Hi guys,
I bought a 2020 summit 850 sp 154 last season and rode it stock all season. My last sled was a 2015 summit 800 sp 154 which was an awesome sled. My 800 had fox float 2's in the front(wasn't a big fan, took a while for me to set them up the way I wanted), stock center shock and stock rear shock. I ran torsion spring spacers in the rear which made a huge difference and only cost me $70cad. This sled handled well for my needs. Well long story short it's time to upgrade the suspension on my 850. I swore I'd never buy another set of floats as I've always preferred coil set ups (I'm a set it and forget it guy) but I found some fox float 3 evol qs3's online for a decent price so I decided to go with those.
In this years budget I planned to buy a rear shock and keep the stock center shock. I originally was going to buy cheaper front shocks and an Elka Stage 4 rear but after installing my new floats I can already tell I'm a big fan of the qs3. I like the quick adjustability of the 3 settings. I can't seem to find a place where I can get a 1.5 Zero QS3 rear without buying a center as well and at that point its more than I'd like to spend on suspension this year. Any thoughts, suggestions or other set ups I should look into? If I could buy something from Canada that would be preferred.
Some background information:
I think I didn't really care for my float 2's because they were either too stiff or way too soft. I could never get them dialed for what I wanted. Add in a few days with temperature swings and the front end always felt different. After messing around with my new floats 3's and doing some reading about how to set each chamber and rebound, I can already tell that these will be way more forgiving than my float 2's and I won't have to mess around with them every day.
The torsion spring spacers on my 800 worked great but I was always kind of scared if there was a potential to snap a torsion spring while jumping (hence why I want an aftermarket rear shock with some adjustability)
An Elka stage 4 rear shock is $912.50cad before tax and I can get a fox kit (float 3 evol r / 1.5 zero qs3) for $1300cad before tax. Again, didn't really want to spend that much at this point. The elka shocks used to be cheaper about a month ago but I see they went up in price since the pre season rush.
I bought a 2020 summit 850 sp 154 last season and rode it stock all season. My last sled was a 2015 summit 800 sp 154 which was an awesome sled. My 800 had fox float 2's in the front(wasn't a big fan, took a while for me to set them up the way I wanted), stock center shock and stock rear shock. I ran torsion spring spacers in the rear which made a huge difference and only cost me $70cad. This sled handled well for my needs. Well long story short it's time to upgrade the suspension on my 850. I swore I'd never buy another set of floats as I've always preferred coil set ups (I'm a set it and forget it guy) but I found some fox float 3 evol qs3's online for a decent price so I decided to go with those.
In this years budget I planned to buy a rear shock and keep the stock center shock. I originally was going to buy cheaper front shocks and an Elka Stage 4 rear but after installing my new floats I can already tell I'm a big fan of the qs3. I like the quick adjustability of the 3 settings. I can't seem to find a place where I can get a 1.5 Zero QS3 rear without buying a center as well and at that point its more than I'd like to spend on suspension this year. Any thoughts, suggestions or other set ups I should look into? If I could buy something from Canada that would be preferred.
Some background information:
I think I didn't really care for my float 2's because they were either too stiff or way too soft. I could never get them dialed for what I wanted. Add in a few days with temperature swings and the front end always felt different. After messing around with my new floats 3's and doing some reading about how to set each chamber and rebound, I can already tell that these will be way more forgiving than my float 2's and I won't have to mess around with them every day.
The torsion spring spacers on my 800 worked great but I was always kind of scared if there was a potential to snap a torsion spring while jumping (hence why I want an aftermarket rear shock with some adjustability)
An Elka stage 4 rear shock is $912.50cad before tax and I can get a fox kit (float 3 evol r / 1.5 zero qs3) for $1300cad before tax. Again, didn't really want to spend that much at this point. The elka shocks used to be cheaper about a month ago but I see they went up in price since the pre season rush.