Van Compass Baja Shock Brace Bracket

If you're upgrading your suspension, this is a must. The Mercedes Sprinter was not designed for serious off-roading. While it performs quite well, there are some failure points that need to be addressed. As many owners are discovering, a heavily loaded van driven hard off-road can stress the factory components beyond their original design parameters. Below is a broken shock bolt: The Baja Bracket Rear Shock mount kit is a solution Van Compass has developed to eliminate one of the major issues when off-roading a Sprinter...a single shear upper shock bolt. A single shear bolt has its benefits mostly in cost and ease of packaging, and for a delivery van on the street with frequent fleet service checks, this isn't a problem. Without reinforcement on both sides of the upper shock bushing, this puts a large amount of cyclical stress on the factory shock bolt. Over time, the bolts can stretch or come loose after long miles of washboards, and the bolt eventually yields at the worst possible