Every third-party mention of Shockworks still live, back to 2011: press, video, forums, events and partners, dated and quoted straight from the source. Nothing paraphrased, nothing invented.
“Guess it goes to show you can have all the gear, but without the right idea, you might still get beaten by a little shed in the hills.”
A 34-minute feature on Shockworks, following Chris O'Brien to Japan to set up suspension on Formula Drift Japan cars, and tracing the shop from Brett's OEM chassis engineering to the Monbulk bench.
“Friday night finals will be broadcast over our FREE official livestream thanks to Shockworks!”
World Time Attack names Shockworks as the sponsor of its free official livestream for the Friday night Drifting Cup finals, in the post announcing the 2026 field.
“and handling. I have some Shock Works coilovers here, which should uh do a”
Spoken mention in Mighty Car Mods's video, found in the auto-captions.
“we need to fit these Shock Works coilovers. All of Motive Garage Cars run”
Spoken mention in Motive Video's video, found in the auto-captions.
“Shock works front and rear, working a treat.”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“235 vs 325 I wasn't sure what to expect with this race, I know Paul's RX3 is Fuggin quick. It's been around a while and I've seen it win many races both at roll racing a...”
Instagram post by @theskidfactory tagging @shockworks_suspension.
“I handed a new action camera to Westy last weekend and said 'go for gold, figure out how it works and take some shots' this one was by far my favourite...”
Instagram post by @theskidfactory tagging @shockworks_suspension.
“After running PB's at casino last weekend we set a little personal goal and hit up lakeside today in the big tyre class still on a little 235. We didn't get our goal but still went PB...”
Instagram post by @theskidfactory tagging @shockworks_suspension.
“Winners are Grinners! Thankyou @growlracing for putting on an epic event at Casino Airstrip. New video uploaded to YouTube...”
Instagram post by @theskidfactory tagging @shockworks_suspension.
“What an epic weekend at Casino Aerodrome for Growl Racing's Blacktop Outlaws! The weather gods turned it on and testing on Saturday was epic! Kye had the tune up on point but the stupid dri...”
Instagram post by @theskidfactory tagging @shockworks_suspension.
“Cut springs (no). @shockworks_suspension (yes).”
Instagram post by @theskidfactory mentioning Shockworks. perfect one-liner endorsement.
“of shock Works coilovers, fivestar conversion, brand new R33 brakes, nice”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“the Afco, but I called the homies at Shockworks and said, "Yo, Chris,”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“Having never raced at @rockynats Street drags and hearing how tricky the surface was we decided to make some changes to Kevo and add a bit of weight to the rear of the car!”
Instagram post by @theskidfactory mentioning Shockworks.
“is suspension. We got Chris here from Shockworks.”
Spoken mention in Mighty Car Mods's video, found in the auto-captions.
“was then fully restored by Elite Autobody and my Shockworks coilover”
Spoken mention in Benny Surge's video, found in the auto-captions.
“Massive thank you to Shockworks for putting the coilover pack together.”
Benny's Custom Works fits Shockworks coilovers as part of a Summernats prep episode.
“collaboration with Shock Works, and also our brake system upgrade. So, the front”
Spoken mention in Benny's Custom Works's video, found in the auto-captions.
“>> Oh, nice. Shock Works. Oh, chocolate polishing singlet”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“Ladsman Shock Works. It's Chris's I believe it's actually a one beer, a 180”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“>> Uh, get a Shock Works shirt from up here. And that's going to be a link to”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“shock works all around. The steering is done by Ketto drift from New Zealand. I”
Spoken mention in Motive Video's video, found in the auto-captions.
“shock works did singlets. Ah, they do. Yeah, we converted it. But we convert”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“It's got Shock Works coilovers. Chris from Shock Works set them up. He is an absolute legend.”
An owner at a Victorian car meet, walking Mighty Car Mods through his own 414 kW build and naming Chris unprompted.
“lads at Shock Works, also shout out to Gon. I'm still waiting on the the rest”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“Shock Works came all the way up here to Super Garage from Melbourne to help us”
Spoken mention in Mighty Car Mods's video, found in the auto-captions.
