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springerpete · 06-30-2022, 04:52 PM

Big day tomorrow as I start to put 4 new Stipe shocks on my roadster. Please fill me in with suggestions/things to avoid and things to watch for. Be pleased to hear from you. Bill

Bob from Northport · 06-30-2022, 05:56 PM

How long did it take to get them??

lotsagas4u · 06-30-2022, 06:51 PM

Took me a couple hours to install mine, I did have everything ready to go though. They are very nice shocks. I used V8 dog bones on mine, a lot quicker installation. I did the front first, truck on jack stands with wheels off. They are very easy to install, took 8 months to get them, ordered last November.

Marshall V. Daut · 06-30-2022, 06:51 PM

It's a no-brainer install, "springerpete". Just be sure that all four of the filler plugs face towards the center of the car. I have encountered "restored" Model A's, where the plugs were behind the shock absorber arms, meaning facing outwards. Not good. Why someone would mount the shocks on the frame and know that the filler plugs were located behind the shock arms (i.e., unreachable to refill) is beyond me. You can't fix stupid.
Marshall

lotsagas4u · 06-30-2022, 06:54 PM

The shocks come with installation instructions, as where the go on the car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGwz6kafn3A&t=185s

nkaminar · 06-30-2022, 06:58 PM

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The springs should be greased for the shocks to work correctly.

springerpete · 07-01-2022, 05:25 AM

Thanks, folks. I ordered mine last mid September while I was in their shop. Very nice folks but very busy with the production of all their products.

Ulysses6 · 07-01-2022, 12:49 PM

ordered a distributor cam from stipe, last week. asked about lead time on their shock waiting list. was told about one year.

rfitzpatrick · 07-01-2022, 02:03 PM

Took just 4 months to get my differential parts!! It was worth it. Alternator is already two weeks delayed

dave in australia · 07-05-2022, 05:11 AM

You can't go wrong as the drive square is notched on one corner for the arm bolt. Once the arms are on, they tell you which corner each shock goes on.

06-30-2022, 04:52 PM	#1
springerpete Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central Maine Posts: 644	Stipe shocks Big day tomorrow as I start to put 4 new Stipe shocks on my roadster. Please fill me in with suggestions/things to avoid and things to watch for. Be pleased to hear from you. Bill

06-30-2022, 05:56 PM	#2
Bob from Northport Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: 215 E. 6th Street Northport, Michigan 49670 Posts: 941	Re: Stipe shocks How long did it take to get them?? __________________ Bob from Northport Northport, Michigan

06-30-2022, 06:51 PM	#3
lotsagas4u Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Plainview, Texas Posts: 757	Re: Stipe shocks Took me a couple hours to install mine, I did have everything ready to go though. They are very nice shocks. I used V8 dog bones on mine, a lot quicker installation. I did the front first, truck on jack stands with wheels off. They are very easy to install, took 8 months to get them, ordered last November.

06-30-2022, 06:51 PM	#4
Marshall V. Daut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 2,111	Re: Stipe shocks It's a no-brainer install, "springerpete". Just be sure that all four of the filler plugs face towards the center of the car. I have encountered "restored" Model A's, where the plugs were behind the shock absorber arms, meaning facing outwards. Not good. Why someone would mount the shocks on the frame and know that the filler plugs were located behind the shock arms (i.e., unreachable to refill) is beyond me. You can't fix stupid. Marshall

06-30-2022, 06:54 PM	#5
lotsagas4u Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Plainview, Texas Posts: 757	Re: Stipe shocks The shocks come with installation instructions, as where the go on the car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGwz6kafn3A&t=185s

06-30-2022, 06:58 PM	#6
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,897	Re: Stipe shocks Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) The springs should be greased for the shocks to work correctly. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

07-01-2022, 05:25 AM	#7
springerpete Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central Maine Posts: 644	Re: Stipe shocks Thanks, folks. I ordered mine last mid September while I was in their shop. Very nice folks but very busy with the production of all their products.

07-01-2022, 12:49 PM	#8
Ulysses6 Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 54	Re: Stipe shocks ordered a distributor cam from stipe, last week. asked about lead time on their shock waiting list. was told about one year.

07-01-2022, 02:03 PM	#9
rfitzpatrick Senior Member Join Date: May 2018 Location: Coral Springs, Florida Posts: 552	Re: Stipe shocks Took just 4 months to get my differential parts!! It was worth it. Alternator is already two weeks delayed

07-05-2022, 05:11 AM	#10
dave in australia Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 1,176	Re: Stipe shocks You can't go wrong as the drive square is notched on one corner for the arm bolt. Once the arms are on, they tell you which corner each shock goes on.