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.
Correct, caught us off guard too when we got our first batch in. Even had to modify our images to look the part
I can't speak on the dropping off kids part, but curves, potholes and shopping carts they soak it right up.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?
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.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.
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?
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.
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.
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100% agree.
