P1000 14" of travel possible P1000

[rudyeng]

Hey guys I got a crazy idea that may work. In involves creating a bracket similar the the HL lift kit and extending it upwards about 4". It would involve some cutting under the hood and replacing the crappy headlights & enclosure. Then installing a much longer shock since you will have an additinal 4" to play with. My only issue is that I do not know how to spec out shocks, totally clueless but maybe the talon shocks or some other brands may work.

Also need someone with a CNC machine that could cut that out for me. I'm willing to try it out if someone can spec out a shock

Thanks

Rudy

 

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[CID]

There were 3 or 4 guys here who made long travel Pioneers before I joined, maybe someone remembers and can tag them? Maybe Joeymt33(?), ohio4x4(?) and at least one more. #oleguy memory smokin' pretty bad 'bout now.

 

[Ohio4x4]

There were 3 or 4 guys here who made long travel Pioneers before I joined, maybe someone remembers and can tag them? Maybe Joeymt33(?), ohio4x4(?) and at least one more. #oleguy memory smokin' pretty bad 'bout now.

No long travel here. Yet lol. I'm definitely interested now that I have the talon to ride while the pioneer is down. I suspect I'll be cutting the factory tabs off anyways. @joeymt33 @ohanacreek @snuffnwhisky are the long travel guys. My crude fab skills can't hold a candle to those guys. They make it look easy.

 

[joeymt33]

Oh, I ended up buying some Polaris razor shocks for the rear and some YXZshocks for the front. The only thing that we were looking for is the correct extended length and compressed length. You can change the springs out to get the correct spring rate and then maybe some shim changing to get the shock valve correctly.

it turned out pretty good, and has proven to be reliable so far. But yes, it is a ton of work and a ton of money.

 

[joeymt33]

We also changed the mounting locations of the shocks, front and rear to get the most travel.

If you attempt to make your own shock mounting locations, then mount your shock with no spring, so that you can move the suspension up and down by hand, and make sure that your axle is not fully extending. On the pioneer, the axle can pull out of the differential when the suspension is compressed.

 

[Remington]

Hey guys I got a crazy idea that may work. In involves creating a bracket similar the the HL lift kit and extending it upwards about 4". It would involve some cutting under the hood and replacing the crappy headlights & enclosure. Then installing a much longer shock since you will have an additinal 4" to play with. My only issue is that I do not know how to spec out shocks, totally clueless but maybe the talon shocks or some other brands may work.

Also need someone with a CNC machine that could cut that out for me. I'm willing to try it out if someone can spec out a shock

Thanks

Rudy


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Why would you want to extend the bracket lift that already makes it ride and handle like crap cuz of the suspension geometry change? To go through all that trouble, might just as well fab the proper arms like Snuff did for Joey so it rides right unless your doing it just for looks

 

[rudyeng]

Awesome ideas. Thank you all very much for posting. The 22 P1000 is a special machine. I may invest some time & treasure to improve the suspension.

 

[CID]

Awesome ideas. Thank you all very much for posting. The 22 P1000 is a special machine. I may invest some time & treasure to improve the suspension.

Take lotsa pictures, plz; we're gonna need to see 'em. 👍