Sway A-Away 2.5 Suspension

I wonder if you could order a 2.5 kings from somewhere for our trucks...? Or I know radflo makes a 2.5 as well

Don’t do it. Sway a way is no where near the quality of fox or king. Save your penny’s and do it right the first time. Sway a way have NEVER been a comparable shock in the Offroad industry and are ever worse now that they are owned by AFE. Do you see any race trucks running them? I would go with stock over sway a way. IMHO

Booth9999 said:

Don’t do it. Sway a way is no where near the quality of fox or king. Save your penny’s and do it right the first time. Sway a way have NEVER been a comparable shock in the Offroad industry and are ever worse now that they are owned by AFE. Do you see any race trucks running them? I would go with stock over sway a way. IMHO

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They may not be the quality of Fox or King, but they are priced accordingly. Also keep in mind, I am running them on a regular F-150 NOT a Raptor, so the abuse I will put them through won’t be what I would be doing in a Raptor. A 2.5” shock on a standard travel (+ an inch or two) is definitely overkill compared to a Raptors suspension travel.
I gave my personal opinion with MY experience so far. That could change in another 10,000 miles or more, or less even. The original poster asked if anyone was running them, since there is a lack of info on the SAW on F150s I wanted to give my opinion. And if I do run into any issues, I will be the first to come on here and share them. That’s the point of these forums isn’t it? For all of us to share what works and what doesn’t?
To be clear, I have no affiliation with the shock company in any way.

Booth9999 said:

Don’t do it. Sway a way is no where near the quality of fox or king. Save your penny’s and do it right the first time. Sway a way have NEVER been a comparable shock in the Offroad industry and are ever worse now that they are owned by AFE. Do you see any race trucks running them? I would go with stock over sway a way. IMHO

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What are you basing this on? Current AFE stuff is hard to say, still fairly new. But I think your basis for this from the old stuff is a bit off...They have always been a decent quality shock at a more affordable price. They had plenty of issues with coating of the bodies but internals and all other parts were still decent. Lots of sportsman race teams ran SAW in their heyday. They're not the top of the line, but they definitely weren't junk.

Booth9999 said:

Don’t do it. Sway a way is no where near the quality of fox or king. Save your penny’s and do it right the first time. Sway a way have NEVER been a comparable shock in the Offroad industry and are ever worse now that they are owned by AFE. Do you see any race trucks running them? I would go with stock over sway a way. IMHO

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I did not ask if SAW was better or as good as King and Fox. I am clearly on a budget and don't want to spend over $4K on shocks when this truck rarely sees anything more exciting then sandy beaches and some dirt roads on the way to the lake. I am asking for feedback because for the price I could get 2 sets and still spend less than Kings. I am not racing my truck. I race motorcycles and know how important good suspension is but I also know King and Fox 3.0 would be overkill for my situation IMHO.

Thanks everyone who has given valuable feedback and I will be sure to report out when I get these on the truck.

Wheelz96 said:

Hey folks. I'm due to replace/rebuild my wore out Fox 2.5's on my gen 1 and I'm seeing Sway-A-Away 2.5's for a price in between new Fox 2.5's and 3.0's.

Have others gone this route? There is very little information online with these and just curious to hear if these shocks would be an improvement over the factory 2.5's or if Sway-A-Away actually does stand for Stay-A-Away...

Anyone with actual experience? How is the valving? Durability? Leaks?

Thanks in advance.

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How did they turn out for you? I just ordered a set for my 12 raptor for the same reason, as I don’t want to spend 5k when I don’t take my truck jumping very often lol. How did they do for you?