Walker Evans vs Elka Stage1

I put 88 miles on my setup this past weekend and man I will just say I LOVE IT!! It soaked up the bumps and dips in the roads while keeping my feel driving aggressive and tires on the ground. Mick your gonna LOVE IT as much as I do I promise.

GREAT, thanks man I cant wait

erik at elka called today said my shocks should be delivered to the house on tues. cant wail

madmax 1 wrote:

erik at elka called today said my shocks should be delivered to the house on tues. cant wail

Awesome man keep me posted. I just pulled my rear sway bar off and tried it for a little bit and I can tell it cushed my ride up quite a bit more since I got more independent travel back there it seems.

will do man

wow shocks came today, not supposed to be until Tuesday, try to get some time to install sun. morning if I have time they look great

Awesome little surprise man. Yeah they look cool and feel heavy duty compared to stock.

Jet wrote:

I don't normally pay to much attention to the shock set up and my sport came with the adjustable shocks but yesterday I got the dog crap beat out of me, well, the rhinojet did. James is gonna work on the set up for me....................................might be reading more......now. biggest issue is I only have about another inch to an inch and a half clearance to get the rhinojet in my trailer. and noooooooooooooooooooooooo i'm not buying another enclosed trailer.

Wish I was there with you so I could help you not spill your drink by sipping it down while you drove me around!!

Save some for when I come out in March!!

Jet wrote:

thePayne wrote:

Save some for when I come out in March!!

you got it brother !!!

Right on be safe brother and enjoy your time!!!

Jet wrote:

I don't normally pay to much attention to the shock set up and my sport came with the adjustable shocks but yesterday I got the dog crap beat out of me, well, the rhinojet did. James is gonna work on the set up for me....................................might be reading more......now. biggest issue is I only have about another inch to an inch and a half clearance to get the rhinojet in my trailer. and noooooooooooooooooooooooo i'm not buying another enclosed trailer.

Dave, sell them stocker's for $ 600 and get some real shocks. talk to Scott, he will convince ya. I love my Kings but also have 14" travel...  

never had time to put shocks on today, had to get generator, and the snowblowers serviced along with some fall maintenance around the house hopefully this week in the evening

Jet wrote:

I don't normally pay to much attention to the shock set up and my sport came with the adjustable shocks but yesterday I got the dog crap beat out of me, well, the rhinojet did. James is gonna work on the set up for me....................................might be reading more......now. biggest issue is I only have about another inch to an inch and a half clearance to get the rhinojet in my trailer. and noooooooooooooooooooooooo i'm not buying another enclosed trailer.

You're not gonna get "taller" with the Elkas...you set your ride height at 11" in the front : and , 10 1/2 to 10 3/4 in the rear.  No need for a "new" wagon !!    

You can prob change out the springs on your ressi's and make a BIG difference !!

scottwv wrote:

Jet wrote:

I don't normally pay to much attention to the shock set up and my sport came with the adjustable shocks but yesterday I got the dog crap beat out of me, well, the rhinojet did. James is gonna work on the set up for me....................................might be reading more......now. biggest issue is I only have about another inch to an inch and a half clearance to get the rhinojet in my trailer. and noooooooooooooooooooooooo i'm not buying another enclosed trailer.

You're not gonna get "taller" with the Elkas...you set your ride height at 11" in the front : and , 10 1/2 to 10 3/4 in the rear.  No need for a "new" wagon !!    

You can prob change out the springs on your ressi's and make a BIG difference !!

Do you mean changing the springs on the sport resi ?

Jet, James is working on tuning your shocks.  It was bottoming hard everywhere Saturday, and it looked real saggy in the front compared to mine when they were setting side by side.  He made a lot of adjustments as the day went on.  I need to add a little preload on mine now that they have got broken in, but other than that, I love my stock sport shocks.  I think you just needed some tuning.

Hump wrote:

Jet, James is working on tuning your shocks.  It was bottoming hard everywhere Saturday, and it looked real saggy in the front compared to mine when they were setting side by side.  He made a lot of adjustments as the day went on.  I need to add a little preload on mine now that they have got broken in, but other than that, I love my stock sport shocks.  I think you just needed some tuning.

man I hope so, don't really want to spend money on shocks if I don't need to.

installed my new elka stage 1s' this afternoon they look awesome only got one short ride down my road and back been raining like a mofo, but I can tell a major diff already ill post some pics later   I went with the 325 fronts because of the extra battery and winch and 550 rear seems like it will be great now have about 1/4 inch preload front and 3/8 rear with about 14" ground clearence

Those Elkas are nice. Probably the best out there.

real happy for a grand don't think you could go wrong

madmax 1 wrote:

real happy for a grand don't think you could go wrong

Amen brother! Glad you like them I am still loving mine for sure. Your running the 2" lift right which is why your ground clearance is 14"??

yea the lift really helps with the ground clearance, would be morewith more preload but don't need it