Fox vs King: Which Shocks For Your Bronco?

[AccuTune Offroad]

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[Chritaka]

I read through this, excellent info...thanks for taking the time to publish. It seems like the Fox's have some nice features over the Kings, but the travel #'s appear to be trailing the pack... However, I've also read that you can get dual rate rear Kings, but don't see that mentioned.

The included install tips are great too!

How would you compare to ADS? Have you had the opportunity to tear into these?

 

[IwannaGOfast]

The king coilovers come with dual rate, it states the coil spring info in the article.

I just noticed that the fox no longer have the progressive coils like they did initially.

 

[telenerd]

The bigger question, how do these shocks stack up against curves and potholes. Lastly, How smooth are the shocks when dropping kids off to soccer practice?

 

[AccuTune Offroad]

I read through this, excellent info...thanks for taking the time to publish. It seems like the Fox's have some nice features over the Kings, but the travel #'s appear to be trailing the pack... However, I've also read that you can get dual rate rear Kings, but don't see that mentioned.

The included install tips are great too!

How would you compare to ADS? Have you had the opportunity to tear into these?

Don't let shock travel numbers fool you. More shock travel is not always the best option. Front King shock lengths are too long, which is discussed in the article along with our solution.

King does have a dual rate springs (2 springs) on the rear coilovers. Rates are mentioned in the article as well.

Unfortunately we do not have every shock brand out there to do this extensive of testing with.

 

[MrGreen55]

i was going to ask if anyone done there fox 3.0 yet but it looks like fox just add it to there site . Would love to see if worth the upgrade form 2.5 or form the kings.

 

[AccuTune Offroad]

The king coilovers come with dual rate, it states the coil spring info in the article.

I just noticed that the fox no longer have the progressive coils like they did initially.

Correct, caught us off guard too when we got our first batch in. Even had to modify our images to look the part

 

[AccuTune Offroad]

The bigger question, how do these shocks stack up against curves and potholes. Lastly, How smooth are the shocks when dropping kids off to soccer practice?

I can't speak on the dropping off kids part, but curves, potholes and shopping carts they soak it right up.

 

[AccuTune Offroad]

i was going to ask if anyone done there fox 3.0 yet but it looks like fox just add it to there site . Would love to see if worth the upgrade form 2.5 or form the kings.

Yea, surprised to see them release that shock line only a few months after the 2.5 shocks. The 3.0 IBP shocks sure do have a lot going on, no doubt, just a tough price tag to compare to a 2.5 that will do excellent for 99% of Bronco owners.

 

[MrGreen55]

Yea, surprised to see them release that shock line only a few months after the 2.5 shocks. The 3.0 IBP shocks sure do have a lot going on, no doubt, just a tough price tag to compare to a 2.5 that will do excellent for 99% of Bronco owners.

will that true but it's really only 2,600 difference between the shock before taxes/shipping is it really worth an extra 3k? would not mind saving extra 3k for way better performance but if it's just ok then not worth the extra 3k.

 

[Snacktime]

will that true but it's really only 2,600 difference between the shock before taxes/shipping is it really worth an extra 3k? would not mind saving extra 3k for way better performance but if it's just ok then not worth the extra 3k.

A better question will be if Fox 2.5 with a tune will be better out of the box than the Fox 3.0 with the factory tune?

 

[AccuTune Offroad]

will that true but it's really only 2,600 difference between the shock before taxes/shipping is it really worth an extra 3k? would not mind saving extra 3k for way better performance but if it's just ok then not worth the extra 3k.

Thats a pretty big price jump with my wallet, but I cannot say for sure without us getting a set to test out and experiencing them. Fox IBPs are really a totally different animal and tuning can be extremely time consuming and expensive (if needed). We tune a lot of 3.0 IBPs for Ultra4 4800 buggys that have the same technology and it's pretty wild what we have to do sometimes to get them to perform. Very different vehicles, but same shock technology.

 

[APG]

Our newest Tech Article is live!
If you're in the market for high quality shocks on your Bronco, this article is worth a read.
As always, feel free to send us a message with questions or post up below. Enjoy!​

Hey Guys, nice to see someone take a dive in this subject! We noticed in the write up that on the fox equipped Bronco you have a front aftermarket UCA (which has added caster built in, keeping 0'ed cams mostly in position) and a fixed oem UCA on the King equipped Bronco.. If true, a typical alignment shop would have to max out the lower cams to get in spec. Subsequently this would pull out the in-board cv joint where dimensionally Ford already has these too short, and risk damaging/pulling the CV. You also have aftermarket rear links on the Fox equipped Bronco with what appears to be a Johnny Joint or similar, and "hopefully" adjusted lengths to aim the pinion back to spec. Aftermarket joints rotate and cycle with less resistance than a factory pressed bushing. None of what we are saying is aimed at taking away from the incredible assessment you guys made, but it would be better executed had you compared the shock assemblies on the same vehicle and parts configuration. Fox and King both make industry leading products, we exclusively use only these brands on anything we do, but a shock absorber is just one component of a "suspension system". As a shock tuning company naturally you are going to compare shocks as a stand alone product. As a suspension designer and manufacturer of complete systems, we know the importance of collective assemblies and the impact each variable has on performance and longevity.

 

[AccuTune Offroad]

Hey Guys, nice to see someone take a dive in this subject! We noticed in the write up that on the fox equipped Bronco you have a front aftermarket UCA (which has added caster built in, keeping 0'ed cams mostly in position) and a fixed oem UCA on the King equipped Bronco.. If true, a typical alignment shop would have to max out the lower cams to get in spec. Subsequently this would pull out the in-board cv joint where dimensionally Ford already has these too short, and risk damaging/pulling the CV. You also have aftermarket rear links on the Fox equipped Bronco with what appears to be a Johnny Joint or similar, and "hopefully" adjusted lengths to aim the pinion back to spec. Aftermarket joints rotate and cycle with less resistance than a factory pressed bushing. None of what we are saying is aimed at taking away from the incredible assessment you guys made, but it would be better executed had you compared the shock assemblies on the same vehicle and parts configuration. Fox and King both make industry leading products, we exclusively use only these brands on anything we do, but a shock absorber is just one component of a "suspension system". As a shock tuning company naturally you are going to compare shocks as a stand alone product. As a suspension designer and manufacturer of complete systems, we know the importance of collective assemblies and the impact each variable has on performance and longevity.

100% agree.

Unfortunately we didn't have the luxury of doing this ideal comparison. When we got our hands on the first set of Kings, we jumped right into tuning. We needed to get them dialed in and out to customers that had been waiting for a year. I don't recall how long ago that was, but several months ago. Fox on the other hand, was delayed quote a while and in between Kings getting done and us getting our first batch of Fox shocks, the Bronco we were using got some upgrades. Totally fair assessment when talking about ride quality. Could even go into tire size, load rating as well and make my brain hurt even more than it does today

 

[Sulley]

Contributing my 2c, I put the Fox 2.5" Elite DSC's on this bad boy. It drives like Batman's Tumbler. I've been very happy with their responsiveness.

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...-dual-oe-tops-fox-2-5-dsc-camburg-baja.77518/

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