Chubby's are great! The FJ feels better in every type of terrain. On Road you get a little more control on the turns(cuts the body lean) and dips . Off road its great whether you are going slow or fast rocks or washes. But they really do excel in speed, going down the washes and whoop sections they really give you a lot more control. If I was to do it over again I might do what TCao did and go with the King hydro bumps there cheaper but not as easy to tune as the jounces and are a custom install. After I finish my suspension I am going to trade with T to get an idea of how are setups feel and differ from one another. Travel is the same doesn't effect that at all. You are welcome to take mine for a spin in Ouray or Koko if you want she should be done suspension wise by then for sure.
Thats good to know, I might have to get Thongs input on the Kings...humm I do know form watching others that the DR's were a PITA to install in the front, If I remmember correctly, Jason had a Hell of a time installing the fronts on Larry's (uphill). I may have to take you up on letting me take a little spin in Ouray to check out the "feel" of the chubbies. I think that will be my only other suspension MOD that I may do to the Raptor.. I'm pretty much done with armoring it up. I may install the front skid arms like Mark has done (mir207). Your rig is looking great buddy.
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For the front, the effort is about the same to install the DR Chubbies (LR Jounce) as other air bumps (Bilstein, Fox, King, Sway A Way). For the rear, the DR Chubbies are much easier to install. In terms of performance, they all will work equally well once you've got them tuned to your application.
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Thats good to know, I might have to get Thongs input on the Kings...humm I do know form watching others that the DR's were a PITA to install in the front, If I remmember correctly, Jason had a Hell of a time installing the fronts on Larry's (uphill). I may have to take you up on letting me take a little spin in Ouray to check out the "feel" of the chubbies. I think that will be my only other suspension MOD that I may do to the Raptor.. I'm pretty much done with armoring it up. I may install the front skid arms like Mark has done (mir207). Your rig is looking great buddy.
Thanks Mike, I move a little slower then some of you but I am slowly getting what I want.
The all Pro air dam(had to repaint it) will go back up in a week or two along with finally wiring the lights. Rear DR shocks and springs will go on this week and also cut a little off the all pro rear link skid plates. I will take pics of that when I do it to show why. Power tank should be in tomorrow and will mount that up this week before hitting the Mojave this weekend with Larry. And that should do it for a while.
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I'm keeping the valving and oil from the factory and running 190 psi for Nitrogen. The ride is controlled but not harsh or too stiff. Haven't had a chance to really wring these out on the dirt yet.
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Thanks Thong, thats good to know...What setting are you running them on?
I'm keeping the valving and oil from the factory and running 190 psi for Nitrogen. The ride is controlled but not harsh or too stiff. Having had a chance to really wring these out on the dirt yet.
I will take some pictures at lunch time and post them up.
__________________ "Because in the end it has almost nothing to do with the bike and everything to do with setting
out to accomplish something that is intimidating, that is unknown to you, something you know you
have a good chance of failing at but doing it anyways and slowly but surely proving yourself wrong." Mike Ambs
www.corva.org "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine
I will start mounting it up tonight after work and making calls around town to see were I can fill this thing up at.
__________________ "Because in the end it has almost nothing to do with the bike and everything to do with setting
out to accomplish something that is intimidating, that is unknown to you, something you know you
have a good chance of failing at but doing it anyways and slowly but surely proving yourself wrong." Mike Ambs
www.corva.org "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine
Re: Jeshua's FJ Build up
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