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by v7guy » Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:55 pm

Well, any machine shop could turn an adapter, just measure a stock shock bottom and mimic it, then thread it for the shock. Should be reasonably inexpensive.
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by bartonmd » Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:58 pm

v7guy wrote:Why hasn't one of us taken a generic rod ended shock, made an adapter for the yoke and welded a shock tab on a round plate that bolts into the stock location? You could probably do it for 2/3rds the cost of the radflos. May not be quite as good, but should be worlds better than our current options.


If I understand you correctly (maybe need some bad MS Paint?), that won't work because there can't be a hinge in between the upper strut mount and the lower control arm.

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by v7guy » Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:58 pm

Basically mimic the Radflo setup is what I'm saying, all the rod ended shocks I've messed with had a thread on the shaft end of the shock and the rod end was screwed onto it.
I'm just saying, unscrew the rod end, and screw on a yoke adapter that was turned in a lathe. It'd be a simple piece to machine. Bet you could get a couple made for under $100

If that's not making sense I can scribble something up.
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by bartonmd » Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:40 pm

Oh, I gotcha... I thought you were talking about attaching something to the factory forged iron piece, and having a normal rod-end style double-shear through-bolt setup.

Yeah, the only thing you'd really have to watch is how structurally strong the struts are in the rod. Factory has the rod at the top side for a reason, and it has to be quite a bit stronger to be in the middle, not the high-leverage (low load) end.

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by TBYODA » Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:57 pm

Something like this.
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by Skidder » Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:28 am

Just so anyone else wanting these knows the cost, I got this reply from Mike at RADFLO,

"Thank you for your recent inquiry. We do offer the Trailblazer front coil-overs. Unfortunately, the pricing on them has changed as we have had a price increase on our shocks since that group buy and the price of springs has gone up significantly. The current retail price is $1280.00 for the pair."

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by djthumper » Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:14 am

Holy cow!
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by moose1 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 6:56 am

guess they are trying to keep them low demand.
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by bartonmd » Wed Nov 11, 2015 10:33 am

That was probably always retail price, or close to it. Johnny likely wasn't just making much on them.

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by TBYODA » Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:36 am

bartonmd wrote:That was probably always retail price, or close to it. Johnny likely wasn't just making much on them.

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True and if you look up coil overs for other platforms some are 1k+ each so.....
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