Adjustable Shocks - Sport Max Tow

[Shutes13]

I have a Gladiator Sport Max Tow with the Fox Shocks 2.5 lift on 35 Bajas. Obviously the ride is a little stiff. I plan on going out to Death Valley soon.

I was wondering what y’all thought about swapping the Fox Shocks for Falcon adjustable Shocks. Should it help with the all around ride of the Jeep as well as when I take it to the doons?
Can I replace only the front or only the rear? Would that help/save on cost?
Thanks!

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[cartbart]

im building something similar im debating about adjustable shocks. im just not a tera flex fan

 

[Twilightwheelin]

Falcons are not good. Get something valved from accutune.

 

[cartbart]

Falcons are not good. Get something valved from accutune.

ive been eyeing the clayton off road kit and the king 2.5 shocks but im not sure i can justify that much on shocks. so debating between the smaller foxs, the larger foxes 2.5 and the 2.5 kings

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Are you sure it's the shocks causing the stiff ride? What's the sidewall rating on those tires? What inflation you running?

 

[Shutes13]

Are you sure it's the shocks causing the stiff ride? What's the sidewall rating on those tires? What inflation you running?

36 PSI... Mickey Thompson BAJA ATZ P3 loaf range D

 

[Twilightwheelin]

If you have the ifp shocks from fox yes they can be stiff but it shouldnt be overwhelming. What kind of coils?

 

[DAVECS1]

Take the tires down to 32 PSI. The fox shocks are designed to be dynamic and work better with a little dither. Lowering the pressure in big tires gives it just enough bounce. Seems simple but the results are amazing

 

[Shutes13]

Take the tires down to 32 PSI. The fox shocks are designed to be dynamic and work better with a little dither. Lowering the pressure in big tires gives it just enough bounce. Seems simple but the results are amazing

thanks. I’ll give that a quick try.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

36 PSI... Mickey Thompson BAJA ATZ P3 loaf range D

Agree you may be too high on inflation.
You want the tread to run perfectly flat across the face.
The background behind it so you can sort of figure where you should be for best tire/tread life is this - the pressure in the tires supports the truck. It's pounds per square inch working against the number of square inches on the pavement. More square inches on the pavement you want LESS psi in the tire.
My Overland stock tires are 32.2" diameter and 8" across the face.
The Rubicon take-offs I run in the winter are all but 10" across the face and 32.8" diameter. That means more tire surface on the road.
I run 38 psi on the smaller overland tires and 36 on the Rubicon A/T tires.
36 psi on more surface gives the same force supporting the truck as 38 psi on less tire surface on the road.
If you were running tires 12" across the face and 35" diameter, 36 is likely too much.
Bigger tires, especially more width and much larger diameter means less psi by a fair amount.
Those huge tires on monster trucks? you'd be surprised - they run an average of 18 psi! It can be as low as 15-16, and 20 is tops in most cases. More tire surface on the ground means LOWER psi to support the SAME truck weight. But then those are what, 60" tires, so that's a rad example, but it sure demonstrates the point!
Bigger tire, lower psi. If your stock tire was 38 psi, then you go bigger, do not inflate as high (unless you add several hundred pounds to your truck weight!)

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