Auto air shocks on my new GKM-3!

[stamp4]

So I was digging through my parts this weekend and came across a pair of old air shocks that I purchased for a buggy I built about 5 years ago but went a different shock route. I am very pleased with this buggy so far and have done some basic mods as in k&n filter, straight pipe exhaust, jetting and porting the carb intake. The stock suspension on the front is pretty plush, but the back left me wanting a little better ride. I am 220lbs. I decided to mount these on the rear of the gkm-3 and see what happened. Well, Im glad I did!!! HUGE improvement over the stock rear ones. I am running 80lbs in them with just me in it and the ride is awesome and I tried bottoming it out today jumping terraces in our cornfield getting 2-3 foot air and could not do it. With the wife in it with me, I bumped the air up to 90lbs and it was perfect. Shes 135lbs. If I remember right , I think these were for a chevy camaro and I got them at O'Reilly's. They werent that expensive, I think around 75.00 if my memory serves me correct. These may not work for all buggies and applications, but on these GKM-3, they are worth looking into guys.

[liduno]

Nice, and the fact you can easily adjust them is even better.

[stamp4]

Yes they are easy to adjust. They will go up to 150lbs so I am nowhere close to the limit on them. I did have to fabricate new shock mounts and weld them to the upper bar but that was easy for me. I'm very happy with the ride on this buggy now. I did notice a slight amount of "hopping" over small bumps with the air shocks, but I lowered the air pressure in the tires from 10 to 5lbs each and it went away. On large bumps and jumps, these are SMOOTH.

[liduno]

I know the stock shocks on my old hammerhead were like pogo sticks, probably the same as your stockers.