Fox Factory Racing 3.0 Shocks w/Deavers

[Apex Ace]

How much $$$ for that entire setup?

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[Apex Ace]

What are your shocks set too front and rears?

I started out 2 clicks from full-soft on the front and the same for the rear.

Last night I went to 5 clicks from full-soft on the front and left the rear alone. I like 5 clicks better..... it's a little less floaty now.

 

[Apex Ace]

Truck looks really good! What size wheels are those? method 301s?

Thanks! Method 301 18" x 9" 35" tires

 

[BajaLaz]

I started out 2 clicks from full-soft on the front and the same for the rear.

Last night I went to 5 clicks from full-soft on the front and left the rear alone. I like 5 clicks better..... it's a little less floaty now.

Is that on high speed, what about low speed?

 

[Heeblet]

How easy is it to click the settings? Very nice setup. Will probably replace the stock w these when it’s rebuild time.


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[Apex Ace]

Is that on high speed, what about low speed?

I’m not sure..... I’ll get back to you on that early next.

 

[mezger]

Thanks for the write up. Actual owners' reviews of the main options for aftermarket Gen2 shocks are few and far between.

Do the rears also allow for speed dependent adjustment or are they just zone based adjustment?

Also, from the lack of comment, I take it the rears aren't annoyingly noisy.

 

[Apex Ace]

Not exactly sure how to answer your question. I can tell the rears have a separate compression and rebound adjustments. One long tube and one short tube coming out of the shock body each with adjustment knobs.


Front Shock

Rear Shock

I’ve heard no strange noises coming from the truck, but it’s been strictly roads miles.

 

[mezger]

Got it.

Regarding the question on noise, the rears are external bypass and often external bypass will make a lot of clicking noises. It annoys some people, but I'd be fine whether audible or not. Racecar noises and all.

I have a set of 2.5 DSCs now on a different truck. With my DSCs, I can adjust only the compression but I have a high speed and low speed adjustment; it looks like these fronts adjust in a similar fashion. My amateur take on it is loose high speed will make for soaking up little bumps but I imagine can lead to more bottoming out with big hits when off road. Firm low speed will help control brake dive and slow body roll. So in theory, one could run loose high speed, firm low speed on the street, adjusting the damping more digressive depending on the driver's taste. Though if the rears aren't adjusted to be stiffer low speed, I imagine it could lead to interesting dynamics, such as a more planted front and looser rear on turn-in.

The rears seem to be external bypass and as you indicate, have rebound and compression adjustments, and different adjustments by travel zone, but I'm guessing they don't segregate between high and low speed adjustment. So you can play a different set of games with the rear.

Given the different adjustment capabilities, I'm curious how they work together both on and off road.

I don't immediately see documentation on fox's website. I'll probably give them a call in the coming weeks and see what they have to say.

 

[rtmozingo]

Got it.

Regarding the question on noise, the rears are external bypass and often external bypass will make a lot of clicking noises. It annoys some people, but I'd be fine whether audible or not. Racecar noises and all.

I have a set of 2.5 DSCs now on a different truck. With my DSCs, I can adjust only the compression but I have a high speed and low speed adjustment; it looks like these fronts adjust in a similar fashion. My amateur take on it is loose high speed will make for soaking up little bumps but I imagine can lead to more bottoming out with big hits when off road. Firm low speed will help control brake dive and slow body roll. So in theory, one could run loose high speed, firm low speed on the street, adjusting the damping more digressive depending on the driver's taste. Though if the rears aren't adjusted to be stiffer low speed, I imagine it could lead to interesting dynamics, such as a more planted front and looser rear on turn-in.

The rears seem to be external bypass and as you indicate, have rebound and compression adjustments, and different adjustments by travel zone, but I'm guessing they don't segregate between high and low speed adjustment. So you can play a different set of games with the rear.

Given the different adjustment capabilities, I'm curious how they work together both on and off road.

I don't immediately see documentation on fox's website. I'll probably give them a call in the coming weeks and see what they have to say.

And this is exactly why the Fox Live Valve shocks should be pretty amazing. You'll have a computer making these adjustments for you 200x a sec.

A friend runs Icon 3.0s in his Gen 1 - he has a street setting, a tow setting, a high speed whoops setting, and a general offroad setting that Icon gave him to start with and he's tweaked since.

Now, I will say this - several people have done serious damage to their trucks at events forgetting to adjust their shocks prior to running. You can imagine having them set really soft then hitting a massive jump - bottom out hard