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I'm going to be honest and say that this is my first time ever buying high end shocks for any of my vehicles. I've always just bought the cheap monroe, or service station shocks, as I thought "shocks were shocks" and couldn't ever justify the costs over potential/subject gains. As I get older, and my trucks got bigger, I started not appreciating the ride that is inherent to trucks that were built to work. Therefore, this is my first attempt to see if I can make these trucks ride a bit better and I'm not really sure what to expect.
I do want to say that I emailed back and forth with Steve from Accutune and I can't say enough about how helpful he was. He took time and patience to work with me to find what is expected to be best for me given my specific scenario of 60/40% commute/towing. He brought up multiple points for me to think about to include what custom valving would do for me, how adjustable shocks would be best for my towing scenarios, etc. In the end, he kind of talked himself out of a larger sale as he stated what I was planning on buying would be over kill for my situation and probably would have the impact that I was expecting. I really appreciated this and it bought a lot of trust with me.
That said, now I have to sit and wait for the shocks to ship. Guaranteed that I will be waiting like a kid at christmas awaiting delivery so that I can put them on. Will they meet/exceed my expecations? Don't know, but I'm excited to find out.
Feel free to give opinions if you think I've messed up or if I will be happy with my choice.
I'm going to be honest and say that this is my first time ever buying high end shocks for any of my vehicles. I've always just bought the cheap monroe, or service station shocks, as I thought "shocks were shocks" and couldn't ever justify the costs over potential/subject gains. As I get older, and my trucks got bigger, I started not appreciating the ride that is inherent to trucks that were built to work. Therefore, this is my first attempt to see if I can make these trucks ride a bit better and I'm not really sure what to expect.
I do want to say that I emailed back and forth with Steve from Accutune and I can't say enough about how helpful he was. He took time and patience to work with me to find what is expected to be best for me given my specific scenario of 60/40% commute/towing. He brought up multiple points for me to think about to include what custom valving would do for me, how adjustable shocks would be best for my towing scenarios, etc. In the end, he kind of talked himself out of a larger sale as he stated what I was planning on buying would be over kill for my situation and probably would have the impact that I was expecting. I really appreciated this and it bought a lot of trust with me.
That said, now I have to sit and wait for the shocks to ship. Guaranteed that I will be waiting like a kid at christmas awaiting delivery so that I can put them on. Will they meet/exceed my expecations? Don't know, but I'm excited to find out.
Feel free to give opinions if you think I've messed up or if I will be happy with my choice.
I have the same package from Accutune and they are a very nice setup. The ride is incredible and they do well towing. The Fox steering stabilizer is a huge improvement. I used the One Up Offroad
Steady-track system for mounting the stabilizer. Accutune's customer service is as good as it gets, they answer the phone and are knowledgeable.
I have the same package from Accutune and they are a very nice setup. The ride is incredible and they do well towing. The Fox steering stabilizer is a huge improvement. I used the One Up Offroad
Steady-track system for mounting the stabilizer. Accutune's customer service is as good as it gets, they answer the phone and are knowledgeable.
Best engineered system by far. Dave is incredibly knowledgeable and is available for phone calls. The quality of the parts you receive are evident when you have them in hand.
I used to run Carli components until a fellow engineer introduced me to One Up Offroad and compared the two products in person.
Best engineered system by far. Dave is incredibly knowledgeable and is available for phone calls. The quality of the parts you receive are evident when you have them in hand.
I used to run Carli components until a fellow engineer introduced me to One Up Offroad and compared the two products in person.
I have a Carli Pintop with every option on my 2020. I’ve been talking with Dave quite a bit, like you said he is available for calls and answers questions without making you feel rushed for his time or pushing you to buy his products.
I have a set of his adjustable coil levellers and the adjustable radius arm drops on the way to me now. I will probably end up with a steady track kit sooner or later.
I had the Fox 2.0 adjustable remote reservoir shocks (stock height, both front & rear) on my 2019. They were noticeably more compliant than stock and Bilstein 4600s.
The only thing I would do differently is * not * get the adjusters because they were such a PITA to adjust, especially the rear shocks, which sit inside of the frame rails. Had to drop the spare tire to get to the adjusters every time.
Obviously, this is not a reflection of Accutune Offroad or Fox because this is just how the shocks are on stock height Super Duty trucks.
I have the same package from Accutune and they are a very nice setup. The ride is incredible and they do well towing. The Fox steering stabilizer is a huge improvement. I used the One Up Offroad
Steady-track system for mounting the stabilizer. Accutune's customer service is as good as it gets, they answer the phone and are knowledgeable.
