WTF Shockwave is a POS

[redxtruck]

[orangesonoma]

its broken

[redxtruck]

yeah. why?

[RedXtreme]

those big brakes musta stopped your truck too fast once? haha

[DJDAudio]

The shockwaves where never designed for the punishment us mini truckers put them through lol

I had a set of shockwaves some time ago.

Talk to Tony over at ART about your problem.

Also how old are they? and how/where , where they installed?

[redxtruck]

i probably drove on them for about 3000 miles. My truck isn't my daily since i put the brakes/shockwaves on. I also limit myself to laying out, because i read somewhere that will blow the shocks, aswell as turning the rate to the higher levels.

I wasn't sure what was wrong, but I could only get 3/4 of the travel, so i had to take it out. The other one is fine.

[greencactus3]

did you have bumpstops and limits to keep from bottoming them and/or pulling them apart?

[redxtruck]

what do you have in your truck to keep your shocks from pulling apart... and no i don't have bumpstops because airbags are made to set the truck on the ground

[ablues10]

Yeah we busted 4 of them on a 300C. Its because the shock retainer thing is made from aluminum and it breaks. I say make them out of stainless or Ti. I hate them. I have 1 good one if anyone wants to buy it lol.

[lt1s10onair]

i had the same problem with my shockwaves... i spoke to A.R.T. and they told me the "fingers" that line up the factory spring in the frame pocket put a sideload on the shock... ull see like teeth marks on the billet top of it... they replaced mine for free, but i had to cut the fingers out of the frame...

[brakenit]

Quote: Originally Posted by redxtruck

what do you have in your truck to keep your shocks from pulling apart... and no i don't have bumpstops because airbags are made to set the truck on the ground

No, airbags are made to offer adjustability. Suspensions can be designed to lay a truck on the ground. An airbag is only part of a suspension, and if it's not designed properly for your application it's not going to work very long.

[redxtruck]

Quote: Originally Posted by brakenit

No, airbags are made to offer adjustability. Suspensions can be designed to lay a truck on the ground. An airbag is only part of a suspension, and if it's not designed properly for your application it's not going to work very long.

i have the Air Ride upper and lower control arms, so if it is not designed properly, that is Air Ride's fault.

[Layn Dime]

damn that sucks, been considering them for something

[s10cyncrvr]

They require a limiter to keep them from compressing completly. The same rules apply to any type of shock. If a shock is completly compressed before the frame is on the ground, or the bumpstop is bottomed out, then it will break.

[JollyRojer]

looks like u bought somthing, pushed it passed its limits and its broken?


if ur plan is to lay out and uve already got tubular upper and lowers, why dont u just SAVE yourself the money and buy a re6 and mount the shocks urself?

[greencactus3]

Quote: Originally Posted by redxtruck

i have the Air Ride upper and lower control arms, so if it is not designed properly, that is Air Ride's fault.

i was under the impression that shockwaves were not designed for 'laying out' but i dunno

[DJDAudio]

Quote: Originally Posted by greencactus3

i was under the impression that shockwaves were not designed for 'laying out' but i dunno

They have limited travel so if you want to drive close to stock height you will not lay out. and if you try it may damage the,.

[JollyRojer]

Quote: Originally Posted by greencactus3

i was under the impression that shockwaves were not designed for 'laying out' but i dunno

as was I... if your going to spend the money on tubular uppers and lowers, why not just bag and shock mount urself?

[Tony@AirRideTech]

Without having it here and actually seeing it...it is impossible to tell what happened. In most cases in S-10's that we see them come back off of, they are either driven topped out or they are sideloaded from the bellow hitting or the aluminum top making contact with the coil spring retainer. Give either Jeremy or myself a call down here and we will write you up an RMA number so you can send it back to us so we can check it out and get you fixed up. The Shockwave issue on your 300..... If I had to guess it was from homemade brackets or brackets from someone else. There was a place that was building some brackets before to use our Shockwaves with them and they bound the shock up and put a huge side load on em. We have not had one single set of our new LX platform Shockwaves come back.

