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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eastreich" data-source="post: 1898861" data-attributes="member: 27923">[USER=65712]@FishFreak[/USER] , as for the other questions...1.) The Live Valve solenoids are just electromagnets, and polarity for them doesn't make any difference from the testing I did with them before I put them on my truck.  Now, thinking it could be something wired backwards I would have agreed, but in highway mode it adjusts exactly how it is supposed to. Same with the braking/accelerating/steering response. I tend to watch the shock readout on the controller all the time just because it is fun to watch the setting numbers bounce around as the inertia sensor does it's thing. I will get it figured out, but probably not until October when I am back down in Barstow to race the CA300 and can run a bit farther down I-15 to stop by the SDI shop and have them look at it.  2.) You aren't getting front shocks for a Gen 2 stuffed into a Gen 1 without either putting in a new shock tower or cutting the body down to shorten it. The shocks are just too long.  If you were able to wedge them in there, your Raptor is going to eat CVs like I do twinkies. Going to be at some ugly angles and may not even be able to get it aligned correctly.  I have the KHC conversion buckets as they were the only ones available at the time. I think others make them now, but haven't looked around for obvious reasons!Rear shocks fit (mostly) fine without any issue. If you have aftermarket springs they "almost" drop right in. Again, they are a bit longer, so at full droop (if fresh and can force the springs a bit farther) the brake line gets tight. Once going to aftermarket leafs, you HAVE to get extended brake lines. The KHC upper rear mounts make it fit the way it should, but I ran 20,000 miles with the Live Valves on the stock rear before upgrading the springs/bumps/mounts.Geiser spring does sit a higher than OEM. My truck a bit nose down with the Deaver +3 HDs when empty. Put a pair of dirt bikes in there and I am sitting level.I was originally hoping to just get an aftermarket setup for a SXS as all I really cared about was making them all soft/stiff as a group which is what I could do with the adjustable constant current power supply I dropped into my center console. The SDI controller resembles the terrain dial in any other new Ford, so it looks good.As for if it is a good value? Dunno. Is for me, and it is fun to play with. I really need to spend time messing with it, but other stuff keeps popping up that needs attention.If you want to spend the money, and the tech appeals to you, I say go for it. Just know that it takes some work and is NOT completely plug and play. Note that in the attached pic I have my foot on the brake, so the controller is adding compression to the front shocks. Took a bit of trimming to the aux/mode housing but fit nicely and is easy to see.</blockquote>

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