In short, amazing!

I came home yesterday and found a big brown package waiting at the garage door. My wife get's packages from ordering online about every other day, (ouch$$), but this one was mine. I openned it up and found two white boxes with the Works Performance Logo. Openned them up and there was the shocks. They look so good you hate to get them dirty. I had some questions so I called Diamond G Racing. I want to say thanks to Don, Scott, and the others I talked too there, they were very helpful and are top notch. After removing the stock shocks, I inspected them per Don's comments and found that the plastic inserts in the eyes of the shocks had developed cracks. If you find excessive play in your stock shocks at the mount, you might want to unbolt one end and see if the insert is shot. By the way, I only have 550 miles on the stock shocks. Anyway, after bolting the new shocks on I was off. I wouldn't have believed the difference these shocks make without actually riding with them. Other than being a little soft on the front end, the stock Outlander handled well anyway, but now it's unbelievable. I didn't have time to make any adjustments to the preload, compression, or rebound settings, but I don't see how it could get any better. I rode a test trail with the stock shocks, and then the same trail right after the installation. The ride is way smoother over the little rough stuff. It just floats over everything. It's like you are riding on a cushion of air. Then as you speed up, you can just drive over the sharp bumps that used to slow you down. When braking soft, or hard, the front end never weeble-wobles, and steep climbs and desents remind me of a straight axle quad. When crossing an off angle ditch on this hill, it used to shift weight to one wheel and I had to use a lot of bodyshift to keep it stable. Now I just stay on the seat and drive through. I wondered if they would be worth the price, but now I can say they are worth every penny. The difference between the stock handling and now, is like the difference between a stock Brute Force 750 i (sorry, but it's true), and a stock Outlander! Now it's time for a tire upgrade.

 

So what did they set you back then??

 

These were right below $1800 shipped. They have a set like these without the reservior, and with only adjustable pre-load for only $469/pr. They have triple rates too.

 

Holy ****......................

 

Can you spin cookies with them easily? How do they compare to elka shocks in performance and price? I am thinking about getting some but may go for the cheaper version. Will these shocks be better than the shocks coming on the renegade?

 

t.t.t.

 

Ride and stability is far superior to stock. You can spin cookies and you might even spill your cookies if your not careful.

The difference in these shocks and Elka's best, in my opinion, is not worth the extra Elka's price tag, unless you just have to have the name.

I'm sure the cheaper version would be fine for anyone that is not doing some hard woods racing.

I wouldn't count on the stock Renegade shocks to match good aftermarket ones, or to be compatible with the Outlander.

 

Thanks towerman. I was just thinking ,the renegade comes with racing tires, nice rims and was wondering if it pays to invest in the outlander or wait for the renegade. Shocks ,tires and rims maybe 1800 dollars.

 

Just ordered the works shocks. Hope I will be pleased.

 

You'd be surprised as to how well the new Renegade shocks actually work. I've heard that they are quite awesome for stock shocks, though they are designed with a different type of riding in mind and probably won't work as well on the Outlander with the added weight and hauling duties.

TPR