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The job took 2 hours total but most of that time was spent wrestling the front shocks in place. The rears took 20 minutes each, including removal of stock shocks. The first front took me an hour because it took me a while to realize/admit I could not wrestle the shock (I’m a stubborn man) and I finally decided to lift the truck by the frame to make things easy on me. After that, shocks went in easily/quickly.
Ok, maybe I'm dense.. but with Ready Lift in there and shock brackets you're no longer at true stock height. Not trying to be argumentative, just clarifying.
Looks good and EZ enuf..
Ok, maybe I'm dense.. but with Ready Lift in there and shock brackets you're no longer at true stock height. Not trying to be argumentative, just clarifying.
Looks good and EZ enuf..
I thought you were asking If I got stock length shocks, which I did. The truck sits 2.5” higher up front and still has 1” of rake.
I went for a short test ride and it feels really good. Speed bumps are softer and no multiple bounces like before. Rough roads feel a lot smoother, like they feel on my wife’s Land Cruiser.
I’ll go for an extended test drive tomorrow and report back.
I am also looking at these shocks. I would like to know if there was a big difference in the ride of the truck and what light bar did you install on the bottom of the grill?
Steve
I know it’s more $$$$ but I highly recommend King coil overs - even for factory height or a lift. I went from fx4 to Fox 2.0 - small difference, still some bump steer. Going to king coil overs 2.5 and a level preserving some rake and a track bar relocation ready lift bracket = huge difference almost 0 bumpsteer, truck is so smooth corners amazingly feels planted. Highly adjustable height and settings. Going to replace my rear Fox with adjustable King. Maybe maybe get Fox ats.
Today I took it for a longer drive (1.5 hours round trip) on a mix of back roads, rough roads, gravel roads, dirt roads and trails. The ride was amazing and a significant improvement vs. the Rancho FX4 shocks (I’ve done this round trip many times before). This is one of the best mods/upgrades I’ve done to the truck and I highly recommend the Fox 2.0 Perrformance shocks to everyone.
Today I took it for a longer drive (1.5 hours round trip) on a mix of back roads, rough roads, gravel roads, dirt roads and trails. The ride was amazing and a significant improvement vs. the Rancho FX4 shocks (I’ve done this round trip many times before). This is one of the best mods/upgrades I’ve done to the truck and I highly recommend the Fox 2.0 Perrformance shocks to everyone.
Thanks for the updates. My very first Fox brand anything was their steering stabilizer. Put it on a couple weeks ago and it literally transformed my steering. Bump steer gone! I have a 2018 F250 Lariat 6.7 that's leveled. Only 6k miles. Had bump-steer before and after level. I'm sold on Fox at this point and will be adding their shocks. I too have the FX4 package.
I had a BDS 4inch radius arm lift with bds fox 2.0's (ive read that the bds fox 2.0's are valved differently for BDS and ride smoother then normal fox 2.0's) and the ride is better then stock. It rides smoother, doesn't bounce as much over deviations in the pavement and to me are a worthy upgrade. So far the bds nxs stabilizer has performed well. I would like to eventually install a fox ats stabilizer and compare the two.
FWIW, I bought the BDS 2.0 shocks front/rear for my leveled F350 (non-plow pkg) and notice no difference at all between the FOX and OEM shocks in ride quality. If anything the fox might be a bit firmer, BUT if you have fx4 shocks then I've heard the FOX is much better. FX4 ride quality is terrible and the best adjustment is done with air pressure in the tires (I run at about 55psi for my 35" ridge grapplers). Good luck.
FWIW, I bought the BDS 2.0 shocks front/rear for my leveled F350 (non-plow pkg) and notice no difference at all between the FOX and OEM shocks in ride quality. If anything the fox might be a bit firmer, BUT if you have fx4 shocks then I've heard the FOX is much better. FX4 ride quality is terrible and the best adjustment is done with air pressure in the tires (I run at about 55psi for my 35" ridge grapplers). Good luck.
Are those 2.0 Performance Series or 2.0 Adventure Series? I got the P series following the recommendation of Stage3 who explained to me that the A series would not be any better than the FX4s I had.
