FOX rear shock problem

[Ben]

Finally decided to replace rancho rear shocks for lifted 3, after few month use its already rusted from ****ty winter and road salt, knob seized will no longer past setting 6, I used rancho redux and get upgrade P/N for 7100, and I ordered BPE that Panzer listed, and for comparison ,
Rancho RS999310 comp 17.790 ext 27.570
bilstein 7100 AK7112SBA comp 16.030 ext 28.060
the one I'm going to buy is fox 98524012 comp 16.85 ext 28.45 for jk 4'' lift, I wonder if people using bilstein 5100 for 4'' lift JK, this should work, the problem is I have to take acount for bracket that convert bar pin mount to eyelet, which reduces the uptravel from mounting hole to original mount if I'm correct
From my understanding, the only thing matters is compressed length of the shocks, so the question is if the new shock 16.85 plus the bpe bracket within a safe range for compressed length compare to rancho one?
Any suggestions would be great, thanks

 

[Ben]

Got my fox shocks delivered today, looks great except one instruction is like ripped hundreds times, one of the clamps is damaged , other than that well built , superised they have bar pin mount on top which is suppose to be eyelet according to their website
Anyway, gonna install those tomorrow and see how it rides

 

[MTUH3]

Good luck. I had Fox on my truck for a while, did OK, but corrosion took out the main shaft and destroyed the seals. Good thing, just send them back to Fox, or a local place to have them rebuilt. For under $200 bucks, you could also get a N2 tank and the bits to rebuild them yourself.

Personally, I might not buy Fox again.... but considering giving them a second chance later down the road.

 

[Happy Hummer]

This is why I purchased Gabriel's Ultra for gf's and my h3.
Not if..lol but guarantee they rust to poop. Lifetime warranty. WI. Winter's rust everything.

 

[Ben]

We have terrible Winter here, -30 -40 all the time, road salt , crappy road ,pothole u name it, but still I am hoping the shock to last 2 year if that's possible, I'm sick of rancho shocks already , just wanna try something different/better

 

[atvspeed4]

I thought fox could be ordered with 17-4 stainless shafts? Might be something to look into

 

[Ben]

Installed fox shocks today, had to buffer damaged clamp, kind pita to compress shock to the bottom mount, lots of pressuree, 200 lb maybe lol, did test drive not much difference on road, better on low speed and high speed when go over bumps and pothole, still kind same around 60 k/m, city roads sucks btw
tried running over curbs , what a differnce, much softer and comfort when landing, also did compression test when took out old rancho shocks, its definitely shot, I can hear bubble sound when shaft coming back& not smoth enough