Feintmotion86
Newbie
Just wanted to share something I've been working on. I really like the Bilstein 5100's I had put on my Tahoe about a year ago. They feel really great on the street. After hitting some trails and rocky areas though, I found them to be a bit on the rough side (as I've seen a lot of you also have echoed). Just to try something else, I wanted to try out some Fox 2.0's. However, as you know, Fox doesn't make them for this application. After a some digging I found what I figured might work, so I wanted to share my experience.
I bought some later model 2500HD fox 2.0 w/ resi's, and re-used the T-bar from my older Bilsteins w/new bushings. I tried to install them body side up, but as you all probably know there's not a lot of space up there with the mounting bracket, exhaust, etc. So I had to re-mount the bushings and orient the shocks to body side down.
Here you can see the shock comparison between Bilstein 5100 (for 4-5" lift) and the Fox's:
Installed:
Drawbacks:
There's very little room back there. Having to orient the reservoirs took some time and was a compromise; avoiding the exhaust on the passenger side was a special concern, of which I had to address with some heat shielding I had lying around. On the driver's side, avoiding the spare tire during compression was my main concern. Also, while the axle is at full droop, the shock body at the eyelet end touches the mounts. I'll address this later and possibly grind away a small part and reinforce the mount with some thicker steel welded to the outside (unless someone has a better idea).
The steel braided lines for the resi's also are not in an ideal position, but seeing as how I'm not hardcore rock crawling I am willing to give this a try to see how it works on trails.
I have the front 2.0, non resi's I'll throw on in a week or two.
I bought some later model 2500HD fox 2.0 w/ resi's, and re-used the T-bar from my older Bilsteins w/new bushings. I tried to install them body side up, but as you all probably know there's not a lot of space up there with the mounting bracket, exhaust, etc. So I had to re-mount the bushings and orient the shocks to body side down.
Here you can see the shock comparison between Bilstein 5100 (for 4-5" lift) and the Fox's:
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Installed:
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Drawbacks:
There's very little room back there. Having to orient the reservoirs took some time and was a compromise; avoiding the exhaust on the passenger side was a special concern, of which I had to address with some heat shielding I had lying around. On the driver's side, avoiding the spare tire during compression was my main concern. Also, while the axle is at full droop, the shock body at the eyelet end touches the mounts. I'll address this later and possibly grind away a small part and reinforce the mount with some thicker steel welded to the outside (unless someone has a better idea).
The steel braided lines for the resi's also are not in an ideal position, but seeing as how I'm not hardcore rock crawling I am willing to give this a try to see how it works on trails.
I have the front 2.0, non resi's I'll throw on in a week or two.
