BAJA NORTE HIGH CLEARANCE REAR LOWER SHOCK BRACKETS - SPRINTER 2500 (2007-PRESENT) by VAN COMPASS
BAJA NORTE HIGH CLEARANCE REAR LOWER SHOCK BRACKETS - SPRINTER 2500 (2007-PRESENT) by VAN COMPASS
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Our Baja Norte High Clearance Heavy Duty Rear shock brackets allow lifted Sprinter owners to realize futher ground clearance gains and an integrated skid protects the lower eyelet. Designed to wrap and reinforce the factory lower shock mount with laser cut and formed 3/16" steel, this bracket trims the low hanging factory design and relocates the shock eyelet 2" higher for a huge increase in clearance. For further peace of mind, we also upgrade the failure prone rear lower bump stop mount on the axle, which has a tendency to snap off on heavy vans that get used off road. ONLY COMPATIBLE WITH VAN COMPASS 2" LIFT KIT AND FALCON ADJUSTABLE SHOCKS.





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INCLUDED COMPONENTS
- Baja Norte High Clearance, Heavy Duty Lower Shock brackets
- Heavy Duty Rear Lower Bump stop bracket
- All necessary hardware
FITMENT GUIDE
MODEL: SPRINTER 2500
YEAR: 2007-PRESENT
DRIVE TYPE: 4X4, AWD, 2WD
NOTES: Requires 2" Van Compass lift kit be installed
NOTE: Not compatible with monotube shocks, must be used with Falcon 3.3 adjustable shocks. Collapsed length on monotube shocks is too long.
LABOR TIMES
Recommended Shop Labor Time: 1.5 Hour
had the Van Compass Baja Brackets installed while my upfitter was doing some additional mods to my 2023 Winnebago Revel 4X4. Returning home from a Montana trip I noted some noise from what I assumed was the sliding door area on rough pavement. I thought I had some cargo rattles and resolved to trouble shoot further when I got home.
When I went to check torque on suspension bolts I immediately saw the problem. The upper shock bolt had sheared, leaving the top of the Van Compass Falcon adjustable shock restrained by the brake hose and hitting the leaf spring and the threaded portion of the broken Van Compass replacement bolt (installed with red loctite per instructions) remaining in the frame. The Baja Brackets had been installed approximately 20,000 miles ago, nearly all highway mileage.
Incredibility frustrating that I will have to struggle to extract the threaded portion of the bolt, especially since I had installed the Baja Brackets expressly to avoid having this happen. According to the sales rep I spoke with at Van Compass he had never heard of this bolt breaking before. He is sending a new hardware pack but I will be on the hook for rebuilding bent and broken parts on the shock directly through Terraflex/Falcon.
Maybe I'm just unlucky, but I would recommend users of the Baja Bracket to pull their upper shock bolts for examination on an annual basis.
Be forewarned, the Baja Bracket's touted double shear protection design apparently isn't foolproof.
These brackets were easy to install, and really give you an additional 2in of negative travel which I needed. They also bring the the shock up 2in and its extremely well protected. These things are bomber.