Walker Evans vs Elka Stage1

Hard to beat that price for sure!!

thePayne wrote:

Hard to beat that price for sure!!

hey just wondering if you got your shocks yet give me some input when you do , wanting to place my order next wk. thanks mick

Haven't got them yet they were behind I guess said it would be two weeks to build them and then a week for me to get them once they ship since they in Cali. I'll post something when I do and get them on I'm hoping they will be sweet.

what wts. did you decide on

Confirmation today that my shocks shipped today and I should have them on next Friday but they should be here middle of next week I will try and take a few pics of them and post when they come in.

sweet i'm going to order mine this week let me know what you think

Well my dealer just sent me a text my shocks are in and it included a picture and they look pretty cool.
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You are going to love it. 
Good suspension is amazing. It was like night and day difference when I got my WER shocks. I am curious as to how you will like the stiffer coils. Also, my shocks were real stiff at first. I was not impressed the first ride out. But they loosened up and now they are great. 

Congrats on the new shocks!!!

Thanks Chris they will be on it Friday when I am off and also swap out my sheave weights so Saturday will be my first day to really ride it other than Friday on some pavement test runs with changed sheave weights.

nice!!

man they look cool cant wait to get mine

madmax 1 wrote:

man they look cool cant wait to get mine

Did you already order yours?

thePayne wrote:

madmax 1 wrote:

man they look cool cant wait to get mine

Did you already order yours?

no was wanting to see how you like your spring wts. but don't want to miss out on the price, will prolly order on fri

Ok I thought you meant you had ordered some already. Yeah I will get mine on Friday just not sure if I will get to ride it any until Saturday. My dealer is having a atv rodeo Friday night and I will be helping setup Friday during the day and that afternoon and night helping out while its going on since my wife works for them and they hook me up I always like to help out where I can.

good man, thanks

Sorry guys I have been busy the last two days but I did manage to get my shocks on and I absolutely love them that are BADASS! I can't believe how nice it rides and my rhino sits 2" higher than it did before shock install and I have more travel than before. I ended up putting about 1/2" of preload in the fronts before I stuck them on and didn't add any to the rear at first but then once installed my front sat so much higher than the rear and the rear was so soft and would squat so easy I turn the preload till the nut actually got tight on the spring and gave me some resistance and then I went a 1/2".
ONE NOTE** I did have to grind some out of the rear top bracket for the shocks head to clear they are alot bigger than stock since its a larger diameter shock.

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You want the front to be around 11".... The rear should be 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch lower. You're gonna love the way it handles , and rides !!!

Those shocks look real good on there.
Isn't the difference in a good suspension amazing?!


I am willing to bet that your springs will settle over the next couple of months. It probably won't settle quite as much as mine did because you have a lot stiffer spring. I started off just like you- zero preload and the adjusting collars only finger tight or so. I ended up giving my rear 400lb spring about 3/4" of preload after everything was all settled. I also ended up with about 8 of 16 clicks of compression dampening on the rear shocks whereas at first I was only at one or two clicks.

You just have to get it setup for your liking.

I hear you about more suspension travel, as well. With my 26" Bighorns, I can make the rear tires rub the bottom of the bed if I bottom it out real hard on the whoops. I've only done that a few times because that is way, way too fast for a stock width Rhino on my trails. With the 30s, I rub the bottom of the bed, but it is still real infrequent.

Congrats on the shocks.

So when are we gonna see some beauty pics of the ol Rhino???
LoL

how do you think the spring wts. are for you , my rhino will be close to yours in weight , talk to erik at elka on thurs , and will order this coming week just wanted to be close on the spring wts, thanks mick

It is freaking amazing what a difference the shocks make and just how bad stock was for my setup. I should have done the shocks the day I bought it could have enjoyed the ride for the last year and especially when I had three vertebra in my lower back fused would have got me back in the saddle sooner.

ChrisH wrote:

Those shocks look real good on there.
Isn't the difference in a good suspension amazing?!


I am willing to bet that your springs will settle over the next couple of months. It probably won't settle quite as much as mine did because you have a lot stiffer spring. I started off just like you- zero preload and the adjusting collars only finger tight or so. I ended up giving my rear 400lb spring about 3/4" of preload after everything was all settled. I also ended up with about 8 of 16 clicks of compression dampening on the rear shocks whereas at first I was only at one or two clicks.

You just have to get it setup for your liking.

I hear you about more suspension travel, as well. With my 26" Bighorns, I can make the rear tires rub the bottom of the bed if I bottom it out real hard on the whoops. I've only done that a few times because that is way, way too fast for a stock width Rhino on my trails. With the 30s, I rub the bottom of the bed, but it is still real infrequent.

Congrats on the shocks.

So when are we gonna see some beauty pics of the ol Rhino???
LoL

I think your right Chris I think I will wait for a while and just ride it and let the springs settle if they will and then worry about tweaking some more then. Its already night and day difference now so I am sure they will only get better. If things don't change I will likely end up taking some of the preload out to soften up ride a smidge maybe if I do anything at all. Right now when I stop the front doesn't dive on me at all and at hard take off it doesn't rare up in front and squat in rear it just all picks up and goes which feels weird since I am used to how it was before. I rode it some today on some of my logging roads on my property with potholes and dips and I got up to 40mph through the woods and it was nice didnt feel like I was going to lose control and it soaked up the ride and felt like it kept all four tires on the ground all the time.

As for PIC Chris I will try and give her a bath and take some this week for you guys she's dirty now and I like her clean for any photo ops.

talkrd to erik at elka today shocks are on the way 2wks

Awesome man I bet you can't wait now. I'm still loving mine and actually backed the preload off a smidge on all four but I'm fixing to turn them back up in the front since I just added a 39lb front bumper. LOL

Don't forget you'll have to cut on the rear top bracket to make the backs work.

thanks man, not sure if I will have to cut it or not since the lift bracket is on the top, will have to see, thanks for all your help Rod

Oh yeah forgot about your lift yea you shouldn't have too mess with it. I'm kicking around a 2" lift on mine and then maybe 27's later on just depends how Kevin's turns out and how it rides.