stock fox shocks life?

ZOMBYKLR said:

Well........ I can only speak from my experience and not what FOX says the shocks are good for until it's time to have the rebuilt. I got 44K out of mine and my truck has seen very little hard offroad action. I also have buddies that are pushing 50K on theirs and the shocks are still performing well. It's kinda relative from truck to truck and you will know when it is time to have them replaced or rebuilt. My truck began to ride really harsh and it was tough to hold a line when hitting potholes (bumpsteer) the same roads that the truck would be smooth and solid over became an adventure. Mine never leaked any oil but the ride was horrible! If your truck still rides great be happy, when the ride goes south be prepared to upgrade or have those removed and sent out for the rebuild.

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cups said:

My experience too. I've got a spare set I'm going to put while getting them rebuilt. Since 40k seems to be a common limit, I think I want to be equipped to do it myself. .....

Stop laughing. I'm serious!! I mean it, I'm getting a wrench!




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cups said:

I'm not rebuilding. Just swapping. Was thinking of sending to Fox for rebuild. But if a local shop turns up.....

I intend to have valve installed for the N2 as well. Not sure if Fox will do that.


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MTUH3 said:

Nitrogen.

I agree on have a new valve put in too. gonna look into that on mine.

Here is what I can tell you with my experience.
2011, supercrew, I hit the trails a few times a year and rallycross the truck at least once a month.

Mine started going out near 50k. Before obvious signs of leaking, there was an increase in road input to the steering wheel at higher speeds, a subtle side to side vibration in the wheel

next, going through turns, cloverleaf express way type and other the truck would get a lot of feedback into the steering wheel and the truck felt like it was going to push through the turn.

During the last race, the front end was all sorts of unhappy. terrible feedback in the bumps and same issue in turns as stated above, only significantly worse. After 10 laps, 5 ish miles, both fronts had fluid leaking all over.

Now the truck is completely terrible to drive (fixes will be on the way)

If you notice some of these more subtle symptoms, I would serious look into replacement or rebuild before it becomes nearly undrivable, like mine is.

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MTUH3 said:

Nitrogen.

I agree on have a new valve put in too. gonna look into that on mine.

Here is what I can tell you with my experience.
2011, supercrew, I hit the trails a few times a year and rallycross the truck at least once a month.

Mine started going out near 50k. Before obvious signs of leaking, there was an increase in road input to the steering wheel at higher speeds, a subtle side to side vibration in the wheel

next, going through turns, cloverleaf express way type and other the truck would get a lot of feedback into the steering wheel and the truck felt like it was going to push through the turn.

During the last race, the front end was all sorts of unhappy. terrible feedback in the bumps and same issue in turns as stated above, only significantly worse. After 10 laps, 5 ish miles, both fronts had fluid leaking all over.

Now the truck is completely terrible to drive (fixes will be on the way)

If you notice some of these more subtle symptoms, I would serious look into replacement or rebuild before it becomes nearly undrivable, like mine is.

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