“want to say thanks to Shock Works for hooking us up. And now I've got two sets”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“these custom Shock Works coilovers, it was also important to me that this car”
Spoken mention in Mighty Car Mods's video, found in the auto-captions.
“We've replaced nearly every single suspension component with parts from Whiteline, Shockworks coilovers, and modified OEM parts.”
Third episode of the Falcon build series crediting Shockworks coilovers, alongside Whiteline, among the suspension parts fitted for drifting.
“lighter rear springs for it. Um the Shockworks front coil overs uh okay for”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“A massive thank you to Chris from Shockworks who came up here from Melbourne, who built these coilovers specifically for this car and then came up here to set the car up.”
Mighty Car Mods thank Chris from Shockworks on camera for building and personally setting up the custom coilovers on their cheapest V8 Falcon drift project.
“What I'm most excited about over here is a set of custom-made Shockworks coilovers set up specifically for drift.”
First episode of Mighty Car Mods' cheapest V8 Falcon build series, fitting custom Shockworks coilovers set up specifically for drift.
“Tas McMillan's F6 Typhoon "re-thought with some trick new changes including Shockworks"”
Street Machine: Tas McMillan's F6 Typhoon "re-thought with some trick new changes including Shockworks"
“car all wall with the boys from shockworks”
Spoken mention in Benny Surge's video, found in the auto-captions.
“We run nothing but the best, the Shockworks suspension in all our cars.”
Haltech Heroes feature on Jason Ferron (Keep It Reet) crediting Shockworks suspension across all his cars in his Barra-powered Nissan R31 wagon build.
“there and then our shock work bolt in through here so painting away and”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“Really stoked with it. Thanks again to Shockworks, especially Chris.”
Australian workshop channel Benny's Custom Works lowers a BF Falcon on Shockworks coilovers as low as possible.
“Incorporated a TI shaft hoop I've also got a set of shockworks coilovers for”
Spoken mention in The Skid Factory's video, found in the auto-captions.
“I had heard a lot of very encouraging noises about an Australian father / son outfit called Shockworks. Their background is in the OEM sphere, where the car needs to handle but still actually ride properly... They are a quality feeling bit of kit, inverted monotube dampers, 12-way linear adjustment... In a word, they are exceptional.”
A UK Monaro/VXR8 owner researches and imports Shockworks coilovers from Australia, describing the father-son business and rating the finished product exceptional.
“The boys from Donut Media Drifting around The Bend Kartdrome in some Keep it Reet machinery thanks to Shockworks 💨”
The Bend Motorsport Park's own page credits Shockworks for the Donut Media crew's drift session around the venue's kartdrome in Keep It Reet cars.
“First things first, I got the windscreen replaced, and then headed up to see Chris at Shockworks.”
Kicking off a new 350Z drift build with Shockworks listed as a build sponsor, Benny Surge visits Chris O'Brien at the Monbulk workshop for the car's first suspension work.
“The build uses an AE86 front suspension setup and Shockworks coilovers all round, plus an AE86 steering setup, aiming to be finished in time for the LZ World Tour's Australian stop.”
Speedhunters' feature on a body-dropped Nissan Prairie drift van running Shockworks coilovers all round.
“AE86 fitted with Melbourne-developed Shockworks coil-overs, feature comparison vs GR86”
Trade Unique Cars: AE86 fitted with Melbourne-developed Shockworks coil-overs, feature comparison vs GR86
“He takes viewers through the installation of the new streetable coilover suspension to the Z, working with Australian based aftermarket suspension company Shockworks.”
Jalopnik's weekly best-of-YouTube roundup picks Motive Video's Nissan Z coilover install and names Shockworks as the company behind the kit.
“A massive thanks to the Boys at Shockworks for helping me build this R31, the thing drove bloody mint.”
Follow-up episode where Benny Surge takes the freshly built R31 Skyline to his first proper drift event, again crediting the Shockworks team for helping build the car.
“A big shout out to the Shockworks boys for putting in the hard yards and overtime to get this half-built drift car done within five days, while still running their own suspension business.”
Australian YouTuber Benny Surge (500,000+ views) credits the Shockworks team for a rushed five-day turnaround building his R31 Skyline drift car ahead of an event at Calder Park.
