S3 Power Sports Can-Am Defender HD Springs

S3 Defender Springs

Posted by Steve Cornell on Oct 14th 2017

Some info on my defender....
I am running HighLifter 2" forward front A-Arms and 30x10x14 STI Roctane XD tires.
My review is that these springs are a winner!!
I have tested them all day today and can report that they work exceptionally well....
The first version of the front springs did not allow for enough travel and you could bind (compress the springs) easily.. S3 sent me a new version to test And these are my opinions of the new springs......
These springs will give you the same lift as a 2" puck lift (2.5" - 3"), they handle much better than pucks and factory springs, there is much less body roll.
My Defender is pretty heavy and I am a very big dude (350+) and you WILL NOT bottom out these front springs!!!
These will be the perfect setup if you want a lift similar to what 2" pucks will give you or if you are carrying a lot of weight or have a plow mounted on the front.
With 400lbs of weight hanging on the front, 18" in front of the bumper the springs sag 3-1/4" which is not bad as all, this should be similar to a snow plow.
These springs will not turn your Defender into a machine capable of keeping up with Mavericks or RZRs... but they do a very good job, the ride is very similar to factory with much better handling, I was pushing my machine on the edge of its limits during testing and I will say I am very impressed with the springs.
Unless you are trying to keep up with your buddies riding very fast ( in that case maybe you need a faster machine with better suspension or need to spend $2800 on custom shocks) these springs work awesome with the factory shocks and there is no downside whatsoever over the factory springs or pucks, for normal riding these springs are a winner and work AWESOME!!!!