WE Needle shocks-Assault Shocks on PRO-RMK

the ski shocks on the assuallt are 1 " longer . The skid shocks should bolt in no problem.

You will need to buy these for the front, the shock shafts are a little shorter to work with the narrower front end of the Pro. The rears will swap fine.
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The rear suspension is identical except for the rails at the front where they turn up... This is because of the approach angle diff.

For those of you that are getting the Assault and moving the front arm holes up.. you should not have an issue... but not the other way around.

If you have an assault and are going to order Ice Age rails now or in the future... MAKE SURE to specify that you must have the Assault bend IF you are running the assault skid in the stock mounting holes for the front arms.

The rear shocks will bolt right in.. you will have to take the time to dial in the suspension and learn how the adjustments work or IMO, you are wasting your money on the assault shocks... you are paying for more adjustments and features... Take the time to learn how to use it.

I find it hard to believe that the dealer will give you good credit for the Pro Shocks and swap them out though.

The SLP/TCP WE needles are a great way to go... Otherwise, you would need to send in the shocks to FTX, or Walker Service to have them shimmed shorter.. that might affect the travel of the suspension though... you would probably be $$ ahead to go with the WE Shocks made for the PRO from SLP/TCP.

The Holz Piggyback upgrades for the front do NOT include the Needle feature. (bottoming control/resistance.)

My dealer is willing to change me out to the assault shocks "small fee" on my snowchecked RMK but it seems like the fronts are to long to work. Was wondering why im guessing that it will change the angle of the skies/sway bar or the aproach angle of the track etc. Just double checking cause the deal sounds good since im 270 dry.

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They are too long..

Best bet is to go with the shocks from SLP/TCP in the right length.

That is my experience...

mountainhorse said:

They are too long..

Best bet is to go with the shocks from SLP/TCP in the right length.

That is my experience...

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Correct if I'm wrong, but I thought there was someone that offered some kind of shock modification, where they basically took the Assault shock, shortened them and re valved them to your liking????

But yes, front stock Assault shocks will not just bolt up to a RMK.

I'm going to try the needles with the assault a-arms. Would the shocks performance upgrade be outweighed by the extra width? We'll see... Still not sure why I can't just bolt them on now. Seem like being in the powder it wouldn't be as big a deal to have the extra length

You'll need longer tie rods as well.