“Me and the old man together, yeah, it wasn't just me, it was the old man as well. We've been working together for 12 years, come a long way.”
Chris O'Brien tells Keep It Reet how he and his father built Shockworks together in Monbulk, while fitting coilovers to the channel's giveaway Toyota Supra.
“The suspension's going really well, that was done by Shockworks.”
Haltech's WTAC 2022 Clubsprint trackside recap has a DIY time attack racer crediting Shockworks for sorting his car's suspension.
“We spoke to our friends at Shockworks and Chris got to work designing and building coilovers specifically for JET200... That's the thing about Shockworks, not off the shelf, you get exactly what you need.”
Motive Video fits custom Shockworks coilovers to JET200, its S14 time attack project car, explaining the shop's built-to-order, consultation-first approach.
“The longest task was setting the ride height, which took a few test drops to ensure that each corner was set down to the millimetre. This installation was one of the last in the 'old' workshop, as an impressive facility had just completed construction next door to provide room for growth for the young company.”
Speedhunters covers a Melbourne-built Shockworks coilover install, noting the shop had just finished building a larger new workshop next to the old one.
“We take our GR Yaris to Wakefield to test out the Shockworks coilovers and some Hoosier A7 tyres. We chop over 1.5 seconds off our best time.”
Motive Garage track-tests Shockworks coilovers and Hoosier tyres on its GR Yaris project car.
“The ShockWorks team (Chris and Brett O'Brien) was described as awesome, very friendly and really helpful, taking extra time to discuss their design and how they feel its superior in terms of performance and strength.”
A US Pontiac G8 enthusiast site's review of Shockworks coilovers, naming Chris and Brett O'Brien directly and praising ride quality and build strength.
“The car runs Shockworks coilovers up front and Strange double-adjustable coilovers in the rear; its 8.18-second pass at 168mph was set using cheap OEM replacement shocks in the front, so there's further gains to be made just in that respect.”
Speedhunters' feature on Benny Neal's Barra-powered Toyota Cresta drag car running Shockworks coilovers up front.
“This is the Shockworks front shock. Now, these are a work of art.”
Motive Video's Day Job series fits Shockworks coilovers to its Hyundai i30N track car project.
“"12-way adjustable Shockworks coil-over dampers" on Premcar Holy Grail Falcon”
carsales.com.au: "12-way adjustable Shockworks coil-over dampers" on Premcar Holy Grail Falcon
“Damper tuning goes a lot further than just choosing the right spring rate. Shockworks has almost 20 years' experience tuning for car companies globally.”
Motive Video's technical series has Chris from Shockworks explain coilover setup basics.
“Not only that, but Shockworks treated us to new springs and shocks to help the old girl hook up better.”
A later Street Machine recap revisiting the Turbo Taxi's history again credits Shockworks for new springs and shocks fitted to the car.
“Melbourne-based Shockworks has dialled-in suspension upgrades for the AE86 and offers both street and track options that will transform wheel control.”
WhichCar names Melbourne-based Shockworks as the source of an AE86 feature car's suspension upgrades.
“So Shockworks take developing their coilover kits quite seriously. Chris bought his portable shock assembly bench so we could make adjustments to the shocks in our Porsche 997.”
Motive Video's own Facebook page describes Chris O'Brien buying a portable shock assembly bench to fine-tune Shockworks coilovers fitted to Motive's Porsche 997 project, ahead of a planned technical feature video.
“The suspension and brake package included larger two-piece rotors and Shockworks coilovers developed by an ex-Ford ride and handling engineer. In full street trim, Harrop's S550 ran a 10.5-second quarter-mile pass at 139mph at Heathcote drag strip in regional Victoria.”
Speedhunters' feature on Harrop Engineering's supercharged S550 Mustang running Shockworks coilovers, developed by Brett O'Brien.
“So, Pilot Cup Sport 2s were bolted on (with a 295 at the rear) while Shockworks came up with a hand-made, Holy Grail-specific set of dampers and springs that allow full adjustment for good measure.”
