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<DIV>Yea I will tell you about shocks......I got to Vegas Tuesday with the Pantera and I have a leaking rear ALDAN shock. </DIV>
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<DIV>In fairness to Aldan these shocks have been on the Pantera 10-11 years or ever since we installed them after the fire in '99.....so maybe I have got 30+ open road races, lots of street time and never had a problem. Price has always been right including a NO CHARGE rebuild for the two rear shocks to dial in 25% more rebound to deal with the ever improving roads and infrastructure in America. ;-)> And they continued to work beautifully until Tuesday. I don't know if the shocks sitting for the better part of a year while I was out of the country helped but it is what it is.</DIV>
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<DIV>Decided I didn't want to risk running at the NORC with a bad shock or new replacement shocks (replace in pairs is recommendation) where I'd have to reset ride height and complete alignment and road test....so I put the Pantera back on the trailer. I was registered with a 180 Tech so seemed foolish to take risks I didn't need to. Yea I know that sounds odd but I want my gear and rear safe.</DIV>
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<DIV>I will visit Aldan next week (they are not too far from where I live) and talk to them but other then this one failure I have never had any problems with Aldan in the past so I would recommend them again .....and this is my second set...the 1st were the old steel single adjustables which were on the Pantera from 1985 to 1999. Again no problems.</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Asa Jay Laughton <asajay@asajay.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> tpr@teampanteraracing.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, May 12, 2011 10:39:16 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [TPR] Shocks<BR></FONT><BR>Hey all,<BR><BR>I recently got a nice promotion at work, which means I can start <BR>saving for car parts again. First on my list and probably not able to <BR>purchase until October, is a new set of coilover shocks. The <BR>following are what I know about:<BR><BR>Koni<BR>QA1<BR>Aldan<BR>Telecar<BR><BR>Well, we all know what I think of Telecar by now so I won't even <BR>consider those. I've heard some stories about Aldans leaking pretty <BR>soon after rebuild, but they -are- rebuildable. Same with QA1 and Koni.<BR><BR>So my question to you, the knowledgeable
Pantera racer, is:<BR><BR>- What shock do you run?<BR>- What kind of experience do you have with them?<BR>- What kind of racing are they suitable for?<BR>- What kind of adjustments?<BR>- Did you buy them new?<BR>- Have they needed rebuilding?<BR>- What has been your customer service experience?<BR>- What about mounting? (bushings available or not, custom machining, etc.)<BR><BR>I'm personally leaning toward the Koni's mostly because I can get them <BR>all set up and ready to install from Pantera Performance Center, but I <BR>also know Julian has had a lot of good things to say about QA1, and <BR>Dennis has had a lot of good things to say about his Aldans.<BR><BR>Let the collective braintrust begin the discussion.<BR><BR>Asa Jay<BR><BR>-- <BR>Asa Jay Laughton - sent from somewhere other than
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