ridepro suspension

Can't speak for Ironman but just fitted Ridepro 2" lift constant rate (heavy duty) coils with the Rox shockies to my LC105. Service from the supplier and fitters was excellent and timely. I've now done a 3000klm trip with half of that towing an Ultimate camper up through the Vic High Country. Highway handling is very comfortable and towing is no stress at all. Back roads and corrugation handling is predictable. Offroad flex is impressive without going to the trouble of sway bar disconnects, etc. I am running 33" Cooper ST's. I'm very impressed and have no hesitation in recommending this set up.
Cheers
John

Ridepro would be the best value heavy duty suspension available at the moment having superior features & better quality than the Ironman from what I've seen. The silver series shocks in particular work very well on Cruisers & Patrols being a good choice for outback touring. If after a soft ride these are not for you.
Cheers Craig............

I only put Ridepro suspension into my 100 series last week. Marked improvement over standard and gives a good level ride.

I went for a package explained to me as Original replacement but in HD form. This gave me about a 20mm lift over STD all round and it sits up beautifully without the need for a drop diff.

Mine is a daily driver with Std 265/75/16 tyres. The combination is a good package.

Don't know about Ironman at all.

Good luck

Now on my second set of RidePro Shocks, on a GU Patrol.

1st suspension modification was Heavy Duty TJM springs, original shocks.

Then I put Noble bump stops/suspension aids on, roughly 75,000 km ago. I previously had several sets of Polyairs on various vehicles, and felt this Noble style of mod was going to be less trouble & achieve what I wanted. They are still performing OK. The vehicle was getting heavier all the time as I added more crap to it.

Then went to RidePro Shocks on those TJM springs.The vehicle was still getting heavier all the time as I added more crap to it. That helped heaps, but any half decent new shock would have at that moment.

Then Ride Pro extra heavy duty springs - the heaviest they make -with that same set of standard RidePro Shocks. I had stopped the vehicle's weight gain by now - at 3.8 tonne fully loaded.

The RidePro's lost it at about 45,000km - just out of warranty!! I do tough miles so can't complain.

Then decided to go to Bilsteins as they are re-buildable and looked like they could cope - or at least until I found out the price.

By now RidePro had developed their new extra heavy duty shock - the ROX. They had been out for only a few weeks, so no feedback was available. So far so good, across some atrocious terrain, and some black top - but it's only 18,000km.

I chose RidePro ROX as they were further developed for load carrying, heavy duty performance over the previous ones - I would not have put those same original specced ones back on. I selected them for volume & performance, as well as value - nearest rival was, IMHO,Tough Dog Ralph shocks.

Cheers

One word of warning about the first brand, I have recently completed a 20,000 trip through the kimberley's etc from Vic. I had a full H/D kit put in here in Melb shocks/springs. The front struts topped out on the Mereenie Loop and were replaced in Alice under Warranty. The second set of struts topped out again in Kakudu. I replaced them with with a totally different brand and have had no problems since. The suspension installer said the struts were about 1.5 inches too small. Be carefull and make sure the correct parts are put in in the first place. To their credit they then fullfilled their warranty issues financially.