What did you do to your Raptor today? (Gen2)

[OEMPlus Raptor]

not to go off topic sorry.......since it what did you do to your Raptor today I got a JLT Catch can, installing later this afternoon

 

[Ryan C]

I'm no suspension expert either, but I talked to a rep at Fox and told him about how much preload I had and he said I was perfectly fine and operating within the range of the shocks. He said he would be surprised if anyone saw huge difference. He mentioned with one inch of preload I was still at a 2/1 ratio and therefore the shocks would be operating as designed.

Interesting. When I spoke with Fox, the rep suggested I keep overall lift under 1" or risk losing performance as designed. Of course, I'm not sure if your guy or my guy was right, but I sure wish they could give consistent advice to customers.

Re your 2 to 1 comment, I presume he meant in terms of up/droop travel. You may want to measure droop yourself to verify what the Fox guy told you. Takes 5 minutes to do - measure top of tire to fender on level ground. Then lift front of truck to full droop, and then remeasure between the same spots. I'm just trying to be helpful, and don't mean to be patronizing or contrarian. You can obviously make up your mind on what to do...

 

[Deleted member 12951]

You may want to measure droop yourself to verify what the Fox guy told you. Takes 5 minutes to do - measure top of tire to fender on level ground. Then lift front of truck to full droop, and then remeasure between the same spots. I'm just trying to be helpful, and don't mean to be patronizing or contrarian. You can obviously make up your mind on what to do...

Your measurement of this needs to be referenced.
What is the droop measurement with a stock truck?
What is it at the Fox Live upgrade at 0 preload?
What is yours so I can compare it to mine?

Note: I didn’t measure mine beforehand so I don’t have a baseline to reference

 

[Deleted member 12951]

I found this extremely helpful article on suspension you may want to have a look at:

http://billavista.com/tech/Articles/Coilover_Bible_Part_1/index.html

There are also multiple threads and articles on preload up/droop ratios.

Hope this helps, cheers

Wow, heck of an article, will take a few days to read through that. [emoji23]
I usually get educational stuff on shocks from AccuTune on their articles or videos.

 

[OEMPlus Raptor]

Interesting. When I spoke with Fox, the rep suggested I keep overall lift under 1" or risk losing performance as designed. Of course, I'm not sure if your guy or my guy was right, but I sure wish they could give consistent advice to customers.

Re your 2 to 1 comment, I presume he meant in terms of up/droop travel. You may want to measure droop yourself to verify what the Fox guy told you. Takes 5 minutes to do - measure top of tire to fender on level ground. Then lift front of truck to full droop, and then remeasure between the same spots. I'm just trying to be helpful, and don't mean to be patronizing or contrarian. You can obviously make up your mind on what to do...

No not taking it bad way at all. Thank you, I don't have my truck here today, but I'll check it out and DM you. I too wish there was more information out on these shocks. Not many people have them. The rep I spoke to sounded pretty confident and just by the way he spoke I can tell he knew what he was talking about. Thanks again

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[Todd Turbo S]

I saw another member install this, great MOD...

 

[Traffic22]

I saw another member install this, great MOD...

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$6 on eBay, attached with Velcro. I have the same one, very handy.




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[shooters1380]

What the heck do you call that thing? Looked on eBay and Amazon saw nothing remotely even close to that


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[Traffic22]

What the heck do you call that thing? Looked on eBay and Amazon saw nothing remotely even close to that


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I searched Molle panel, and the measurements I was looking for. Google images returned the link to this. eBay calls it an electronics organizer.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Electronic...-/193896788041?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292


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[shooters1380]

I searched Molle panel, and the measurements I was looking for. Google images returned the link to this. eBay calls it an electronics organizer.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Electronic...-/193896788041?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292


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Very cool. Thanks brother.


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