[Juan@AirRideTech]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tony@AirRideTech

Without having it here and actually seeing it...it is impossible to tell what happened. In most cases in S-10's that we see them come back off of, they are either driven topped out or they are sideloaded from the bellow hitting or the aluminum top making contact with the coil spring retainer. Give either Jeremy or myself a call down here and we will write you up an RMA number so you can send it back to us so we can check it out and get you fixed up. The Shockwave issue on your 300..... If I had to guess it was from homemade brackets or brackets from someone else. There was a place that was building some brackets before to use our Shockwaves with them and they bound the shock up and put a huge side load on em. We have not had one single set of our new LX platform Shockwaves come back.

beat me to it

[redxtruck]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tony@AirRideTech

Without having it here and actually seeing it...it is impossible to tell what happened. In most cases in S-10's that we see them come back off of, they are either driven topped out or they are sideloaded from the bellow hitting or the aluminum top making contact with the coil spring retainer. Give either Jeremy or myself a call down here and we will write you up an RMA number so you can send it back to us so we can check it out and get you fixed up. The Shockwave issue on your 300..... If I had to guess it was from homemade brackets or brackets from someone else. There was a place that was building some brackets before to use our Shockwaves with them and they bound the shock up and put a huge side load on em. We have not had one single set of our new LX platform Shockwaves come back.

alright. Now can you comfirm wether or not you can lay out on shockwaves.

[Garage Customs]

that sucks!

[Tony@AirRideTech]

Quote: Originally Posted by redxtruck

alright. Now can you comfirm wether or not you can lay out on shockwaves.

Sure you can.... if it is fabbed up right and you use the right Shockwave in the right application....... Out of the box, it is not going to put the crossmember on the ground unless you are running a set of 13" Daytons. If your main criteria is to "lay out" the you really should have went with the CoolRide kit with upper and lower arms. The Shockwave is engineered and designed as a completely modular high performance design. So in other words, your truck will handle like it is on freakin rails and you will have complete control over the shock valving to be able to tune for any varying track / road conditions but you will also give up a little bit of stroke compared to the Cool Ride....... The nice thing about the Shockwave being that it is a modular unit and we actually hand build and dyno all of those shocks in house.... they are completely rebuildable. I am actually running our Double adjustable shockwaves in front and rear on my 61.

[DJDAudio]

I had to cut the coil spring 'fingers' for my shockwave install, it even said so in the directions lol

[2Lo4aFatHoe]

Quote: Originally Posted by DJDAudio

I had to cut the coil spring 'fingers' for my shockwave install, it even said so in the directions lol

Since when does the MacGyver of S10Forum use directions?

[Tony@AirRideTech]

Quote: Originally Posted by 2Lo4aFatHoe

Since when does the MacGyver of S10Forum use directions?

he must have been out of paper clips, ball point pens and plastic explosives...........

[redxtruck]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tony@AirRideTech

Sure you can.... if it is fabbed up right and you use the right Shockwave in the right application....... Out of the box, it is not going to put the crossmember on the ground unless you are running a set of 13" Daytons. If your main criteria is to "lay out" the you really should have went with the CoolRide kit with upper and lower arms. The Shockwave is engineered and designed as a completely modular high performance design. So in other words, your truck will handle like it is on freakin rails and you will have complete control over the shock valving to be able to tune for any varying track / road conditions but you will also give up a little bit of stroke compared to the Cool Ride....... The nice thing about the Shockwave being that it is a modular unit and we actually hand build and dyno all of those shocks in house.... they are completely rebuildable. I am actually running our Double adjustable shockwaves in front and rear on my 61.

I bought them for performance, but I was just wondering for the sake of arguement. And i still don't lay out unless i am at a meet or i just wanna show off.

[DJDAudio]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tony@AirRideTech

he must have been out of paper clips, ball point pens and plastic explosives...........

You guys




Its, masking tape And smoke demodulators get it right

[Juan@AirRideTech]

Quote: Originally Posted by redxtruck

I bought them for performance, but I was just wondering for the sake of arguement. And i still don't lay out unless i am at a meet or i just wanna show off.

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