Shock Socks

[Oxyacetylene]

What are you guys using for Shock Socks? I am using a set of the Lycra ones I bought off ebay. They are basically a piece of spandex sewed down one side to make a tube to fit over the springs. They work fine except the sewn seam makes the top of the spring not fit well on the adjustment ring of my threaded shocks or on the bottom of the spring where it fits the retainer.

I found these shock towers on ebay, look at the way they are protecting the shocks...Has anyone tried this, how well does it work, what material (rubber glove?)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3165845158&category=34063&rd=1

 

[waasssup]

shock sox

i can't really tell wat they are using,did u try 2 email them thru ebay and ask them???

 

[FastEddy]

What you are looking at is a set of shock towers that will allow you to use 1/8th scale buggy shocks. Most good buggy shocks use a silicone boot as a shock sock.

If you don't want to convert to 1/8th scale shocks try using balloons. Do a search on this site and you will find a lot of info on using balloons.

-Ed

 

[Oxyacetylene]

While I was at Wal-Mart last night I found a pack of party balloons that look like they will work well for the Savage Shocks. They are the balloons like you make animals and stuff out of. 20 in a pack, about 6 assorted colors, and only about $1.32 a pack! They look like they would work well to fit over the shock body under the springs.

 

[jgscott]

It’s actually very easy to make your own "shock socks". I looked at the ones from Bad Horse and then got some of the fabric from the fabric store; it is some kind of lycra based stuff. I basically walked around and found fabric that was able to stretch; you'll know it when you find it. I got 1/8th of a yard in 5 different colors. It cost about $10.00 total and each piece could make about 20 socks.

I took one of my springs and used it to make a template for determining the width of fabric needed to go around the shock. It is important to make sure fabric stretches around the shock, not up and down the length of it. Once I knew the width, I laid all four springs out on the piece and left space above and below each spring to determine the length of fabric needed to cover all the shocks.

Once I knew the length and the width for the piece, I simply cut the piece out and ran it through the sewing machine. I ran it through three times, moving the piece away from the needle slightly more each time to ensure that the seam would hold.

Once I was done sewing it, I cut the long tube into four equal pieces, trimmed off the extra fabric from the seam, turned them inside out and placed them on the shocks. They work great, are even cheaper than buying them from the various websites and took about 15 minutes to make. You can coat them with scotch guard and they will be stain resistant as well. Look out Martha Stewart!

 

[hb1111]

wow we even got guys that know how to sew..great job maybe we can get you to sew us some car covers!!!lol..