soulezoo

I saw no change in height when I had mine installed. Being aware of this ahead of time I did measure before and after.

Jona Gold

Thanks for the info Edmonton and Soulezoo- I think I'm going to pull the trigger on these in the next couple weeks.

soulezoo

I should have mentioned something that could affect my results as well.

I do have LazarSmith traction bars installed. However, no adjustment to the bars were made before or after.

CrazyCooter

I've had mine for about 4000 miles......they worked as advertised for a little while, but after a 2500 mile trip pulling my trailer they gave up and are bottomed out on the stops.

They say i got a weak batch, but I have been trying to get a replacement set for the past 7 weeks, but nothing but runaround and lip service. Their customer service is poor to say the least.

From what I gather, they are grossly understaffed.......

EdmontonCanada

Interesting. I will look at mine...it's been a LONG time...

seafish

I have a set that I am about to put on..HOPE that this is NOT an ongoing problem!!

Can you post a pic of what you mean by "bottomed out"??

Is it bottomed out on the oem bumper stop or on the SUlastic stop??

CrazyCooter

The shackles are bottomed out so that it rides like a stock truck......



After weeks of bitching, they finally created a shipping label yesterday and hope to have them next week......

seafish

Thanks for the pic...I wonder how EdmontonCA are doing??

Guess I'll put mine on anyway, but keep an eye on them.

Mexstan

If anyone is buying new shackles, make sure that they are what Sulastic call generation 4. Most of you are probably running gen 3. I now have gen 4 on my truck. Originals were gen 3.

Jbremount

What's the difference between the gen 3 and gen 4?

DodgeChallenger

I believe these are a good idea but the engineer in me thinks they wont last based on their scissor design. A lot of weight on those small flex bushings in the middle. I am going with Kelderman 2 stage rear air bag system and Carli torsion sway up front. Need it for daily empty driving after we tow 5er down south each winter.

EdmontonCanada

I've got Carli long-travel airbags on mine so maybe there's an influence - I'll look when I get back to Edmonton

Mexstan

When I set them side by side, the only difference that I could see was that the stops are now rubber covered. Not sure, but the composition of the rubber may have also been changed a bit.

Not surprised if the odd shackle fails when the rubber gives up, because I was watching the guys making them. The raw rubber is laid in strips in the mold and then placed in the oven. The guy laying the rubber is using his bare hands, so any oil etc on his hands will get between the layers. Other than that, the manufacturing process looked OK.

CrazyCooter

Mine didn't change height, but maybe that's why they failed? I'm also on airbags, so these things have never seen a full load like a truck without bags would.

Assume I have the 4th gen's since they are only 2-3 months old?

Finally got them to send me a replacement set on Thursday. I had to pay for them and hopefully they will credit me back when I send the defective ones back.......Expecting resistance since every time they told me they would do something, they didn't.

Let you know how it goes.

EdmontonCanada

Looks like the rubber on mine is toast...what do you think? (you can see the tearing if you look closely)