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Howdy Folks;
I have spoken with Pat at HD shocks about shocks for my 2008 M1078A1R. HD shocks works with King, I think Pat actually worked at King for a number of years, for manufacturing of the shocks. I have sent dimensions on the front A1R specific shock to them along with a bunch of photos, and plan to pull a rear shock this weekend to do the same. The rear shock from my truck should be proper fitment for both front and rear on A0 and A1 trucks, so if this works out, the group buy should cover all variants of our trucks.
Some have expressed concern about HD Shocks using off the shelf valving vs custom tuning to the trucks specific loading and use case. I'm not trying to build a race truck and there is no one size fits all perfectly scenario, so if you want that level customization, well, you should just deal with king directly. What I am trying to do is get a quality correct fitment shock that is of proper capacity for our trucks rather than making do with something like the Monroe shocks people are using. So, if this sounds like the right approach for your needs as well, this could be a good opportunity. The nice thing about HD shocks, is that if they take this on, they actually create part #'s for the shocks in their catalog, so future interested parties can easily order them. King doesn't do that and that's why when you call king, nobody knows anything about these trucks. It's just lost in all the custom one-offs they have done for people.
I asked Pat if he would be interested in doing a group buy deal and he is. Obviously, the odds of HD shocks taking on this project are much better if there are multiple sales involved. So at the request of some other folks also interested in a proper fitment quality shock option, I'm starting this thread to gauge interest.
Admins, I believe this is okay since I'm just a forum member, not a retailer trying sell anything, but if not feel free to delete the thread.
Thanks
I have spoken with Pat at HD shocks about shocks for my 2008 M1078A1R. HD shocks works with King, I think Pat actually worked at King for a number of years, for manufacturing of the shocks. I have sent dimensions on the front A1R specific shock to them along with a bunch of photos, and plan to pull a rear shock this weekend to do the same. The rear shock from my truck should be proper fitment for both front and rear on A0 and A1 trucks, so if this works out, the group buy should cover all variants of our trucks.
Some have expressed concern about HD Shocks using off the shelf valving vs custom tuning to the trucks specific loading and use case. I'm not trying to build a race truck and there is no one size fits all perfectly scenario, so if you want that level customization, well, you should just deal with king directly. What I am trying to do is get a quality correct fitment shock that is of proper capacity for our trucks rather than making do with something like the Monroe shocks people are using. So, if this sounds like the right approach for your needs as well, this could be a good opportunity. The nice thing about HD shocks, is that if they take this on, they actually create part #'s for the shocks in their catalog, so future interested parties can easily order them. King doesn't do that and that's why when you call king, nobody knows anything about these trucks. It's just lost in all the custom one-offs they have done for people.
I asked Pat if he would be interested in doing a group buy deal and he is. Obviously, the odds of HD shocks taking on this project are much better if there are multiple sales involved. So at the request of some other folks also interested in a proper fitment quality shock option, I'm starting this thread to gauge interest.
Admins, I believe this is okay since I'm just a forum member, not a retailer trying sell anything, but if not feel free to delete the thread.
Thanks
