Fox Life!!! Anything Related to Fox Suspension

These don't have adjusters. Think $600 was new price. These have maybe 10k on the.

 

$257 985-24-117 Reservoir Shock CD Adjuster

985-24-117 are 550 new so 400 would be a good guess.

 

12-14 weeks for a set of shocks is that the new norm lol.

last time i bought suspension it took 3-5 days.

 

Headstrong is on point. I just had some trouble with an order and they fixed everything. Ridiculously good customer service.

 

After 10+ weeks of waiting….

 

Got a set of there going on the truck. (Can shown to compare size) these things are massive!!!

 

Please tell me which technique you used to wrestle those resi in place? BTW, it looks like we have the same set up.

 

Sorry my friend, I can’t help. I used the technique of having a local shop do the install. We made a great choices for our trucks with this setup.

 

Nice, I’m right behind you on the same install, 140k Baja kit swap out. Rear Icon RXT Stg 1 came out really well. Now the front end, Fox 2.5 DSC and JBAs

 

Cross posting in case any of this crew has some guidance:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/pro-fox-coilover-help-loose.727744/

 

Shout out to @AccuTune Offroad This is the way to pack shocks. Not one scratch/scuff/dent.

I returned a shiny new set of scuffed up rears from another manufacturer that did a piss poor packing job.

Now I wait for my fronts. And kudos to Alex at accutune.

 

How are you liking the rxt on setting 1? And what jbas are those? I’m waiting on my front 2.5s now and chose the jba standard high caster. Wondering if I should have went with the beefier set.

 

Just finished the install, thought the job would have been faster, but took time to follow steps required and torqued everything to spec. I’d give this task a 3 out of 5 on the knuckle buster scale for DIY home wrenching. Not super tough, but make sure you have the tool, and prepare to get dirty/greasy…

Challenges were LCA front cam bolts, get a Diablo blade from HD. Cuts through the bolts like butter. Buy all new OEM LCA hardware and grease them at re-install. Passenger side body was a little tricky to bend to remove the UCA bolt. The sway bar was a pain to reset once putting things back together.

Thanks to TW folks posting here the tips to make this install straight forward. The ride with the rear RXTs as delivered Stage 1 is very nice, looks that I gained about 2” of lift in the rear (that’s how bad my OE springs had settled). I’m running set of Bilstein Baja kit remote shocks as standby until a new set of Fox 2.0 remotes arrive….hopefully soon.

For the front those are JBA heavy duty UCAs, which have some additional gussets to strengthen joints. I also installed a set of LCAs sourced from RockAuto. So my truck is riding real nice now. The Fox 2.5 DSCs provided 2” lift up front (600lb springs), need to tweak the drivers side ~3/8” level it off.

Next stop alignment shop.

Does anyone have a good recommended initial setting for the DSCs, for hilly country roads, my Baja suspension was great when new, this Fox setup much smoother/damp. Have not run hard on washboard yet.

 

1.5 - 3" lift shocks vs 14s.

 

Yes, beautifully packed! Funny, I received my fronts first (more than a month ago) and the rears arrived just this week. Accutune had said maybe August for the rears, but also said that Fox increased production lines - so maybe sooner. Looks like those new lines are moving along nicely!

I'd like to install this 4-A setup w/ hammer hangers soon, but would it be wise to wait for my camper shell to arrive first?

 

All the fancy fox stuff

 

New article that can help just about everyone understand preload and adjusting ride height

 

Since I ordered my shocks in November I thought I had 700lb coils......I could had sworn that's what I asked for when I ordered. But looking at my old invoice I see that I had the 14" 600lb coils. A bit surprised but definitely ok with how the truck sits and rides. Lol.

 

@AccuTune Offroad i have Fox 12” triple bypasses in the rear. I currently have 7” of the shaft showing. When i installed the shock I removed some of the leaf springs and cycled the suspension to full bump and left about 3/4” from shock shaft showing.

Been reading y’all’s articles on the ride quality due with the amount of shaft showing. And my ride is a little bouncy in the rear. What’s the best way to fix this with our cutting off the lower mount and welding it back up. Add weight? Remove a leaf?

Thx,
Dex

 

The shock placement sounds perfect if im understanding what you are saying correctly. Seems like a valving issues to me.