I have a friend who owns a shock dyno. I plan to upgrade to the Fox shock kit Ford sells. When I get my FX4 shocks off, I will send them to my buddy and have him run them.
We might be able to (the collective we), my buddy preps and builds road racing cars, so I am not sure he will be able to add much on the terrain applicability, but who knows, he is one clever dude.
Changing my tires out and adding the RC 2.5" level kit make a small difference but in the end the Fx4 really isn't that great a suspension. We have speed bumps through most neighborhoods here and with the Fx4 I'd be bounced all over the cab, didn't matter if I was going 5 or 20 mph. With the Eibach now I pretty much float over them and have never been bounced around like before. Off road there's no comparison! Hitting bumps especially washboards are like glass now. Any who says different hasn't changed theirs out to a better shock.
SO,,,,this to perspective,, get a FX4 or a Tremor for the best ride around town? That sounds good to me, thanks for replying, I just needed a little help with this. I guess now I need to lookup the Eibach shocks,,
You can't go wrong with the Fox, Bilstein or Eibach shocks. Any of those will make a significant improvement. If you're also going to change out your tires to larger ones then adding the Tremor package will give you everything you need.
You've already admitted you don't take yours off road so how would you know how they handle?FX4 in the habitat Ford possibly designed it for
what everyone expects it to react like:
Trolling?? Again Pot meet Kettle!!!
The salesman I was dealing with when I ordered my Tremor (before I bought my FX4) was a pretty knowledgable guy (I have been driving, racing, rebuilding, etc. cars for about 55 years, so I am a pretty knowledgeable guy too, hence can tell the difference), when I asked him about the FX4 shocks he said, "ah, pretty much garbage". When he got the "raised eyebrow" from me, he said, "well, they are not garbage, but the Fox shocks on the Tremor are MUCH better shocks for just about any circumstance, on road or off". He could see that eyebrow go back down and a smile come back on my face, so he knew he had made his point.
I know I am probably labeled a K02 fanboy already, but I think those tires are just about perfect for a truck like ours. When I switched from Duratracs (which are fabulous tires, but suffer from a couple negatives that are noticeable), the K02's are like, ahhhh... that's better.
I really love those photos. Makes me really homesick (for the trail)!You've already admitted you don't take yours off road so how would you know how they handle?
Report back once you do any I'm sure you'll have a whole different opinion based on. facts not memes.
There is nothing with-in 1,000 miles of here like those pics. Mine will be just a grocery-getter, run around about here, just piddling. With the money I'll be spending,, I want a nice ride to enjoy. Maybe I should look at the Tremor,,,,,,
fx4 gets you very bouncy shocks and extra skid plates a locker and the terrain modes I would definitely save money and go regular 4x4
He is correct though all of our trucks have two stage springs in the rearThe way the salesman explained it to me, the standard 4x4 will be stiffest (probably also the least squat when loaded with X weight in the bed), FX4 next, Tremor next. The Tremor has the most pleasing ride around town and also the most articulation off road as it is the softest sprung, but will also have the most squat (to a point, as it also has a progressive rear spring package), at least, that is what the salesman said….
