TOUGH DOG have
a number of great Shock Absorbers and Steering
Stabilizers in their range of 4WD Suspension
products. These shocks include:
- TOUGH DOG
40mm Bore Adjustable Foam Cell Shocks
- TOUGH DOG
45mm Bore Adjustable Foam Cell Shocks
- TOUGH DOG
RALPH Extra Heavy Duty 53mm Bore Hydraulic
Shocks
- 4WAY ‘Return
to Centre’ Steering Stabilizers
TOUGH
DOG ADJUSTABLE SHOCKS
Imagine being able to decide how firm or how
soft you want your ride!
Tough Dog’s
Adjustable Shocks have a 9-position knob on the
lower/bottom end of the shock body near the
lower mount, allowing you to configure the ride
depending on your expectations and requirements.
Position No1 is
'Yankee-like’ SOFT, position No9 is ‘Bloody’
FIRM.
We suggest you select position 4 as a starting
point & adjust to suit!
Many manufacturers of cheaper heavy duty shock
absorbers will typically make their shocks
around 15-25% firmer than the original shocks.
With Tough Dog’s Adjustable Shocks you decide on
the ride quality and handling control you want
in just a minute or so.
Note: All the Tough Dog shocks we sell are
individually manufactured, valved and tested to
suit our Aussie conditions and each vehicle
application in the range, unlike some other
adjustables!
THE TOUGH DOG ADJUSTABLE SHOCK (40mm BORE –
Part Number Prefix BM40)
These 40mm bore adjustable shocks are built
tough for our Aussie recreational conditions.
With 9 different valve adjustment settings
available by simply rotating the external
valving control knob located on the outside of
the shock body, you can dial in the exact ride
you want to suit your needs. Allowing you to
vary the amount of ‘handling control’ of the
shock depending on the road/track conditions,
the weight of your load or of what you are
towing, or simply to get the best possible
handling and control to suit your particular
requirements. These are ideal for use with
Adjustable Air Bag load assists like the Polyair
Springs kits. A black plastic Dust Cover will
protect the double chrome plated 18 mm rod. An
internal bump stop protects the top seal.
Additional welds on the studs and eyering mounts
eliminate premature failure. A large range of
product applications is now available.
Features
- 40mm
Internal bore
- 60mm
External casing
- 18mm Chrome
plated rod
- High
temperature fluid
- Foam cell
design
- 9 Stage
External adjustment
- Additional
welding on all studs and eye ring mounts
- 2 year /
40,000km warranty for all Standard and up to
2” Lifts !
Please use the "Shop By
Vehicle" list in the LHS column of our Home Page
for your application.
THE TOUGH DOG BIG-BORE ADJUSTABLE SHOCK
(45mm BORE – Part Number Prefix BMX)
These huge 45mm
bore adjustable shocks are built tough for the
Aussie outback and more extreme off road use.
This shocks bigger bore makes it ideal for
heavily laden coil sprung vehicles when set up
for off-road touring. Designed to fit heavy duty
vehicles that have a minimum of 2” Lift Kit and
even up to 6 inch Lift KIts fitted. With their
internal DU bushings, these shocks are perfect
for all Big Lift, Offroad work as they allow
adjustment for on-road use to get to the
challenge and then adjust them to suit any given
obstacle or course you come across, off road.
With 9 different valve adjustment settings
available by simply rotating the external
valving control knob located on the outside of
the shock body, you can dial in the exact ride
control you want to suit your needs. Allowing
you to vary the amount of ‘handling control’ of
the shock depending on the road/track/course
conditions, the weight of your vehicle or of
what you are towing, or simply to get the best
possible handling for any conditions you may
face. A Dust Boot is included to protect the
double chrome plated 22 mm rod. An internal bump
stop will protect the top seal. Additional welds
on the studs and eyering mounts eliminate
premature failure. A limited range of product
applications is available and warranty terms
vary depending on the use and lift of your
vehicle...
