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Geiser springs and shock travel.
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<blockquote data-quote="Bu3askoor" data-source="post: 2002290" data-attributes="member: 70428"><p>Hello everyone,</p><p></p><p><strong>Truck: </strong></p><p>Got myself a used screw 2020 raptor with stock wheels and tires.</p><p></p><p><strong>Purpose</strong>:</p><p>I mainly drive the truck in the sandy desert dunes. Speed driving and dunes climbing.</p><p></p><p><strong>Experience:</strong></p><p>My first drive in the desert was awful. Bouncy , bucking, and front hits hard. Rear tires rubbing wheel well. Wheel hop even on sand lol. I was truly disappointed at the performance . I didn't expect much but didn't think it would be this bad.</p><p></p><p><strong>Changes Made</strong>:</p><p>I decided to rebuild the shocks, Geiser 2.5 springs up front and Deavers 3+ HD in the back. Yes, I hated that I had to spend this much so soon. Since the shocks were the main decider between going 17-18 to 19-20. Now I feel I should have spent less on a slightly older model and spent the money on upgrading the shocks. Too late.</p><p></p><p><strong>Experience On Road:</strong></p><p>Like many have reported, truck feel planted, less nose dive while braking. I honestly would say maybe 20% - 30% firmer nothing annoying. I am used to slightly firm rides. Truck looked leveled even with aound .60 inch lower on the front. </p><p></p><p><strong>Experience off road</strong>:</p><p>Definitely better over all. Soacks hits up front , not bouncy in the back. No rubbing in front or back on crazy articulations.</p><p></p><p><strong>However, and this is the reason I wrote this post</strong>, the minute the nose lifts up, I get this <strong>thud noise i</strong>n the front. In the desert or small spped bumps. Super annoying and feels something is wrong or loose. I looked up the forum with few similar experiences and without real solution. I took it back to the shop to ensure everything is tight and lower shock bolt is tightened as spec. Everything looked good. </p><p></p><p>I asked to check shock travel when the car lifted (fully extensed and when on the ground. He didn't give me exact measures but said the travel is 2 inches !! I was shocked that it made me forgot to ask exact numbers. So it seems with the lift of 2.5 up front , the front shocks are maxing out. Especially at the rate of the progressive shocks rebound speed. I couldn't find oem data on these shocks (extended, compressed length ans travel to calculate l)</p><p></p><p><strong>The ask</strong>:</p><p>This forum has amazing people and thought of seeking help and advice (ie change front shocks only, change this one magical thing and you will get more droop lol ).</p><p></p><p>Thank you</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bu3askoor, post: 2002290, member: 70428"] Hello everyone, [B]Truck: [/B] Got myself a used screw 2020 raptor with stock wheels and tires. [B]Purpose[/B]: I mainly drive the truck in the sandy desert dunes. Speed driving and dunes climbing. [B]Experience:[/B] My first drive in the desert was awful. Bouncy , bucking, and front hits hard. Rear tires rubbing wheel well. Wheel hop even on sand lol. I was truly disappointed at the performance . I didn't expect much but didn't think it would be this bad. [B]Changes Made[/B]: I decided to rebuild the shocks, Geiser 2.5 springs up front and Deavers 3+ HD in the back. Yes, I hated that I had to spend this much so soon. Since the shocks were the main decider between going 17-18 to 19-20. Now I feel I should have spent less on a slightly older model and spent the money on upgrading the shocks. Too late. [B]Experience On Road:[/B] Like many have reported, truck feel planted, less nose dive while braking. I honestly would say maybe 20% - 30% firmer nothing annoying. I am used to slightly firm rides. Truck looked leveled even with aound .60 inch lower on the front. [B]Experience off road[/B]: Definitely better over all. Soacks hits up front , not bouncy in the back. No rubbing in front or back on crazy articulations. [B]However, and this is the reason I wrote this post[/B], the minute the nose lifts up, I get this [B]thud noise i[/B]n the front. In the desert or small spped bumps. Super annoying and feels something is wrong or loose. I looked up the forum with few similar experiences and without real solution. I took it back to the shop to ensure everything is tight and lower shock bolt is tightened as spec. Everything looked good. I asked to check shock travel when the car lifted (fully extensed and when on the ground. He didn't give me exact measures but said the travel is 2 inches !! I was shocked that it made me forgot to ask exact numbers. So it seems with the lift of 2.5 up front , the front shocks are maxing out. Especially at the rate of the progressive shocks rebound speed. I couldn't find oem data on these shocks (extended, compressed length ans travel to calculate l) [B]The ask[/B]: This forum has amazing people and thought of seeking help and advice (ie change front shocks only, change this one magical thing and you will get more droop lol ). Thank you [/QUOTE]
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