Remy l spoke to the guys from foa today they want me to let you no that thier shocks arn't intended for your needs. They are aimed at the budget or club racer and not the $50,000.00+ car. If you want to perform at a national level buy King,Fox,Kadco,Aushock ect. But if you are like me and run a $10,000.00 class 3 using any coilover is moving up. These are a budget shock for the club racer.

Remy l spoke to Chris from FOA our coilovers are on the way and he said that thier Bypass shockers will be on sale within the month. We are getting 4 of those as well l will let you no how they go. 

FOA'S new 2 tube and 3 tube bypass shocks are in the final testing stages at the moment and will be available shortly. They are in the 2.5 series and also have a new rod end for all the race series shocks which eliminates it's only percieved weakness.
Also being tested is a position sensitive shock which will be priced between the coilover and bypass shocks but they are all still budget priced.
Bypass shock photo is the prototype with the coilover and 4 seat test mule.
bosstruck@optusnet.com.au or www.f-o-a.com

Just thought l would show you the prototype bypass mounted to a buggy and post a shot of the new midboard hubs being machined which are being evaluated at the moment. The 2 and 3 tube bypass shocks will be available for purchase in 6-8 weeks.
Contact me via email bosstruck@optusnet.com.au or phone me on 0418773057

-- Edited by boss truck at 19:10, 2007-06-05

boss truck wrote:

FOA shocks can now be purchased through
Raptor Race Cars Victoria call Greg 0419575425
Kadco Offroad Townsville call Vern 0747550000
JT Engineering Newcastle call Scott 0414640703 or 0249660590             Custom 4wd Creations Brisbane call Chris 0438279890

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Hi Guys just boring you with another update, Bypass shocks are only a couple of weeks away and you will be able to get them in two different forms a) standard tube placements and b) custom tube placements which won't cost much extra and means you will be able to work around the cars and not the shocks.
Thanks
Kevin

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Rough pricing at the moment is $625 for a 2 tube and $675.00 3 tube which could vary up to $30 dollars each way with final pricing. These prices are at todays exchange rate which governs price as they are built to order. They will be on the market in 1 week and coupled with our coilovers will be a great package for performance and price.
Also coming soon will be a Full Tube Chassis mini lite trophy truck with V6 ecotect power plant, turbo 350 trans and Curry 8" diff with FOX shocks each corner and 33" x 15" tyres on beadlocks with 20" travel on all four corners with a Chev fiberglass body for Stadium racing and Desert racing as well for under$50,000 ready to race. Also could be used for Class 1 Pro lite 
 Enquiries will be taken now at bosstruck@optusnet.com.au


-- Edited by boss truck at 19:20, 2007-06-28

-- Edited by boss truck at 07:11, 2007-06-29

Hi guys, Chris with FOA Shock Absorbers here. Just thought I'de drop in and tell you a bit about us.
We are a brand new, small company based in Las Vegas Nevada, USA. Our goal when we started all this was to build a good, solid performing shock absorber at a price more people could afford. Our intention was to cover the bases for all the 4x4, sand buggy, pre-runner, and play car crowd. Those are the ones that don't NEED to spend huge amounts of money on a "race" shock to get the performance they want.
We wanted our shock to have all the good things you find in a quality race shock.....rebuildable, revalvable, large oil volume, big steel shafts (.875), hiem joints, etc. After much trial and error, we figured out how to get it all at the price we were shooting for. It turns out that the shocks work even better than we had planned. While we don't market them for racing, they are already being used on race cars with good results.
Kevin mentioned many of our shocks parts are exchangable with a FOX shock....he meant to say KING. Since he was addressing a FOX dealer, I can see the slip-up. Basically, our shocks will use the same seal kits, wear bands and shims as the KING shocks will. If you are in a bind and have a KING dealer near you, you're in business.
Our bypass shocks are still in the works. The testing stages have been done for awhile....it's just been alot of work to reduce the production time of them to where we need it to be, to offer them for the price we are shooting for. It will be worth the wait!
Kevin is the guy to speak to about getting some for yourself. Let me or him know if you have any questions......we'll be happy to help. CHRIS



-- Edited by motochris at 03:30, 2007-10-10

Hey Kevin, if your coming down to Gundy are you gonna have some of these shocks with you to show around. I'm sure a few guys will be interested?

l had a phone call from Cameron Richie today and as he was distresed about what l have written before l would just like to let his customers know that it wasn't him l was talking about. And l must clarify that all the major sellers over here in Aus are great guys and have only the best interests of the sport and people involved in it at heart.
l have bought products from Racer Imports, BPM, The Offroad Shop and Wizard and l nothing but good things to say about them and would recomend them to anyone.
Also from all reports Rivmasta is a great company to deal with.

-- Edited by boss truck at 17:38, 2007-10-19

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While we don't market them for racing, they are already being used on race cars with good results.



-- Edited by motochris at 03:30, 2007-10-10

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Who uses these shocks on there Buggy / Truck?

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In Australia there are two rockcrawlers already using them, a winch challenge car, 2 pro-class cars have just bought them, my car is being built with them on it, 2 cars in NZ have them fitted for off-road racing and if you PM motochris l am sure he will give you any info you would like. Like we have said before this is a new product on the market and it takes time before you get a brand name and people buy from your reputation. Ask me this again in 12 months and then we can throw a lot more names at you.

One of our USA customers has a Nissan Titan pre-runner truck. He had FOX bypasses front and rear, but because shocks were being stolen alot lately, he decided to put our shocks on his truck until he needed to actually pre-run a race course. Here's his reply to me asking how our smooth body reservoir shock ($170 US) compared to the FOX 2 tube bypasses ($595 US) he removed.

"I was surprised that the FOAs felt and handle better than my bypasses did. I still need to valve them for a bit less compression. I was at Razor road riding MX last weekend, I put the FOAs to the whoop test, and they sucked them up better then my FOXs did. I will be going to Dumont Dunes in 2 weeks and will try to get some suspension vids of the whooped out section and a few jumps."

Here's the link to the thread page.... http://www.dezertrangers.com/vb/showthread.php?p=771289#post771289

I keep meaning to post this and keep forgetting. Here's a link to a review of our shocks by Jeeps Unlimited..... http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/mambo2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=98&Itemid=32
They are more of a 4x4/rockcrawler site, but it's still good info. 

 
 are they 2'' or 2.5'' body shock

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For the next 2 weeks l will do 10", 12",14" and 16" remote reservoir coilover shocks with all coilover hardware, billet Alli top cap and high temp seals for $780.00 AUD a pair delivered to your door. I will also do 14" and 16" remote smooth bodies with all the goodies for $695.00 AUD a pair delivered to your door. All shocks will be valved to your requirements. All shocks are totally rebuildable buy the owner or we can do it for you.
You can call me on 0418773057 or email at bosstruck@optusnet.com.au

We have sold a few shocks already and they should be at the customers late this week  maby early next week which is quite good as we usally have a 2 week build time. You only have a bit over a week left at these prices so get in and save.

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