G9 custom lift questions

jonsmonte · 01-31-2011, 09:46 PM

Will 4 front 400ex shocks work for replacing my stock shocks, I'm looking for a 5-6" lift overall and will weld up the other brackets.

BigCountry79 · 01-31-2011, 11:15 PM

i believe the 400ex shocks are a fairly common swap to carts, you might wanna wait for an expert to correct me

sho305 · 02-01-2011, 10:00 AM

IIRC most use the rears, but only use one. If you mean doubles on the front seems like it should, and yes that would be cool.

jonsmonte · 02-01-2011, 10:41 AM

It would be cool if i weighed 350, but i meant 2 shocks in the front and two in the rear.

6'0" 165

sho305 · 02-01-2011, 11:04 AM

Well, it seems that ATV fronts are too weak to hold up weight of a cart. So they often use the rear shocks that are stiffer....is what I was getting at. So I don't know if the front shocks will work or not they might be weak. It of course depends on how much travel you expect out of them and how much punishment you give the cart.

Go in the lifted carts section and try a search there are lots of posts about it.

chuddly · 02-01-2011, 05:27 PM

400ex front shocks work great on the rear. Infact they are a bit on the stiff side for normal use but they handle a load GREAT. I have them all the way around on my G1

jadawg27 · 02-07-2011, 11:30 PM

I put 400 ex shocks on mine and they were way too soft so I took the springs off put a 4" piece of tube on and put the springs back on now its perfect

chuddly · 02-08-2011, 05:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jadawg27

I put 400 ex shocks on mine and they were way too soft so I took the springs off put a 4" piece of tube on and put the springs back on now its perfect

you must have had some WORN OUT shocks

Tonka329 · 02-08-2011, 07:47 AM

Hey jadawg, I'm not to far away from you. Wouldnt mind stopping by one of these days and taking a look at your cart to see how you did your suspension...

jadawg27 · 02-08-2011, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chuddly

you must have had some WORN OUT shocks

No they were not worn out the front were actually take offs from a ltz400 taken off after about a week and changed to axis racing shocks if the golf cart had dual a-arms they would have worked fine but needed to stiffen them up to keep the tires from doing this / \ the rears were off of the 400ex and I stiffened them up too dont know if I needed to but I did

01-31-2011, 09:46 PM	#1
jonsmonte Getting Wild Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 95	G9 custom lift questions Will 4 front 400ex shocks work for replacing my stock shocks, I'm looking for a 5-6" lift overall and will weld up the other brackets.

01-31-2011, 11:15 PM	#2
BigCountry79 Gone Wild Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Boondocks, MS Posts: 693	Re: G9 custom lift questions i believe the 400ex shocks are a fairly common swap to carts, you might wanna wait for an expert to correct me

02-01-2011, 10:00 AM	#3
sho305 Vegas modded 420 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West MI Posts: 15,443	Re: G9 custom lift questions IIRC most use the rears, but only use one. If you mean doubles on the front seems like it should, and yes that would be cool.

02-01-2011, 10:41 AM	#4
jonsmonte Getting Wild Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 95	Re: G9 custom lift questions It would be cool if i weighed 350, but i meant 2 shocks in the front and two in the rear. 6'0" 165

02-01-2011, 11:04 AM	#5
sho305 Vegas modded 420 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West MI Posts: 15,443	Re: G9 custom lift questions Well, it seems that ATV fronts are too weak to hold up weight of a cart. So they often use the rear shocks that are stiffer....is what I was getting at. So I don't know if the front shocks will work or not they might be weak. It of course depends on how much travel you expect out of them and how much punishment you give the cart. Go in the lifted carts section and try a search there are lots of posts about it.

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02-01-2011, 05:27 PM	#6
chuddly Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Eminence, IN Posts: 534	Re: G9 custom lift questions 400ex front shocks work great on the rear. Infact they are a bit on the stiff side for normal use but they handle a load GREAT. I have them all the way around on my G1

02-07-2011, 11:30 PM	#7
jadawg27 Gone Wild Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: peotone IL Posts: 320	Re: G9 custom lift questions I put 400 ex shocks on mine and they were way too soft so I took the springs off put a 4" piece of tube on and put the springs back on now its perfect

02-08-2011, 07:47 AM	#9
Tonka329 Smoov az a gravy sammich Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Limestone, Illinois Posts: 3,462	Re: G9 custom lift questions Hey jadawg, I'm not to far away from you. Wouldnt mind stopping by one of these days and taking a look at your cart to see how you did your suspension...

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