Dual Front Shocks?
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I ran dual Bilsteins for about a year; the ride sucked. Bouced like crazy on the freeway (CA freeways are notoriously bad) and very tight over speed and bumps and such. I recently went to a single set up which is much better around town. Stilll bounces on the freeway but that cant be helped.
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Originally Posted by texcan
Started this thread a week or so ago. & only 1 person has dual shocks to coment on! I've read lots on this site, and figure this its the place for answers, but maybe I was wrong! Not mad, just hoped to get some feedback! 
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</TD><TD width="100%"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Donahoe makes a dual shock hoop for your truck. Off road warehouse has them for $370. I think I need to go into the shock hoop business. Who wants one? I just put the 10" remote resevior Fox on my truck and it feels like the valving needs to be stiffer. It really bounces like there is no shock at all. I was thinking two might be just right. I am going to build a hoop this week for the single because the 10" is really too big to stuff in the stock location with an adapter.
</TD><TD width="100%"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Donahoe makes a dual shock hoop for your truck. Off road warehouse has them for $370. I think I need to go into the shock hoop business. Who wants one? I just put the 10" remote resevior Fox on my truck and it feels like the valving needs to be stiffer. It really bounces like there is no shock at all. I was thinking two might be just right. I am going to build a hoop this week for the single because the 10" is really too big to stuff in the stock location with an adapter.
Last edited by AzBaddBoy; Dec 27, 2005 at 05:32 AM.
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Originally Posted by AzBaddBoy
<TABLE cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD noWrap>schmidt64
</TD><TD width="100%"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Donahoe makes a dual shock hoop for your truck. Off road warehouse has them for $370. I think I need to go into the shock hoop business. Who wants one? I just put the 10" remote resevior Fox on my truck and it feels like the valving needs to be stiffer. It really bounces like there is no shock at all. I was thinking two might be just right. I am going to build a hoop this week for the single because the 10" is really too big to stuff in the stock location with an adapter.
</TD><TD width="100%"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Donahoe makes a dual shock hoop for your truck. Off road warehouse has them for $370. I think I need to go into the shock hoop business. Who wants one? I just put the 10" remote resevior Fox on my truck and it feels like the valving needs to be stiffer. It really bounces like there is no shock at all. I was thinking two might be just right. I am going to build a hoop this week for the single because the 10" is really too big to stuff in the stock location with an adapter.
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No I did not do that. I don't remember seeing anything in the instructions that came with them. they were pretty hard to push in. You just put a regular tire guage on them?
Thanks Bear Hunter
Thanks Bear Hunter
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AzBadd,
Beautiful rig you have there.... Tire gauge isn't going to cut it..I doubt yours goes up high enough. I don't know what the FOX's are supposed to be, but the KINGs are 150 psi. I took mine to a local motorcross shop and they hooked up their Nitro tank and guages and filled them to spec for me.
There is a lot of pressure in there... pressing the valve in even for a split second will give you a net loss of about 20-25 psi...so don't test it by pushing it in with your finger if you know what I mean.
Beautiful rig you have there.... Tire gauge isn't going to cut it..I doubt yours goes up high enough. I don't know what the FOX's are supposed to be, but the KINGs are 150 psi. I took mine to a local motorcross shop and they hooked up their Nitro tank and guages and filled them to spec for me.
There is a lot of pressure in there... pressing the valve in even for a split second will give you a net loss of about 20-25 psi...so don't test it by pushing it in with your finger if you know what I mean.
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Yeah, I realized that like a day after I posted it. Duh. The Fox's are 200psi. I was talking to a guy at the fuel pump yesterday and he was running dual Fox's on his Excursion. He said they told him duals would run better than a single since they were valved for off road trucks.
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