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Made it to 650 miles today on the 2018. I love it. This one definitely drives better than my 2016. Today was our first trip out with the SuperATV arms and with the Elka stage 4 shocks installed. It was wet and sandy on the trails we rode and the shocks really were great. I'd say swapping from Fox shocks to Elkas was better than swapping from stock shocks to Fox Shocks. No more rattles and no more harsh impacts. I'm back up to 14psi in the tires which I like for aggressive riding.

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Made it to 650 miles today on the 2018. I love it. This one definitely drives better than my 2016. Today was our first trip out with the SuperATV arms and with the Elka stage 4 shocks installed. It was wet and sandy on the trails we rode and the shocks really were great. I'd say swapping from Fox shocks to Elkas was better than swapping from stock shocks to Fox Shocks. No more rattles and no more harsh impacts. I'm back up to 14psi in the tires which I like for aggressive riding.

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I was wondering how the elkas were
 
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I was wondering how the elkas were

Compared to the fox shocks, the elkas ride smoother all the time, the machine no longer wallows through repetitive bumps and we never bottomed out either end all day. The roll stiffness feels quite a bit higher and the machine stays flatter in turns and has a lot less lean while off camber. In soft soil the rear tires chatter a lot less and nearly all the bed and door rattles are gone. With the Fox shocks I really struggled with low speed harsh impacts and the chassis feedback was always wheel hop or constant rattles in the body. At high speeds the fox shocks were pretty easy to bottom out even with just 2 guys in the machine. It's a lot better shock combination and all I did was set static sag based on the wife/kids and I on-board. Compression and rebound as still in the middle of the setting range.

All that being said the 300 lb single rate rear spring on the Elkas feels really good and that's what I had purchased for my Fox shocks. There's a chance the spring alone would have helped my previous setup tremendously.
 
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Compared to the fox shocks, the elkas ride smoother all the time, the machine no longer wallows through repetitive bumps and we never bottomed out either end all day. The roll stiffness feels quite a bit higher and the machine stays flatter in turns and has a lot less lean while off camber. In soft soil the rear tires chatter a lot less and nearly all the bed and door rattles are gone. With the Fox shocks I really struggled with low speed harsh impacts and the chassis feedback was always wheel hop or constant rattles in the body. At high speeds the fox shocks were pretty easy to bottom out even with just 2 guys in the machine. It's a lot better shock combination and all I did was set static sag based on the wife/kids and I on-board. Compression and rebound as still in the middle of the setting range.

All that being said the 300 lb single rate rear spring on the Elkas feels really good and that's what I had purchased for my Fox shocks. There's a chance the spring alone would have helped my previous setup tremendously.
I’m fixing to find out
 
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Compared to the fox shocks, the elkas ride smoother all the time, the machine no longer wallows through repetitive bumps and we never bottomed out either end all day. The roll stiffness feels quite a bit higher and the machine stays flatter in turns and has a lot less lean while off camber. In soft soil the rear tires chatter a lot less and nearly all the bed and door rattles are gone. With the Fox shocks I really struggled with low speed harsh impacts and the chassis feedback was always wheel hop or constant rattles in the body. At high speeds the fox shocks were pretty easy to bottom out even with just 2 guys in the machine. It's a lot better shock combination and all I did was set static sag based on the wife/kids and I on-board. Compression and rebound as still in the middle of the setting range.

All that being said the 300 lb single rate rear spring on the Elkas feels really good and that's what I had purchased for my Fox shocks. There's a chance the spring alone would have helped my previous setup tremendously.
I thought the Stage 4's had slow and high speed dampening, not rebound? My Stage 5's have all three, Ive got the compression set on the softest setting for trail riding with the wife. Enjoy your Elka's!
 
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I thought the Stage 4's had slow and high speed dampening, not rebound? My Stage 5's have all three, Ive got the compression set on the softest setting for trail riding with the wife. Enjoy your Elka's!

They are adjustable for low speed compression, rebound and spring preload
 
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My Superwinch Terra 45 has been finicky lately about freespool and my expectation is that it's full of mud. I also came across a deal on a Warn winch bumper and a like new Terra 45. Todays project was pulling off the old bumper and swapping on the new bumper and winch. I'll tear down the old winch another day.

My setup to date has been the Terra45, stock bumper with bolt on tie downs and a Warn winch mount. The warn mount is a huge improvement in my opinion over my previous KFI mount but the access to the winch is still poor and seeing the cable is impossible.

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Test fit, some grinding required to clear my upper a-arm gussets

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Pull test to stretch the new rope

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Overall, I really like it.
 
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My Superwinch Terra 45 has been finicky lately about freespool and my expectation is that it's full of mud. I also came across a deal on a Warn winch bumper and a like new Terra 45. Todays project was pulling off the old bumper and swapping on the new bumper and winch. I'll tear down the old winch another day.

My setup to date has been the Terra45, stock bumper with bolt on tie downs and a Warn winch mount. The warn mount is a huge improvement in my opinion over my previous KFI mount but the access to the winch is still poor and seeing the cable is impossible.

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Test fit, some grinding required to clear my upper a-arm gussets

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Overall, I really like it.


I really like that! I've got the factory bumper with KFI mount and Terra 4500. Your new setup is worlds better, I hate the way mine is currently. Aggravating as hell to get to the free spool!

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Compared to the fox shocks, the elkas ride smoother all the time, the machine no longer wallows through repetitive bumps and we never bottomed out either end all day. The roll stiffness feels quite a bit higher and the machine stays flatter in turns and has a lot less lean while off camber. In soft soil the rear tires chatter a lot less and nearly all the bed and door rattles are gone. With the Fox shocks I really struggled with low speed harsh impacts and the chassis feedback was always wheel hop or constant rattles in the body. At high speeds the fox shocks were pretty easy to bottom out even with just 2 guys in the machine. It's a lot better shock combination and all I did was set static sag based on the wife/kids and I on-board. Compression and rebound as still in the middle of the setting range.

All that being said the 300 lb single rate rear spring on the Elkas feels really good and that's what I had purchased for my Fox shocks. There's a chance the spring alone would have helped my previous setup tremendously.

The door and bed rattles being gone just made me very interested in Elkas.
 
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I added a few new parts today. 6" Rough Country light bar was first. I added it in the opening of my Warn front bumper. It was a perfect fit for the cut out.


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Next upgrade was to fix the gap under my Warn bumper. I remembered that I had tucked away a Warn plow mount in the basement. Turns out it's a pretty good fit for the gap.
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The plow mount is really beefy and the leading edge is all 1/4" steel. I think it'll make a nice frame protector and it fits well with my skid plate

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With the plow bracket installed, this really snowballed. I've been storing a 72" plow Warn plow for 2 years and today I had to check it out. It looks awesome. I have no need for this but it was a good deal at the time and someday I hope to have a driveway that needs it.

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