Coilover with reservoirs

Ok guys I am looking at coilovers but I want to know what you guys recommend and why between coilovers with reservoirs and without and what brand you prefer and why?

 

I have the same question. I have a 2015 4x4 offroad i want to run in the desert. Whats the best bang for the buck and why? Budget no more than $3K... but would prefer -2K

 

Depends on what your going to be doing with them, and if it's for looks or use

 

The truck is a daily driver and I do haul my dirtbike around with it. I also do a fair amount of Offroading on moderately difficult trails. I camp in the mtn and some of the terrain is pretty rugged.

 

Where remote reservoir shocks shine is where you encounter high cyclic rates for long periods of time. Think long high speed runs through the desert, long sessions on a race track, or miles and miles of rough washboard road. Those conditions cause heat to build up, the oil foams, and the shocks fade. You shouldn't see that happen on the highway, street, or when low speed offroading. The other plus is they are usually high quality, adjustable, and rebuildable. Good features for sure but they are expensive and overkill for 99% of the vehicles where we see them.

 

Go Fox or Icon... and get a leaf pack no AAL if you wanna do it right the first time. and like others stated you do not need resi unless you are doing high speed wheeling for long peroids of time or you want the look.. i would only buy fox or icon best of the best you get what you pay for =) happy trails...

 

Yeah no Baja racing here just some good Ole desert trail riding. Having said that I eventually will go to the dunes and do trail ride all weekend long through rough washes and what not. I don't want to buy something that will be the bare minimum and regret it later. I also want to make sure whatever I get is significantly better than stock. Thanks for the advice guys ypu rock!

 

sorry to revive this old thread, but is there any "downside" or negative impacts to going with remote reservoirs and not utilizing them? I'm in Hawaii, and we don't have high-speed washboard type roads like the desert guys, but we occasionally might do some moderately rough terrain for maybe 20-30 mins at a time over lava fields... similar to washboard, but lava, and not as fast.

I have a lead on "new" (4-8 months old and babied) Icon extended 2.5 RR CO's and rear Icon 2.0 RR for just over a grand. hard to pass up considering a set of non-resi CO's would cost the same amount, not including rears. I'm thinking I would just get them and if I don't use them, oh well... bling bling?

 

Yep, what Rock Lobster said, only downside is cost.

 

Get the reservoir if you can afford it, it'll be worth it for those long dirt roads. I went with the standard icons and wish I'd sprung for the reservoirs after driving 40 miles of dirt road in southern Utah. The shafts of my rear shocks have a bit of a blue tint to them now. They're still holding up, but I'm sure I shortened their life.