David Morley's track review of the Premcar Holy Grail for WhichCar credits the hand-made, car-specific damper set, with 'lots of input from Melbourne-based specialist Shockworks' on the whole chassis package.
“Shockworks is owned by Brett O'Brien, a former FPV employee who knows these cars inside out... manually-adjustable locally-developed monotube Shockworks coil-over dampers all-round are the other key upgrade.”
carsales.com.au's review of the Premcar Holy Grail Falcon credits Shockworks, owned by ex-FPV engineer Brett O'Brien, for the car's monotube coil-over dampers.
“Short and snappy gear changes are addictive with an extremely short throw, and the magic done by Brett O'Brien and his Shockworks team are an absolute blessing in backing up all that grunt.”
Trade Unique Cars' review of the Premcar Holy Grail Falcon names Brett O'Brien and his Shockworks team directly for the car's damper tuning.
“We also treated the 600,000km+ Taxi to some new springs and adjustable shocks from the legends over at Shockworks, so the car not only handles and looks great but it also hooks up really well on the strip and street.”
Street Machine's own recap of Carnage episode 22 credits Shockworks for new springs and adjustable shocks fitted to the long-running Turbo Taxi project car.
“The car is equipped with a Kaaz 2-way LSD, Shockworks coilovers, and Hardrace rack-ends, modifications focused on optimising the handling for use with the Drift Cadet hire fleet.”
Speedhunters covers a Drift Cadet hire-fleet car built as an affordable entry point into drifting, fitted with Shockworks coilovers.
“Some suspension adjustments to the front Shockworks suspension, ready for the reverse of the Gillies range, called Little Mulgrave. A downhill blast after the adjustments did the trick and the Shelby turned in perfectly. We were third fastest and it was a real buzz.”
Mustang Motorsport's day-by-day report from the inaugural Targa Great Barrier Reef describes mid-event adjustments to the Shelby GT Mustang's front Shockworks suspension.
“Equally modified are the bouncy bits which, with input from local outfit Shockworks, emerge with a fully adjustable arrangement that smells pretty track-oriented if the truth be told.”
WhichCar's write-up of Mustang Motorsport's MM-R727, winner of the inaugural MOTOR Ford Mustang Hot Tuner competition at Winton Raceway, credits Shockworks for the car's fully adjustable suspension.
“GT40 replica build with "custom-built Shockworks coil-over dampers"”
carsales.com.au: GT40 replica build with "custom-built Shockworks coil-over dampers"
“It's a sign of moving with the times for O'Brien, who established Shockworks out of necessity, his consultative position with Prodrive evaporating in the wake of Ford's decision to wind up local manufacturing. 'What do I do now?' he recalls thinking at the time. 'Well, I'll make my own shock company.'... 'I'd recommend Shockworks dampers over anything on the market,' says Premcar Engineering Director Bernie Quinn.”
carsales.com.au's feature on Brett O'Brien founding Shockworks in the Dandenong Ranges, developing a 12-way adjustable Mustang damper manufactured through Neotech in South Korea.
“"Local company Shockworks provides the coilover suspension package"”
carsales.com.au: "Local company Shockworks provides the coilover suspension package"
“Hi guys, my name is Brett O'Brien from Shockworks. We're at the Neotech facility in Korea.”
Brett O'Brien tours Neotech's Korean manufacturing facility on camera, in a promotional video produced by Shockworks' manufacturing partner.
“"tuning by Melbourne outfit Shockworks" on AE86 Sprinter”
Trade Unique Cars: "tuning by Melbourne outfit Shockworks" on AE86 Sprinter
“They are a local company pushing the boundaries of what shock absorbers can do in terms of both comfort and performance!”
Gripshiftslide's full feature on Chris's 1985 Toyota Corona, shot by BlackTop Images: the development car that started the habit, with Chris building his own dampers from scratch.
“Chris O'Brien, one of the representatives of suspension gurus Shockworks, owns this fantastic machine and set about changing the performance side of the equation.”
Japanese Nostalgic Car picks Chris's RT142 Corona, low on Shockworks coilovers and Star Sharks, as a staff favourite of Classic Japan 2012.
If you've written up a build, filmed a track day or posted a review on Shockworks suspension, we want to see it.
