Fox Life!!! Anything Related to Fox Suspension

I had the same issue. Should have been easy peazy. 2 bolts, nothing else to unbolt or move out of the way, and no jack needed (you don't have to remove the tire but can to make more room) but that bushing is not right. It's just too wide. Made it a real PITA to get the holes to line up.

 

I cussed the lower rear shock mounts too when installing my 2.0 rears the other weekend.

Tackling the front 2.5's this weekend. Checking everything in advance I have two packs of hardware. One presumably for the sway bar relocation and the other for the top of the coilovers. The one pack of shorter bolts seems to fit both well, the second bag of hardware doesn't seem to fit either one as it seems to large of diameter.

Can anyone confirm which is for which?

 

Reservoir mount?

 

Accutune, I bought the rear 2.5 extended Fox with DSC from you but haven’t installed them yet but thought you guys changed the bushings to fit the upper and lower shock mounts...??
If so I shouldn’t have the lower mount problem.

 

@AccuTune Offroad No remote reservoir for the fronts. Just the top and bottom mounts along with the sway bar relocation kit.

 

Yes. Normally it comes with a 1.32" bushing and a 1.4" sleeve. We swap in a 1.25" sleeve. You shouldn't have any issues.

 

1st Gen Tacoma, Fox 2.5 standard travel coil overs (non res), how much lift do these shocks provide if they came from the factory with 28 exposed threads?

Never owned truck coil overs, but it seems like it has way too much preload.

Just asking before I install them. Was aiming for a 1.5" lift, no armor up front.

 

So I scrolled through 20 pages of this thread looking for some info and I am going to be lazy and just ask. Is anyone running the rear shock in link below? Thanks!

https://www.ridefox.com/product.php?m=truck&partnumber=980-24-674

 

I will be running a shock nearly identical to that one -

.2" longer compressed
.2" longer extended
Identical travel

Though mine is a 1st gen so Eyelet to Eyelet vs Stem Top to Eyelet

What's your question?

 

I have a second gen Tacoma with Deaver J66 leaf spring and currently have fox 2.0. However they have a lot of miles (between 70 and 100k) on them from previous owner with no rebuild. Trying to find correct replacement.

 

If it's a rebuildable shock, we can rebuild and tune them for ya.

 

Quoting myself here to answer my own question, and maybe help others -

Since I purchased the 0-2" lift, they come preset at 2" higher than stock.

Adjustable ring can be loosened/tightened to adjust preload by hand once you compress the spring itself. Just loosen the allen bolt found on the ring.

When adjusting the ring, every 1/2" of adjustment on the shock itself equates to 1" of height/drop to the vehicle.

 

Well the driver side one does have some slight damage to the housing from the leaf spring clip bolt. It looks like it has scratched it up under full flex. I just need to flip bolt around to prevent it from happening again. I will take some photos and send to show you what I mean. This might prevent it from being rebuildable?

 

So for you 2" of lift from factory with 28 threads exposed? Any idea what those 28 threads translated to in terms of inches? What did you adjust them to and what was resulting lift? Any bumpers, winch, armor, etc? I'm installing mine Fri and trying to get as many t's crossed as possible before then. Mine have about 22 threads showing as received which if I recall was about an inch and a half of visible threads.

 

Possibly. Shoot us some photos and we can get a better idea on what you're dealing with.

 

I will measure the distance from the ring to the bottom edge of the shock cap.

Can't do until tonight though since I'm at work all day.

I'm pretty sure I'll achieve Fox's stated height since I have no armor/winch up front.

As for actual vehicle height, I can't comment as I don't think I'll install them until I purchase new leaf springs. Who knows, if I have enough time I may knock it out tomorrow with my radiator replacement.

 

14" 600lb serings if anyones interested -- $80

 

My 883-02-025’s were at similar thread count out of the box. I installed mine w/out adjusting, lowered the truck to static height and rocked it a little bit and was severely disappointed with initial measurement. I then made my adjustments, measured hub-2-fender flat, static spring length and full droop spring length. Then, I drove it for a day and remeasured, had shit results again. Finally got fed up with it, so I lifted the truck, backed off the retaining collar entirely allowing the coil spring to move freely and sit at it’s free height. Measured the spring free height (12-3/8” driver / 12-5/8” passenger), seated the coil springs and tightened the retaining collar (gently shaking the spring) down until the springs stopped rattling, I had now found my 0” preload (10 full threads driver and 8 full threads passenger). I measured my full droop length again then added 2-1/2” preload diver and 2” preload on passenger, measured spring length again at full droop and the at static height, was happy enough with the results and called it a day.

 

Can you define shit results?

 

Apologies, I should've had my notes handy in order to provide some clarity.

Initial measurements w/ original configuration and no adjustments:
- DSF 21" H-2-F
- PSF 21-3/8" H-2-F

First adjustment measurements:
- DSF 22-5/8" H-2-F, then settled to 20-3/16"
- PSF 22-1/4" H-2-F, then settled to 20-3/8"

Second adjustment measurements:
- DSF 24" H-2-F, then settled to 21-7/8"
- PSF 23-13/16" H-2-F, then settled to 22-5/8"
- Post settle side to side (both front and rear) difference = 3/4"
- Post settle rake (both sides) difference = 3"
- DSR to PSF perpendicular difference = 2-1/4"
- PSR to DSF perpendicular difference = 3-3/4"

Decided to start over and find 0" preload:
- DSF 10 full threads = 3/4" w/ 12-1/2" (previous posted measurement was incorrect) spring at full droop
- PSF 8 full threads = 5/8" w/ 12-5/8" spring at full droop

0" preload to "X" preload:
- DSF +2-1/2" preload = 10-1/4" spring at full droop
- PSF +2" preload = 10-3/4" spring at full droop

I understand that this is, with almost complete certainty too much preload but it's been done in order to test a theory that I'm working on. I will most likely tear down the shocks entirely, rebuild to applicable specifications, install 14"/650's springs and then dyno, function test, etc. the CO's post build.