Shocks: Fox vs Falcon

[FLUndertaker]

Finalizing my lift decision. Itll be a Clayton Offroad Overland Plus 2.5" kit. Only decision left is which shocks to get since it comes without. Considering Fox 2.0 IFP set or the Falcon SP2 2.1 set. I am wanting to stay around $700-1000 for the set. Use will be weekend use, fireroads, moderate off-roading. Not a daily driver but not a rock crawler either. Suggestions please.

PS - I went back 7 pages and searched and didnt see a direct comparo. My apologies if this has been hashed to death.

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[FLUndertaker]

Finalizing my lift decision. Itll be a Clayton Offroad Overland Plus 2.5" kit. Only decision left is which shocks to get since it comes without. Considering Fox 2.0 IFP set or the Falcon SP2 2.1 set. I am wanting to stay around $700-1000 for the set. Use will be weekend use, fireroads, moderate off-roading. Not a daily driver but not a rock crawler either. Suggestions please.

PS - I went back 7 pages and searched and didnt see a direct comparo. My apologies if this has been hashed to death.

update:

ordered the Falcon based on recommendation of Clayton Off-road for my type driving and off roading.

 

[MJDGator]

update:

ordered the Falcon based on recommendation of Clayton Off-road for my type driving and off roading.

How are you liking the Falcons? Did you set them up on soft or performance?

 

[hjdca]

How are you liking the Falcons? Did you set them up on soft or performance?

Great shocks, you will like them. I set mine on "soft" and my truck has some weight, but, it is not an overlanding truck. It has Rockslide steps with armor, M.O.R.E. steel skids, Jeep steel bumper, warn winch, bull bar, lights, hard tonneau cover, engel fridge, Bluetti battery, molle panels with a lot of tools. I use setting 2.1 to 2.5 for off-roading and the street, once in a while I will go to 3 in a canyon or super winding canyon or fwy.
Note: I am not using the setting 1 much at all.

I would not set to the "performance" setting unless you have more weight than me for overlanding, ie. rack, sleeping bed, extra gas, exta water, etc...

 

[DocMike]

Installing mine tomorrow.

 

[Gvsukids]

Installing mine tomorrow.

How have you liked them?

 

[brianinca]

How have you liked them?

Have 6000 miles on my Falcon 2.1's, still pissed I didn't put them on Day 2 when I swapped on KO2's. SOOO much better than the OEM "Fox" shocks. Only two settings, cold/warm which is soft/firm, set mine to firm. Have to pull the shock and rotate the body to change valving.

The "vehicle specific" tuning may or may not be a factor, vs "the right length" IFP's, but the consensus from shock nerds was the IFP's are softer than the Falcons. Whatever, the 50% extra cost is more than warranted in my view.

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