Best DSC settings for Fox 2.5 Factory Elite

[Aliass24]

Finally got the fronts installed. Overall not horrible job . The passenger side of a powerboost is a bit of a PITA getting the last nut on top but it’s doable as others here have said. Getting the bottom of the factory strut out takes more effort than I thought as well. My upper control arms didn’t come apart but I was able to find a tool to make it work. The dealer gave me the wrong nuts for those as well so that was a bit of delay. All the nuts are nylock type so you should be putting new ones on as you’re not supposed to reuse them.
Ride wise, I’ve left them at setting “3” so far but have only driven it once last night so may play a bit yet. Rides better than the stock that’s for sure, less bouncy , more controlled, firm not hard.

Looks good but you have your front reservoir bracket upside down. Just flip it around so the reservoir is tucked up closer to the frame. My truck is a bit lighter than yours but with the testing I have done on 95% pavement with rough patches and potholes, the best setting for me has been the low speed set at 5 clicks in and high speed fully open anything high speed that I’ve tried just seemed a tad stiff other than hitting stuff really fast.

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[Fox146]

Looks good but you have your front reservoir bracket upside down. Just flip it around so the reservoir is tucked up closer to the frame. My truck is a bit lighter than yours but with the testing I have done on 95% pavement with rough patches and potholes, the best setting for me has been the low speed set at 5 clicks in and high speed fully open anything high speed that I’ve tried just seemed a tad stiff other than hitting stuff really fast.

Ya I realized last night after the test drive. I’ll flip them around. I have since fixed it and noticed I have 2 different reservoirs. One has a collar and the other is smooth body. ??‍

 

[Aliass24]

Ya I realized last night after the test drive. I’ll flip them around. I have since fixed it and noticed I have 2 different reservoirs. One has a collar and the other is smooth body. ??‍

How much lift did you end up getting 1.5” or so?

 

[Fox146]

How much lift did you end up getting 1.5” or so?

Yes , which was all I wanted

 

[H2orocket]

Settings are subjective.
Whatever tickles your fancy is the right settings.

The good news is they are high quality damping all across the available range, so they can't be adjusted to "poor", if you know what I mean.

I got pretty used to walking around the truck and quickly adjusting all four corners, equally, in the "direction" that made sense for what I was fixing to do.
Big increase in Payload? Increase damping.
Finished with RV vacation, return them to my normal.

Off road slow pace, might leave them be. Off Road crisp pace, jump out and firm them up a bit and go.

Really good kit. So much more chassis composure.

How do you adjust your rear Ones to limit sag when towing?

 

[H2orocket]

Yes , which was all I wanted

My installer Set the pre load to 0, so ride hight should have been no increase as these can go from 0-2” lift. At no pre load, my front is as high as my rear now. I do towing some and wanted less rake but still wanted some. Did your settle in after some time?

 

[Fox146]

How do you adjust your rear Ones to limit sag when towing?

Well it’s still going to sag. But you would increase the adjustments to stiffen the shock for the increased weight. Airbags or different springs for sag

 

[Fox146]

My installer Set the pre load to 0, so ride hight should have been no increase as these can go from 0-2” lift. At no pre load, my front is as high as my rear now. I do towing some and wanted less rake but still wanted some. Did your settle in after some time?

I have a Powerboost which is a bit front heavy as it is. I really haven’t noticed anything major. I thought they might drop a bit more but really nothing noticeable. I do like them though. So much better on rough surface roads

 

[H2orocket]

I did some good runs last weekend on fire roads and some high articulation trails. I found that having high speed setting at around 5 clicks in for fire roads was good. The faster you drive on them the more the shocks absorbed. I was doing about 50mph on them on the way back and the truck felt amazing. My low speed setting was wide open.
On the way in, i had the high speed setting adjusted all the way open and the fire roads felt super bumpy and rough, so tightening that up made a huge difference.

Is full open turning them all the way counter clockwise where they stop, or is it the last click before they stop. Reason I ask is if I turn both low speed knobs on my front ones all the way counter clockwise, one travels over a half turn more before it stops after the last click. Some for when I turn them clockwise to their first click. The one has to turn a lot more to get to the first click. So if I want them equal, is full open the each of their first clicks going clockwise or is it full counterclockwise till they stop?

 

[H2orocket]

If you don’t mind me asking what is the cost including installation for 2.5 ballpark?

All 4 was $600 including the alignment

 

[H2orocket]

Well it’s still going to sag. But you would increase the adjustments to stiffen the shock for the increased weight. Airbags or different springs for sag

Is turning low and high speed full clockwise the stiffest setting?

 

[H2orocket]

Anybody running these happen to have purchased them from AccuTune to get the initial custom valving, or is everyone just off the shelf?

I got mine from Accutune, but I’m not sure what is wrong with how much lift they provide. Only have 10 miles on them so can’t really comment on the ride and how they handle yet but think the front is a tad higher than the back, so with no pre-load think I got more than 2 inches of lift. So not happy with that as I tow a 7,000 lb boat a few times a year and still wanted a little rake vs being a tad nose high without having the boat back there. Will report back once I have tried them in a bunch of conditions.

 

[Fox146]

Is turning low and high speed full clockwise the stiffest setting?

I’m at work without the truck but yes pretty sure . You’ll see the knobs are marked with arrows. Fox has a couple YouTube vids that explain pretty good as well

 

[H2orocket]

Also the length of the coil installed should measure 13.6” between the upper and lower mounts.

23”3/8 Mine are from accutune with the adventure tune custom valving. I’m currently running the high speed fully open and low speed 4 clicks in and this setup is pretty close to the stock ride but without the floaty boat feel and what I really like is there ability to smooth out the rough patches/pot holes better.

Mine are AccuTune adventure tune too but think it raised my front well over two inches. Did this happen on yours as well? I have a 2021 Lariat with the max tow package that has the beefier leafs in the back.

 

[Aliass24]

Mine are AccuTune adventure tune too but think it raised my front well over two inches. Did this happen on yours as well? I have a 2021 Lariat with the max tow package that has the beefier leafs in the back.

Yes, I have mine adjusted as low as possible on my 24” lariat with the 5.0 and still lifted it over 2” in the front but since then they have settled down around a half inch but still have a good 2” inches of lift. Show me a pic of where the top adjustment collar meets the shock body so I can see if there is anymore adjustment if possible. I run the high speed setting fully open on all 4 shocks and low speed are 4 clicks in on the front and all the way open on the rear. This is what works for me.

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