Stopped buy the shop and my springs are getting done right now

 

 

They look great!:th_smiliethumbsup:

 

Looking good!

Your machine is waaay too clean under there though. :th_smiliethumbsup:

 

Nice!!! Now put them on lol

 

is it me ? or are you guys putting those shocks in upside down

 

They go in reverse from the factory Shock/Spring. Look at the Renegades and 850 XMR, same way.

 

It's just you the factory are adjusted from the bottom

 

thanks
just put hpg rears on my 07 and was wondering if i put them back wrong

 

Got them on! They look great. Left them in the factory settings for now. I'm going riding Friday all day so I'll see how they do. I'll update.

 

looking forward to your input stitches!!! i love em

 

So I got to test out the fox podiums yesterday. And I am very happy with them. riding on rocky/rutted trails the suspension took the bounce out of the machine. I would find with the old shocks the fronts would bottom out and the rear would bounce around causing the quad to feel like it was all over the place.The fox shocks seemed to absorbe this therefore keeping the quad straight. Never felt like I was out of control. Any hard dips in the trails the front shocks took it and kept it level. Old shock in that situation would go in hard and throw the bike in the air nose first. I did find the front factory setting Alittle to stiff.so I'll probably soften them a 1/2" or so and see what that does. But over all very happy.night and day from stocks. :th_smiliethumbsup:
Here's a short video from yesterday. Wasn't going really fast only 2nd time on the trails.check it out.

 

Thanks for the review but I want to add if you have a outlander max you need to use the stock springs on the back or it will be to soft for 2 up riding , on the max it has a stronger spring over the 1 up in the rear and you will make it worse but I'm happy to report if you switch the spring all is well

 

Mine is not the max. Just a 1 up. Good to know anyways.

 

Well I ordered these shocks a couple of months ago and went to install them today. Got the fronts on and moved to the back. Got the oem rears out and noticed that they sent me a box with four front shocks. :squint:

 

Actually, on further inspection I found the following:

The instruction manual lists the following part numbers:

706201266 - Front Shock
706000954 - Rear Shock

The fronts are on and I can't see the part number to check, but the other two shocks I received have the following part number: 706000864

This comes back as a Renegade rear shock when I do a web search. Here's the problem. I may be really dumb here as I've never installed shocks before but shouldn't the bottom eyelet be rotated 90 degrees? They are both oriented in the same direction and will not fit. Can I just put the top in and rotate the bottom until it is oriented correctly?

Here's what I'm talking about

 

Actually, on further inspection I found the following:



The instruction manual lists the following part numbers:



706201266 - Front Shock

706000954 - Rear Shock



The fronts are on and I can't see the part number to check, but the other two shocks I received have the following part number: 706000864



This comes back as a Renegade rear shock when I do a web search. Here's the problem. I may be really dumb here as I've never installed shocks before but shouldn't the bottom eyelet be rotated 90 degrees? They are both oriented in the same direction and will not fit. Can I just put the top in and rotate the bottom until it is oriented correctly?



Here's what I'm talking about

Pretty sure yes. Put a screwdriver in both ands and twist. If it doesn't budge you have a problem. Pretty positive there is no key way in there.


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Went out on first ride and noticed massive difference. I did jack them up a bit because I smashed some rocks on font end. And bottomed out more than I would have liked. Definitely WAY Better than stock. We rode hard. Riding 20mph was the sweet spot. Cornered and stopped with better feel. Felt way better on rugged rock sections.


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Not to high jack the thread but just letting you guys know all the gen1 and gen2 GP Shoxs are back in stock gen2 ones are very scarce because the preorder took most of them GP Shoxs Here

 

Anymore updates on perfomance?

 

Nobody can confirm that fox shocks fit on an outlander l model. Can-am doesn't list the l model as fitting with the $580 dollar fox shocks. I have a 2015 outlander l 500 max and they fit. Good news. I risked it and it is a direct easy fit. I had a super atv lift and removed it because the shocks lifted my machine another 2 inches because of spring. I took like an inch off the preload they came with. The rear lift bracket hit a little bit the stock mounts are fine. I can actually monster truck over obstacles now. I wish someone confirmed the fit sooner. A must upgrade for outlander l. I found myself bottoming out a ton in New Hampshire. I will confirm performance after next long ride. It resulted in about an inch of lift over stock I would say. Anyone want to buy my stock shocks?

