RandomThoughtsRace
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There isnt a crossover Fox valving lists the shims and the Bilstein lists the actual damping numbers. For XJ fronts with heavy accessories up front Bilstein 255/100 is a good place to start.
Quick coil question.
- Thread starter MasterPull
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There isnt a crossover Fox valving lists the shims and the Bilstein lists the actual damping numbers. For XJ fronts with heavy accessories up front Bilstein 255/100 is a good place to start.
I gotcha, but I'm concerned with matching my springs to shocks, at least on the front end. I have RE springs, which I've heard are around 160lb/in and I recently got 7100 shocks that are 255/70 valving. I wanted much stiffer shocks, but poly sent me the wrong ones and I didn't have time to exchange them. The front feels pretty soft and rolls quite a bit around corners (no sway bar), so I just want something to match up the springs a little better to the shock valving I have now.
So my personal question is what setup matches up the best for overall ride quality? (lots of street driving and rock crawling, occasional go fast on the beach and through the green trails) Should I keep the valving I have now and get stiffer springs, like the 240lb/in from BDS? Keep my soft springs and revalve the shocks stiffer, like the 360/80 I originally ordered? Or change both to more stiff? And yes, I have a ~80lb bumper on the front with a steel cabled winch. Going fairly fast in the sand at the outer banks in August, I felt like the front end was wayyyy too soft and bottomed out quite a bit.
So my personal question is what setup matches up the best for overall ride quality? (lots of street driving and rock crawling, occasional go fast on the beach and through the green trails) Should I keep the valving I have now and get stiffer springs, like the 240lb/in from BDS? Keep my soft springs and revalve the shocks stiffer, like the 360/80 I originally ordered? Or change both to more stiff? And yes, I have a ~80lb bumper on the front with a steel cabled winch. Going fairly fast in the sand at the outer banks in August, I felt like the front end was wayyyy too soft and bottomed out quite a bit.
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Mike1331
NAXJA Forum User
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- Folsom, CA
you undoubtedly need stiffer springs. 240lb at the very least. I might consider a duel rated set from deaver at somewhere aroung 300 if your trying to hit whoops with a winch.
MasterPull
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- Bellingham, Wa
We moved some stuff around up front and now I have another 2 inches of uptravel before it hits the bumps. That helped out alot this weekend on the trail. Next up is a new front bumper to replace the one I have now and make the whole thing lighter. From there I might not need new coils but we will see.
-Alex
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