ADS Off-Road Racing Shocks - Information, Pictures, & BS Thread

Sorry I mis-typed. I meant after install and break-in

 

Oh def, I’ll get it aligned right away. I figured there would be some settling after a few days and I might need to tweak the height back to where it was at the point of alignment. This would keep the geometry the same.

I’d probably get the alignment checked after a few weeks as well to ensure all is as expected

 

Mine ultimately felt settled around 1200 miles (700# coils)

 

Good to know. I have 650#.

Running no sway bar? I might go all in and take mine off. Dropping the skids is a pain, I don’t want to do it more than I have to

 

No sway bar for me. Can’t really notice the difference really with out on road

 

I do when I go camping and do heavier off-roading, but while my 2yr old is with me I keep the sway bar on in case I need to swerve to dodge idiots

I bring a bag of tools with me and it takes 10 mins and a beer

 

Fair point.

 

@SpeySquatch is correct about the settling. I'm going on a month now, and I feel like it's getting better everyday. (700#) I don't have much for weight up front, except an X2 AGM battery, sliders and aluminum skids. Stuffed my truck with extra weight for the first 2 weeks. That helped the ride and seemed to help break it in. iff at first. I put a bunch of extra weight in for the first 2 weeks. Can't imagine how well it will ride with a bumper.

 

Truck looks great man!

 

Thanks. Question for you??? My fronts seem to top out on speed bumps. I read something about it in this thread. I can't seem to locate it. Got any help for me? Maybe not enough weight, bumpstops too tall? preload? Thanks

 

How much preload do you have?
What bumpstops are you running?

 

1" of threads showing. Wheeler's bumps

 

Hmmm That setup seems normal. How do you know you are topping out? I’ve never experienced that. I am running ext travel though

 

I top out every once in awhile when I go fast over a speed bump on just one side(extend travel)

 

I don’t even know what that would feel like because I haven’t noticed.

To be clear you are saying when the coil and shock rebound not compress right?

 

Yup. It’s just a louder thud

 

Yep. Just like @El Duderino . It sounds and feels like something hitting the underside.

 

I’ve hit hard enough that my durobumps squish to the point where I feel the vibe in my steering wheel, but not something like I could hear or feel it abnormally

When on a full round the only thing I hear is my squeaky right front UCA

 

You can adjust the rebound by having the shock re-valved, ....or... to match the other side just add a spacer to compensate for the taco lean on the left, that way you don't have as much pre-load on the left to compensate for the lean and the rebound won't be as bad.

 

Or just have 1/8-1/4” more preload on the driver side because the shocks come like that for a reason...