I have been messing around with my Nitro shocks-they have the 20 kg spring and are 340mm. They are listed as 08 05 CJ Nitro Black. I have issues with their operation-
specifically the compression damping-it was stronger than the rebound damping upon disassembly and they are very difficult to get to move at all. They stick in certain positions! Very sturdy with thick rods etc. but they do not work smoothly and have way too much compression damping IMHO. Black stuff (like rubber disintegrating is coming out of the body around where the shaft enters. They were purchased brand new from Dave Quinn and have less than 1,000 miles on them. I put the stock shocks back on and have a better ride and better handling too! A waste of money to me. I would get the Works Performance shocks if I had it to do over again or maybe the Ohlins. I cleaned them and adjusted the rebound damping plus adjusted (loosened) the spring adjusters which were wound down over half their travel. Now I will put them back on and adjust the spring preload and damping to see if I can make them work better. I do not think with all that compression damping they will work much better than they did-like a buckboard ride! I think I will send them back to DQ and ask for a refund. I am not a happy camper at all. These shocks are just not right.
and would not reccommend them to anyone for any purpose at this point.
specifically the compression damping-it was stronger than the rebound damping upon disassembly and they are very difficult to get to move at all. They stick in certain positions! Very sturdy with thick rods etc. but they do not work smoothly and have way too much compression damping IMHO. Black stuff (like rubber disintegrating is coming out of the body around where the shaft enters. They were purchased brand new from Dave Quinn and have less than 1,000 miles on them. I put the stock shocks back on and have a better ride and better handling too! A waste of money to me. I would get the Works Performance shocks if I had it to do over again or maybe the Ohlins. I cleaned them and adjusted the rebound damping plus adjusted (loosened) the spring adjusters which were wound down over half their travel. Now I will put them back on and adjust the spring preload and damping to see if I can make them work better. I do not think with all that compression damping they will work much better than they did-like a buckboard ride! I think I will send them back to DQ and ask for a refund. I am not a happy camper at all. These shocks are just not right.
and would not reccommend them to anyone for any purpose at this point.