Features
- 45mm
Internal bore
- 70mm
External casing
- 22mm Chrome
plated rod
- Internal
Rebound top-out stop & External Compression
bump-stop fitted
- High
temperature fluid
- Foam cell
- 9 Stage
External adjustment
- Additional
welding on all studs and eyerings
- 2 year /
40,000km warranty on vehicles with a 2”
suspension lifts
- 1 year /
20,000km warranty on vehicles fitted with
3”,4”,5”,6” or 7” lifts !
Please
use the "Shop By Vehicle" list in the LHS column
of our Home Page for your application.
TOUGH DOG ‘RETURN to CENTRE’ STEERING
STABILIZERS (Part Number Prefix - SS)
ToughDog
Steering Stabilisers are the only award-winning
steering damper on the market. Using the famous
Return-to-centre principle, this tough unit will
outperform any other steering damper on the
market. The coil spring self centers the
steering and will help reduce fatigue on a long
drive. The RTC Steering Stabilizer is suitable
for all vehicles fitted with tyres up to
32”/33". For vehicles fitted with larger tyres,
the ‘Extreme RTC’ XHD version is recommended!
Features
- Reduces
shimmy and shake
- Reduces
fatigue on a long drive as the coil steers you
straight.
- Returns the
steering wheel back to center, especially when
oversize tyres are fitted.
- Available
for manual and power steer vehicles
Please use the "Shop By
Vehicle" list in the LHS column of our Home Page
for your application.
THE TOUGH DOG ‘RALPH’ X/HEAVY DUTY SHOCK
(53mm BORE – Part Number Prefix TDR)
The Tough Dog
RALPH is the largest, heaviest duty 4WD shock
made on the Planet! Simply put, these shocks are
‘THE CORRUGATED DIRT ROAD EATERS’ – they
will devour kilometre after kilometre of bad
road conditions, day after day after day – and
handle it! They took a Prime Mover shock, valved
it for 4WD applications and then added the
finest components available to make the biggest,
strongest, toughest 4WD shock in the world –
These are ‘The Mother of all Shocks’ - NO BULL!
These Ralph shocks are bloody huge with the
biggest body (70mm), the biggest bore (53mm),
the biggest shaft (22mm), the biggest
oil-capacity and the biggest warranty of any 4WD
shock available. The piston head surface
area is more than twice that of your average
32-35mm piston shock. These shocks
can outlast up to 3 sets of normal 32-35mm bore
shocks when continually used in rugged
conditions with heavy loads and driven hard!
These shocks
are not designed to be fitted to small or medium
4WDs. We would not normally recommend fitting
them to a full-sized 4WD that is used as a local
shopping cart either. We would definitely
recommend fitting them to a full-sized 4WD that
is expected to carry heavy loads of up around
the GVM load rating of the vehicle or more. It’s
not uncommon for some Patrols and Landcruisers
to weigh around 3300kg-3800kg when setting of on
their ‘Big Trips’. These Ralph shocks are built
tough to control these heavily-laden 4WDs over
rough terrain, and they will outlast, and
out-perform, any other shock in these
conditions. They just do not fade due to the
large capacity of high-temp fluid they hold.
These Ralph
shocks also work great on the front end of
Toyota’s LC100 4.7L V8 & 4.2L Turbo Diesel
vehicles and offer great control and handling on
these vehicles. But remember, these LC100 IFS
vehicles do not have any front upper bump stops
fitted – Thanks Mr Toyota – bloody brilliant
idea – NOT! So we do not recommend lifting
the front end of these vehicles much if your
intended use is off road or you may damage front
end components on your vehicle and your front
shocks. A limited range of product
applications to suit popular full-size 4WDs is
available and warranty terms varies depending on
the use of your vehicle...
Features
- Huge 53mm
bore – double the surface area of a 35mm bore
shock!
- 70mm
External Casings
- Twin Tube
Design
- High
Temperature fluid
- 22mm, Double
chrome plated rod
- Hydraulic
rebound stop
- 10 stage
Velocity Sensitive Valving
- Rod wiper
seal and multi lip seal
- Additional
welding on all studs & eye rings
- 5
Year/100,000 warranty…
- 2
Year/40,000 warranty (commercial use) …
- 1 year
warranty (mining applications)
Please use the "Shop By Vehicle" list in the LHS
column of our Home Page for your application.
