New OEM Gen 1 Fox rears- N2 check?

I'm replacing my rear shocks on my Raptor with OEM FOX purchased from Rock Auto-

Should I take them to a bike shop and have the N2 pressures checked (200 psi, iirc)?

If yes, then I would have to build/buy a needle valve assy with a guage, no?

Thanks for the help!

So I didn't check the pressure as-delivered, installed them and went.

Wow. What a difference $700 makes. It's no longer scary; it's just simply planted over the rough stuff (relatively speaking).

How are your front shocks?

Trick_Raptor said:

How are your front shocks?

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They seem to be fine- nothing like the rears were.

It was an exercise in sphincter discipline driving over fast rip-rap / whoops with the rears like they were.

n2xlr8n said:

They seem to be fine- nothing like the rears were.

It was an exercise in sphincter discipline driving over fast rip-rap / whoops with the rears like they were.

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You didn't mention the mileage however if the rear shocks needed a rebuild chances are the fronts do too. Fox claims 50k rebuild for Raptor's on street queen duty. Less depending on how much they are used off-road.

Back when I had OEM 2.5's mine had black fluid that was shot at 43k. It was night and day after the rebuild and going to mid-perch in the front.

You should look into a shock rebuild vs. buying new as well. Far cheaper

Trick_Raptor said:

You didn't mention the mileage however if the rear shocks needed a rebuild chances are the fronts do too. Fox claims 50k rebuild for Raptor's on street queen duty. Less depending on how much they are used off-road.

Back when I had OEM 2.5's mine black fluid that was shot at 43k. It was night and day after the rebuild and going to mid-perch in the front.

You should look into a shock rebuild vs. buying new as well. Far cheaper

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116K on Rapunzel

I have all the parts / tools per the FRF thread to rebuild my shocks. I'm "practicing" on the rears before I tackle the fronts, but I have no doubt the fronts are next to go- they just haven't yet.

Thanks for your input; I appreciate it.

for the price you paid to buy new rear shocks you could have rebuilt all 4 of yours