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Fox 2.5 DSC Suspension - A Brief Overview, Procedure, and Review of Proper Suspension Setup

Daverous

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plan to wrap the truck. cause or pin stripes lol…… but for suspensions idk whst esle it needs … have new rear control arms by core 4x4…. dobinson hd springs … fox suspension
changed to maxx suspension for front sway bar…. cnt find the clunk sound for **** …
I had two clucks with parts you've mentioned.
My front maxx links kept loosening up at the sway bar side even when torqued to spec. Blue loctite and they've been good 1000 miles or so.
I had an annoying clunk I couldn't find in the rear. It was my core 4x4 sway bar links. Torqed to spec and wasn't enough apprantly. Had to go overboard and it stopped it. I've also heard about their rear control arms needing a good 200 ft/lb to get them settled. Well above the 130 or so I've seen elsewhere.
Dobson uses single rate springs, right? I got a little clang out of my Clayton springs before isolators were installed as well. Maybe worth a look?
 

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I had two clucks with parts you've mentioned.
My front maxx links kept loosening up at the sway bar side even when torqued to spec. Blue loctite and they've been good 1000 miles or so.
I had an annoying clunk I couldn't find in the rear. It was my core 4x4 sway bar links. Torqed to spec and wasn't enough apprantly. Had to go overboard and it stopped it. I've also heard about their rear control arms needing a good 200 ft/lb to get them settled. Well above the 130 or so I've seen elsewhere.
Dobson uses single rate springs, right? I got a little clang out of my Clayton springs before isolators were installed as well. Maybe worth a look?
dam sounds like everything i had some issues with lol …. i guess when i get home i have some parts to play with
 

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plan to wrap the truck. cause or pin stripes lol…… but for suspensions idk whst esle it needs … have new rear control arms by core 4x4…. dobinson hd springs … fox suspension
changed to maxx suspension for front sway bar…. cnt find the clunk sound for **** …
seems pretty solid plan! good luck with the clunk lol
 

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hahaha well to be fair this weekend going in to and out of toquerville falls was the first time I wish i got more lift lol

scraped slider and exhaust tip because not enough ground clearance.
I'm considering going with a 4" lift on my rebel instead of the 3" (especially since I would only be setting it at 2.5"). I'm looking for a little more height than that. If you went with the 4" lift, how would you have done it?
 

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I'm considering going with a 4" lift on my rebel instead of the 3" (especially since I would only be setting it at 2.5"). I'm looking for a little more height than that. If you went with the 4" lift, how would you have done it?
custom king shocks.
the problem with most 4" lifts on the market right now are either utilizing spacers (which is a big no no for me) or just longer or heavier rated springs on coilovers to push it to 4", which sacrifices suspension travel and not at all a real 4" suspension lift.

to achieve 4" lift correctly with adequate travel, not only the suspension package needs to be custom, I'll also need extended UCA, LCA, tie rod, CV axle, and spindle because the geometry will be completely different. At that point, I might as well just make it into a +3 LT kit with fiberglass fenders and bypass shocks and ditch the sway bar. Now at that point, the suspension package will be more than adequate to tackle big whoops and g-outs that even raptors will have to slow down for.
 

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