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P500 WE SHOCKS ORDERED! Will I notice?

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Walker Evan's shocks ordered with 1.5 inch wheel spacers and removing sway bar, Will I notice a difference on the whoops? There killing me at my atv park they dont groom the trails.
 
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You will not notice a difference...... please send them onto me.

Groom trails really? Snowmobile trail groomers here but UTV..nope. fact here we don’t have controlled UTV/ATV tracks (only closed course race loops). All our riding is done on public lands so far thankfully.
Have fun in the whoops, I’m guessing you’ll be 1-2 gears quicker.
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I'm envious! Counting on you to let me/us know how much improvement (there will definitely be improvement) you experience.
 
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How much did they set you back? Asking for a friend :cool:
 
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Walker Evan's shocks ordered with 1.5 inch wheel spacers and removing sway bar, Will I notice a difference on the whoops? There killing me at my atv park they dont groom the trails.
FREE SOLUTION ! SLOW DOWN
 
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Walker Evan's shocks ordered with 1.5 inch wheel spacers and removing sway bar, Will I notice a difference on the whoops? There killing me at my atv park they dont groom the trails.
YES.
 
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Just a heads up,,When you mount the fronts,with machine jacked up clear of the floor,spin your right front tire to make sure there is no binding in the axle at full droop.Mine did,it was a bump,bump,bump in the CV joint.I cut my lower shock mounts off and moved them 1/2" outwards on the A-arm.That was all it took to fix the binding.Turn the steering lock to lock while checking.The axle shaft is so short on that side.The left had no binding.Keep your spring pre-load light and the clicker out aways,and they give a great ride.
 
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I Added the shocks without the spacers or disconnecting the sway bar... and still made a big difference! Enjoy!
 
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I don't think I would own a P500 without WE shocks. They made a tremendous difference. Won't ride like a bigger machine, but still a huge improvement.
 
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Well I got them hooked up remove sway bar added 1.5 in spacers tested amount today absolutely amazing ride so much better now when I hit the real deep whoops yeah it's still an issue but overall a 50% Improvement got to tell you no regrets all I have to do is figure out a good setup for my preloads does anyone have any idea what a good setup would be for the preloads I kept them as light as possible I'm just fear them bottoming out.
 
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Well I got them hooked up remove sway bar added 1.5 in spacers tested amount today absolutely amazing ride so much better now when I hit the real deep whoops yeah it's still an issue but overall a 50% Improvement got to tell you no regrets all I have to do is figure out a good setup for my preloads does anyone have any idea what a good setup would be for the preloads I kept them as light as possible I'm just fear them bottoming out.
Congrats on the WE's ! I'll try to measure where my preload is set tomorrow.Might give you a decent starting point.Don't be afraid to bottom them occasionally,You won't be using all of the wheel travel if they don't.Clickers can be turned in to help with the bottoming out.Did you check the right front for any binding in the CV joint?
 
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Well I got them hooked up remove sway bar added 1.5 in spacers tested amount today absolutely amazing ride so much better now when I hit the real deep whoops yeah it's still an issue but overall a 50% Improvement got to tell you no regrets all I have to do is figure out a good setup for my preloads does anyone have any idea what a good setup would be for the preloads I kept them as light as possible I'm just fear them bottoming out.

Just set your ride height to what it was before the install, that's a good starting point. Then they'll settle and you'll have to adjust preload again, had to do that like 3 times with mine.
 
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I'm at 2 1/4" of thread showing on top with the fronts,1 1/8" in the rear.
 
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