I do enjoy the shocks, I mean you canāt go wrong with fox most of the time. Ive really been wanting to get rid of the extension brackets by getting longer shocks. But Iām running 37ās with JKS 3-3.5 J-Kontrol lift with their adjustable sway bar links and their shock extension brackets. Iām looking into swapping to rock jock sway bars front and back in the future. Iām hoping to get a better ride and off-roading capability, most roads I ride on here in Florida are rough and a lot of sandy dirt roads. With the occasional obstacle course and rough hunting road. so Iād like to be able to cruise since itās my daily driver and wheel off road without sacrificing one or the other. I know thatās a lot harder than it seems though.
Theyāre pricey but they seem to be the best of both worlds. Did you buy them directly through SDI? Do they adjust well with like pot holes and whoops at higher/cruising speeds?Checkout Eclik. You wonāt be disappointed. 2.5 reservoirs with fully electronic management, monitoring, and automated adjustments during driving. Iāve eliminated body roll on the road, and they handle off road like nothing Iāve seen. Itās a completely new vehicle. You have three base modes, road, offroad, and desert/baja. All modes can be adjusted an enormous amount, and front and rear can be set differently from within the cab. I could go on for a long time.
I bought them directly. They adjust for absolutely everything. For instance, I did a 100 mile round trip on the interstate yesterday, so speeds from 65-75+ with corners. I in two seconds adjusted front and rear to full sport. I could take corners like my wifeās Volvo. No body roll and just planted. Lots of weight in the bed, they have a setting for rear weight compensation. Just a rotation of the click wheel while driving. Desert Baja mode allows high speeds with bumps and whoops and no bottoming. Corners are compensated for automatically. Outside shocks stiffen during the corner. Itās truly ridiculous. They have their own ECU and inertia/tilt/roll sensor included. The system then connects to the obdII port to get speed, steering angle, braking information, etc. from the Jeep. So as you slow down, they automatically soften. As you get to speeds requiring more safety, they stiffen accordingly.
Another selling point for me is that they have one shock body length, but three internal clip options. Meaning you can change your shock length if you change your lift. I didnāt like the small height windows that fox and king offered. I was worried Iād invest a bunch of $, change the lift a year later, and be left with the wrong length shocks. These are built to order for your lift, but can be changed easily later.
Wow. that truly is impressive,
I like I can adjust them for the tow weight because I tow atv and utvs frequently to parks. That is an amazing selling point, because Iām looking at possibly going to a bigger lift in the next year possibly. And I had the same worry about spending nearly 3-4k on shocks then having to get rid of them and buy new ones when I went bigger. Ima have to consider these over other options. Thank you for the information.
Any time. Cody at SDI spent a ton of time talking to me and answering questions before and after I ordered. Itās a crazy system. Hereās a picture showing the under hood install. The ECU is on the fuse box cover. They provide a template and rubber washers to seal the holes you drill. The intertia/tilt/roll sensor is above the firewall in the center. I installed over two days. I opted to do wiring on day one, and shocks on day two. They separate the harnesses so you can install the touch screen click wheel shift knob, ecu, sensor, etc. power harness separately from shock harnesses.
Man, I didn't know they had a TC knob controller. That's awesome!Checkout Eclik. You wonāt be disappointed. 2.5 reservoirs with fully electronic management, monitoring, and automated adjustments during driving. Iāve eliminated body roll on the road, and they handle off road like nothing Iāve seen. Itās a completely new vehicle. You have three base modes, road, offroad, and desert/baja. All modes can be adjusted an enormous amount, and front and rear can be set differently from within the cab. I could go on for a long time.
Thanks for the reminder. My other consideration was that SDI estimates well over 80k before requiring rebuilds. That doubles the foxes, and kings are probably more like 15k if you wheel them.
Iām just taking the word of The manufacturer on this one. They donāt seem to be a blow smoke kind of outfit.
I take your expertise seriously, and wonāt go that far by choice as a result. But I love that they wonāt ārequireā it at low mileage intervals like king and fox.
