Has anyone ever put YFZ 450 shocks front on a Raptor? I'm in the process of doing it. The Kayaba shocks on the 450 are much better than the Raptor stock shocks. I got them to fit at the top but I think I'll have to a hole cut the bottom plate to allow the larger base to work in the mount. Any help would be great. I'm using stock a-arms.

 

From what I understand you just have to do a little grinding on the mounts to get them to slide in. It has been done numerous times.

 

are they good.... or are you better off just getting works shocks

 

They are better than the stockers, but probably not as good as a set of triple rate works. That said, you can get yfz shocks for 150 bucks or less where as you are looking at twice that for a new set of works shocks.

If all you do is trail ride and you have a budget, its a good investment. If you race and jump and need the suspsension to work, skip both and go to elka, pep, or another big name.