Are remote resi's with adjusters worth it?

I want to hear from some people who have pulled the trigger on the extra cost for the compression adjusters for their suspension setups. Are they worth it? Do you use them fairly often and how do you drive? Is it your daily/how much time do you spend offroad? Thanks for any input!

 

Only have he rears on, fox 2.0 so only low speed compression. I’ve already adjusted them 5-6 times. I am still fine tuning them, but it will change when the fronts go on. I’m pretty sensitive to suspension changes so I definitely wanted the option to adjust. I don’t have long term feedback but it’s something.

 

@inv3ctiv3 sold me on them a while back and I’m glad I had them on my old rig

 

Yeah, thanks for the input. Did you guys notice a drastic difference when adjusting them? Or was it just fairly small just fine tuning it for the terrain you were on?

 

Pretty noticeable difference for me

 

Again I have only had the rears on for a couple days. With that said I feel the same as @SixthSnail, I can feel a difference with every click. I can’t wait to try the fronts with both high and low speed adjustments.

 

I’ll be the first to say no.

Had two sets of kings with them and rarely adjusted.

 

Did you rarely adjust them because you felt it didn't make a difference or just couldn't be bothered?

 

Good point. Tried them a few times. Didn’t notice enough difference to bother with changing them.

This was on a 4th gen 4runner and an 80 series Land Cruiser, so it only sorta applies.

 

I do my rears mainly for pay load adjustments. The fronts I adjust between two scenarios. High speed fire road (from hell) running, or low to mid speed trail with lots of g-out type drops. Both are noticable to me. Especially the low speed body roll. I slide off wet rocks way less now.

 

I adjust mine when I put my RTT on for a trip. When I carry 600lbs of crete. When i have 10 sheets of plywood on my rack. When I am unloaded. When I am going on a wheeling trip and take my swaybars off but still have to do a few hours of highway. When I am carrying a bunch of my large bodied coworkers.

I use mine constantly, I would estimate at least 3 times a week. Icon clickers seem to make a much larger difference than the ones on my Kings.

 

Yeah I get that. Just trying to see if it's worth justifying the extra money.

Yeah I get that especially if you're rocking that RTT. I was looking at getting the same suspension set up you have with the Fox 2.5's in the front and the 2.0's in the back just trying to figure out if I want the adjusters or not. How do you like that set up? Also, did you get a new rear leaf pack or did you go the AAL route? I guess I should add that I'm mainly just considering the adjusters for the front also.

 

I did a dakar medium pack in the rear. I love it. I use my truck like the land version of a bass boat. I set it up to get me to camp or to the remote lakes as quick as possible.

Fully freighted, a trail that takes me 20-25 minutes one way previously, took me 8 minutes after I got everything dialed.

 

@m603holden do you tow your boat with your taco? If so with the medium packs does the rear sag a lot?

 

No. I normally run about 600lbs of gear plus the kayaks .

The bass boat comment was more reffering to that it's just built to get me where I need to, quick.

I do own a bass boat. Just sold it after 7 years. Never towed it with the new set up

@Rob2143

 

I get it, thanks for the info. I was thinking of going with the heavy duty packs but I guess it would just be over kill and probably make it a stiffer ride.

 

Unless you're always rocking some serious weight I'd go medium. Even loaded I still have some good rake going on. Might be some side pics on my thread that show it.

If you tow a boat I'd 100% suggest the rear adjusters. I used a big ass speed bump to set my high speed compression and the rears while loaded and I can cranks those full speed without unsettling the suspension now.

 

I have the BP-51's and the adjusters definitely make a difference. I rarely change them though.

In my opinion, rebound adjusters are much more important on a truck than compression adjusters, especially in the rear! if you already have the right spring setup for your truck's weight compression makes a very slight ride difference, and does help, but it's not as detrimental.

Being able to adjust rebound allows you to tune it to keep traction as long as possible without ever bucking or bouncing. I can see a cross ditch last second, and hit it at speed, and the truck doesn't bounce at all or start snaking around, it just comes right back to ride height like nothing happened. nobody's heads even touch the roof

 

You can always buy the heavy duty, and if you decide they're too stiff or too high, just take the 3rd leaf out, and thus convert them into the medium-duty. The heavies are only like $40 more, basically just the cost of the extra leaf.

 

This is good advice, and its cheaper in the long run if you ever want the extra leaf. They charge more when you buy it later on, rather than already having it from a heavy pack.