I just ordered a long travel kit and was considering putting on the Swayaway racerunner 2.5" threaded shocks. I can get them fairly cheap. Will I be happy with these shocks or do I need to spring for coilovers?

are you talking about air shocks? if so they will do good on slow stuff but fast stuff will over heat them and they will operate poorly untill they cool down.

the redline revolts run the fox air shocks and seem to do ok. but an air shock is only good for slow speed cruising.

actually its an emulsion shock. the swayaway website claims they are good for long travel sand cars and prerunners.

I just dont want to spend a fortune on coilovers. I have like 1300 bucks to spend on shocks right now.

i would go with a coil over shock. much easier to set up valving and make it work correctly.

an air shock will be very hard to tune. you might hate it.

i am running the 2.0 sway away race runner shocks on my RZR and Megacab and love them.

as a norm a 2.0 coil over is used however some guys run the sway away air shocks on the teryx i believe custum creations has a kit that uses them

Ya thats who I'm considering buying the shocks from. I just dont want to be sorry about it later if they dont hold up on long distance fast rides.....

Check out Walker's. They are fairly affordable.

it sounds like you are buying coilovers that are just missing the carriers they will work but it might be hard putting 3.0 coils threw the rear arms

You need to clarify what your looking at.. a sway-a-way 2.5 threaded shock vs a sway-a-way air shock are 2 different things..

a swayaway 2.5 threaded shock is a coil over, just doesn't have the coils, and spacers (kind of like your only getting half of what you need). They won't work unless you put coils on them. You need some sort of spring to keep the car up. And depending on how the kit is designed, you probably won't have enough room to get a shock that big on the rear end, and clear the axle shafts. Plus, the 2.5 usually have longer compressed and extended lengths than a 2.0 size shock because all the parts are bigger to handle the extra loads a 2.5 shock needs to handle on a truck or buggy set up. for example, a 8" travel 2.5 shock will usually be 2" longer (or something like that) than a 8" travel 2.0 shock, so the lengths might not even work as well.

the swayaway air shock uses air pressure to act as a spring, and it also dampens like a shock.. so those would work.. but they will need to be the proper length, and be tuned for your long travel kit.

with rhinos, you can't just bolt on some shocks and go rip. They have to be the correct lengths to keep the cv's from over extending, etc etc.. plus the valving plays a huge part in how they work. The gotta be valved and sprung for the application, and if they aren't, they will probably work worse than your stock shocks, and stock a-arms.. so there isn't much point in doing it, unless they are set up correctly, or you will have someone set them up for you.

So my recommendation is to use the shocks your long travel kit manufacturer recommends. If they have an air shock option for thier kit, it should be fine, but you will get better performance for a true coil over shock, that is nitrogen charged (not an emulsion shock). But that also depends what your going to do with your rhino as well. If you were just putting around, then you would have stock a-arms.. if you purchased a long travel kit, i would asssume you want the best performance, so you might as well go the whole way so it will work as well as it can, and not just put something on there to get you by. But it just depends how hard you will drive it, and what your expectations are.

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i have 2.5 sway away air shocks on my long travel rhino and i love em, never felt them fad and i ride hard. i go on 100 mile rides a day almost non stop.

Good advice LSRGreg. And yes it is an air shock. Its the sway away 2.5" Air shock. I'm going to be running the superatv long travel kit. I just don't like the shocks they recommend.They sell a "Titan" 5" stroke shock. Will the swayaway shocks clear my drive shafts? Custom Creations is selling those shocks for their long travel kit and they are valved for the Rhino specifically.

the important part is where the shock mounts are at on the a-arms. Everyones kits are usually different. Those shocks you are looking at are valved for their kit, and the rhino.. not just a rhino in general.

If i were you, i would try and get the measurements of the shock (compressed and extended lengths) and also the measurements of the a-arm that has the shock location from both superatv, and the custom creations to see if they are similar or not. they don't have to be exact, but you will want to make sure the shocks will allow your suspension to move correctly, and not over extended (you will break ball joints, cv joints, axles etc) or if they are too short, it will slam the chassis into the ground when you hit a bump..

I would assume they should clear your rear axles, because the air shocks are usually smaller in diameter than a coil spring is, so that should be fine.

But for sure make sure those lengths will work for you, before you buy them.

G-

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