

Stage 1 RIS. Internal shock mods for a plush ride and more bottom out resistance…….$749.95 all four

Level 2 Spring kit. New 3.75″ diameter upper rear springs with silent cross over rings and spring adapters…$575.60

Level 3 Spring kit. Includes Level 2, plus two upper front 3″ springs, cross overs and adapters….$875.40

Level 4 Spring kit. Includes Level 2 and 3, plus new lower springs 3″ front, 3.75″ rear and adapters….$1,651.00

Stage 2 RIS kit. Includes Stage 1 RIS and Level 4 spring kit………….$2,400.95

We use 3″ diameter springs on the front 2.5″ shocks. We use custom made 3.75″ springs on the rear 3″ shocks. There are no springs made by any manufacture (Eibach, Hypercoil, King, PAC, ect) in the correct spring rates needed for the Fox Edition. They are all too light or way too heavy. This is why we had our own springs made. For comparison sake, an Eibach 3.75 x 12″ spring runs $299 to $399 EACH spring depending on the spring rate you choose. Our 3.75″ springs are $199 to $249 individually depending on the length and spring rate. We are the only company with a kit for the Fox Edition and with multiple spring rates to choose from to fit your needs. Don’t wait, call us today to go over your specific needs and get ready to unlock the amazing potential in your Fox Edition.

An easy way to show you how these items rate in ride quality is to use a 1-10 scale. 1 being a stock Fox Edition and a 10 being the best it could possibly ride, here is how all of your options lay out:

1. Stock Fox Edition RZR ride
2.
3.
4. Level 2 spring kit (no shock work) $575.60
5. Level 3 spring kit (no shock work) $875.40
6. Stage 1 RIS (no spring kit) $749.95
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8. Stage 1 RIS with Level 1 spring kit $1,325.55
9. Stage 1 RIS with Level 2 spring kit $1,625.35
10. Stage 2 RIS (stage 1 plus Level 4 spring kit) $2,400.95

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We hope this helps when you can see what the best bang for the buck gets you. Give us a call or email us with any questions you may have. Remember all these kits are tune able for your weight and specific use. Thank you.
If you have any issues seeing the attached pics then go here. http://www.shocktherapyst.com/fox-edition/

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xp4 walker edition

hi was looking into having all 4 shocks re valved and springs installed. Would like to know what you do different than than what walker dose. With their tuning and spring install, and what is the cost of it