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Can anyone confirm if these will fit a 2008 Outlander 650 Max? I've been looking for a suspension upgrade for quite some time and the price seems right on these. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Nobody can confirm that fox shocks fit on an outlander l model. Can-am doesn't list the l model as fitting with the $580 dollar fox shocks. I have a 2015 outlander l 500 max and they fit. Good news. I risked it and it is a direct easy fit. I had a super atv lift and removed it because the shocks lifted my machine another 2 inches because of spring. I took like an inch off the preload they came with. The rear lift bracket hit a little bit the stock mounts are fine. I can actually monster truck over obstacles now. I wish someone confirmed the fit sooner. A must upgrade for outlander l. I found myself bottoming out a ton in New Hampshire. I will confirm performance after next long ride. It resulted in about an inch of lift over stock I would say. Anyone want to buy my stock shocks?

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Can anyone confirm if these will fit a 2008 Outlander 650 Max? I've been looking for a suspension upgrade for quite some time and the price seems right on these. Any help would be appreciated.

JaronsToy said in a post on here if you have a max you have to use the stock rear springs. The springs that come with the fox are a renegade spring.
Maybe he will respond to clear it up. But as far as them fitting, yes.

 

Super happy this thread is right near the top. I recently blew out the R/F shock on my wheeler Sat Night and after a little research decided these might be a great upgrade over my stock ones with the spacer lift.

I ordered them Sun and should have them by Wednesday. Glad all you guys are having Goodluck deff makes me feel better about the purchase. Guess I'll leave out the spacers lol

 

I will update after next ride. Last ride, my first in new shocks was much better. A little soft. But I will see next ride if it is better turned up more. Did great crawling on rocks. Speed was more stable and way less front end divey


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I can confirm that the stock rear springs on the max has a higher spring rate then the rear springs on the Fox upgrade package. I went from maximum preload with the upgrade rear springs for just riding solo to 4.75" of thread showing and 5.25" with my wife on the rear with the original rear springs reinstalled. Neither of us are light by any means. Yesterday we were out and hit a few whoops hard and never bottomed out yet had a comfortably ride. She doesn't go out riding with me much since the grand kids came along.

 

Was the rear end of the Max unstable with the upgrade shock and spring? And how do the front springs of the original shock compare to the upgrade front springs? In pictures the upgrade spring looks bigger than the originals?

 

Hey guys.. Just wanted to give another update on the fox shocks. I was gonna soften up the front suspension but I figured I would leave it for 1 more ride in the stock position. So I went out for a night ride last night with some friends at a place we ride on a regular basis.So I knew very well what spots in the trails the old shocks had problems handling. So I made it a point to hit them harder. I can honestly say the fox shock made a huge difference. Very smooth,felt like the quad just stuck to the ground,no bounce and always felt in control. Sorry it's hard to describe the exact feel,but I can tell you for me it was worth the purchase. :aniwheeler6:

 

How bout another update on those Fox shocks?

 

im running the fox shocks also
if you are running stockers...you dont know what your missing..

 

I ride aggressively so i have the preset a bit higher then what you would normally set them at. Lots of info on how to proper adjust shocks online. I personally find they ride fine for a couple of hours of hard riding then they get "soft" feeling. When I change the suspension package again, I will get shocks that have rebound and compression adjustments like the piggy back Fox podiums or Elkas. The 2016 and prior years of teh XT-P models have that setup. 2017 has a simplified adjustment scheme, 3 settings. Too bad as they hada great product if they were setup right.

Having said that, my daughter and Son-in-law just picked up a used 2016 XT Max 650. stock shocks on it are way better then my stocks were. no diving on hard braking or cornering. Obviously BRP has done something recently.

 

Yeah the Generation 1 machines had a front end dive/bottoming issue and for Gen 2 BRP says they used anti-dive geometry I think that's how they said it. I don't have too many complaints about my gen 2 suspension but I am considering the 500$ upgrade shocks so I can have more compression and rebound damping. I don't think I need the Elka stage 4 at this point. Funny, BRP's page showed that the 500$ shocks were not for my machine.