C4500 Kodiak - Grizzly

[java]

So I blew a rear shock going up a pretty offroady trail to find a campsite on Smithsonian Butte rd.
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Now luckily with the kelderman air-suspension the shocks don't really add too much to the suspension.
I'm deciding to replace these with just bilsteins again, or should I splurge on King shocks. It looks like all Earthroamers use the kelderman air-suspension in combination with king shocks (and remote reservoirs), even though Kelderman recommends just using stock shocks, since the airbags don't allow the shock to perform as well.

Anyone running Kings + kelderman airbags on a 450/550 vehicle? Did u notice a difference at all?



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I'm running a fix with resi on the front of my 450 with kelderman. Not worth the money IMO

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[blu88]

Hey Jim
What about these?
Claim to be a alu.
I know the aluminum military wheels you tried did not work due to offset. Are these something different?
Is there such a thing as a Hutchinson military rim that works on the Kodiak??

Yes. They are used in the m777 155 mm howitzer. I found a set in Aug auctioned on ironplanet. They were in Pa. I didn't bid on them. They are a 19.5 wheel. Made by Hutchinson. But not 100 percent they were aluminium. They had 265 Michelin tires on them. High gvwr, wanna say around 6k kg, but don't hold me to that. Good luck

 

[blu88]

Yes. They are used in the m777 155 mm howitzer. I found a set in Aug auctioned on ironplanet. They were in Pa. I didn't bid on them. They are a 19.5 wheel. Made by Hutchinson. But not 100 percent they were aluminium. They had 265 Michelin tires on them. High gvwr, wanna say around 6k kg, but don't hold me to that. Good luck

Sorry should have looked harder. Just noticed the XZL's on them. Those look like MRAP wheels