Elka St5, HPG 40s, Raptors, ZBros?
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$2100 to your door for the full set of Raptors.
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Snopro11 we have been doing a bunch of kits this year for the T3 with our XO-IFP ski shocks and X0 piggyback center and X1 rear and they are a very light weight awesome back country type set up. This package type is $1709.00 FYI
Definitely interested in putting elka stage 5's on my freeride, just wondering what they weight compared to stock ? Are they adding weight or removing.
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Another OVERPRICED raping of the Sleddar for Mod Parts
Why is it that all Mod manufacturers think snowmobilers are made of $$$ and it's ok to charge astronomical prices for Mod parts ???????
Snowmobile shocks ~ $1600 ++++ a set.
Truck Off road shocks (top of the line) ~ $500 ++ a set.
PITIFUL ......................... :face-icon-small-con:face-icon-small-con:face-icon-small-con
Why is it that all Mod manufacturers think snowmobilers are made of $$$ and it's ok to charge astronomical prices for Mod parts ???????
Snowmobile shocks ~ $1600 ++++ a set.
Truck Off road shocks (top of the line) ~ $500 ++ a set.
PITIFUL ......................... :face-icon-small-con:face-icon-small-con:face-icon-small-con
It's not just sleds. Ever looked at doing dirt bike, quad, UTV, or any other kind of power sports suspension? All big money for high end results. The lighter the vehicle, the more the setup matters too. Way more R&D time required to find the setups for the broad spectrum of riders and skill levels. The truck is not going to drive different with a 150lb driver vs. a 300lb driver.
You are also asking powersports toys to handle adverse terrain faster than you expect your truck to. To make it apples to apples, you would at least need to compare it to a pre-runner truck. And you won't touch that kind of suspension with $500.
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^^^Well said.
I get the point, mod sleds and sleds in general have sharply increased in the cost of ownership within the last few years. However what we're asking them to do has also! I certainly wouldn't ask a truck with $500 shocks to huck 10, 30 or 100 feet and expect it or me to drive away.
I get the point, mod sleds and sleds in general have sharply increased in the cost of ownership within the last few years. However what we're asking them to do has also! I certainly wouldn't ask a truck with $500 shocks to huck 10, 30 or 100 feet and expect it or me to drive away.
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I dropped 2K on a set of four Exit X1's for my 2016 T3 154. I will give a review once I get some miles on them. I also have a full season on a 15 163 T-3 with the stock shocks. So I have a good baseline, and when new I was very impressed with the stock suspension on my 2015. So I have pretty high expectations for the Exit's. I will report back mid season on if they meet my expectations....
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That's a BS comparison, sled weighs 500 lbs, let's say that Raptor weighs 7000 lb., 14 times the weight, simple math says that 90 ft huck on a Raptor would equal about a 1/4 mile sled huck 90 x 14 = 1260 ft. Try that on any of these overpriced parts and see how that sled (Or the rider) holds up, a lot worse than that Raptor methinks, at least those dip$hits walked away.
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It's supposed to be B.S.. just like trying to compare truck parts to sled parts is.
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Who does the best work on stock XM snowcheck shocks? Can't afford anything else at the moment......
The reworked RCS shocks on some of Rasmussen's sleds that I got to ride last year worked far better than the stockers. New pistons, valving, and of course Ti springs. Not sure what that package costs though.
"Top of the line" truck shocks are well over $5000 a set. Actually, much more than that. My 12x2.5 Kings were $1300 a pair, and those are pretty much street shocks any more. When you look at "the best shocks you can get" for a sled, they are still 1/4 the price of "the best you can get" for a truck. $500 won't get you a PAIR of single tube truck Foxes.....
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Your very right here on your #s thank you for clarifying this for everyone.
All good! I need to get with you here shortly on some shocks, I think I want to try some Exits on one of my rigs this year.
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Yeah lets do it we are starting to see lots more orders, guys are getting excited for another winter of riding. What sled are you looking to set up? I'm itching to get on the snow my summer has been nuts with UTV stuff which is really fun but not as fun as snow.
We have a lot more compression and rebound adjustment options now for sled front and rear shock applications, The rebound adjustment is really nice in the rear track shock positions, not at necessary on ski shocks of course but the rear track positions seems to like having that tuning feature.
That is kinda what I was thinking as far as adjustments. I think my T3 154 needs shocks. 
I am going to leave my 174 alone this year and quit trying to snowcross the silly thing, lol.
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