Snyder, this is going to sound like I’m being disrespectful. I promise I’m not, just generally uneducated on suspension products and curious. I looked up the one up steady track and trying to understand the rationale behind paying 5x the cost of the steering stabilizer for a system to install it? What exactly does the steady track do for you? I see the explanation that it perfects the steering component geometry, but what does that mean in the real world? What is the real life benefit?
Not that this is an option for me as it requires a 2.5” lift and I have no intention to put a lift on the truck, but trying to educate myself.
again, I fear this may come out disrespectful but not meant that way at all.
I have the same package from Accutune and they are a very nice setup. The ride is incredible and they do well towing. The Fox steering stabilizer is a huge improvement. I used the One Up Offroad
Steady-track system for mounting the stabilizer. Accutune's customer service is as good as it gets, they answer the phone and are knowledgeable.
That is a clean set up, what brand are the reservoir clamps?
Snyder, this is going to sound like I’m being disrespectful. I promise I’m not, just generally uneducated on suspension products and curious. I looked up the one up steady track and trying to understand the rationale behind paying 5x the cost of the steering stabilizer for a system to install it? What exactly does the steady track do for you? I see the explanation that it perfects the steering component geometry, but what does that mean in the real world? What is the real life benefit?
Not that this is an option for me as it requires a 2.5” lift and I have no intention to put a lift on the truck, but trying to educate myself.
again, I fear this may come out disrespectful but not meant that way at all.
No disrespect taken, and I know no more about suspension than you do. When I bought my truck, I had the ready lift 2 1/2 inch leveling kit installed on it. This kit included the track bar relocation bracket to center the front axle. Once this kit was installed, I had some slight drivability issues and bump steer in the steering wheel. In addition, my steering wheel did not return after going around the corner as well as it did prior to adding the leveling kit. I did some more reading and discovered that these trucks really need about 5 to 6° of castor to have the steering wheel return as it supposed to, and to have good drivability manners. So I installed the OUO radius arm drop brackets, which gave me 5° of caster, which improved my steering wheel return after going around corners. I still had some bump steer in my steering wheel. So after further research, I discovered the Fox ATS steering stabilizers to be a fairly good cure for this, yet they are expensive. After reading more information on OUO‘s website and seeing how the steady track kit mounts the steering stabilizer at a more Accurate geometry to minimize bump steer, I chose to go with that kit. Once the steering stabilizer was installed with the steady track kit, it eliminated 100% of the road feel and bump steer in my steering wheel that I had previously. So to say that it is money well spent to get to where I’m at is an opinion question only. For me, it was worth the money, but it may not be worth the money for others. It’s a personal opinion, what small things bother some may not bother others. When I first leveled my truck and had drivability issues, and I started looking at the cost of some of these components I thought to myself there is no freaking way I am paying that much money for this stuff. Eventually piece by piece I had removed every bit of the ready lift leveling kit and had a complete OUO steady track kit on my truck. Again, this was just a judgment call that worked for me, and the results were there for me. Hope this helps.
Indeed. Same question. I really like those resi clamps.
Here you go. I ordered the 2" size and they worked perfect. They come in many sizes and they cost a fraction of what some of the shock companies charge. I have used them for many applications.
No disrespect taken, and I know no more about suspension than you do. When I bought my truck, I had the ready lift 2 1/2 inch leveling kit installed on it. This kit included the track bar relocation bracket to center the front axle. Once this kit was installed, I had some slight drivability issues and bump steer in the steering wheel. In addition, my steering wheel did not return after going around the corner as well as it did prior to adding the leveling kit. I did some more reading and discovered that these trucks really need about 5 to 6° of castor to have the steering wheel return as it supposed to, and to have good drivability manners. So I installed the OUO radius arm drop brackets, which gave me 5° of caster, which improved my steering wheel return after going around corners. I still had some bump steer in my steering wheel. So after further research, I discovered the Fox ATS steering stabilizers to be a fairly good cure for this, yet they are expensive. After reading more information on OUO‘s website and seeing how the steady track kit mounts the steering stabilizer at a more Accurate geometry to minimize bump steer, I chose to go with that kit. Once the steering stabilizer was installed with the steady track kit, it eliminated 100% of the road feel and bump steer in my steering wheel that I had previously. So to say that it is money well spent to get to where I’m at is an opinion question only. For me, it was worth the money, but it may not be worth the money for others. It’s a personal opinion, what small things bother some may not bother others. When I first leveled my truck and had drivability issues, and I started looking at the cost of some of these components I thought to myself there is no freaking way I am paying that much money for this stuff. Eventually piece by piece I had removed every bit of the ready lift leveling kit and had a complete OUO steady track kit on my truck. Again, this was just a judgment call that worked for me, and the results were there for me. Hope this helps.
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