Originally Posted by VENTURE21

The more I have been reading about the MRA's, I may go this route over the IMS. Anyone know if these can be adjusted comparable to a soft King / Fox tune? Can they be adjusted lower than the IMS comfort valve?

Originally Posted by Crikeymike

You can use the Prado 150 settings that are listed in the pamphlet that comes with it and then adjust from there. Or start fully open on all settings and tighten up until you like it

Originally Posted by MAST4R

I think Mike mentioned somewhere that the softest setting of the MRA is softer than the 705 shocks valving but you will want to confirm that with him. I think that for all brands, the adjustable version has a softer baseline tune because the adjusters are a secondary valving that can only stiffen the ride from there, they cannot make it softer vs the baseline valving.

Originally Posted by 4boer2

Would it be any trouble to scan and post these settings? Just curious on what they would be.

Originally Posted by MAST4R

So the shaft hardness seems to be in the ballpark of King, which is half that of Fox 2.5. However, the boot should prevent any issues caused by pitting. My Icon 2.0 with boots saw tons of rocks thrown at them but the shafts are fine. Bottom of boot left loose to allow crap out.

As for the valving, Dobinsons are the only ones to actually offer graphs, which is awesome.
Dobinsons MRA59-A701 3-way adjustable MRR (MRA) Rear Shocks

So, if I am reading this correctly, the LSC compression can be set at anywhere from mildly progressive (boat) to really digressive at the start (sports car). This should allow for really good handling and cornering when needed but also lots of comfort when desired.

The high speed adjustment is progressive before it becomes linear. So this is very important for offroad comfort over choppy terrain. Keeping it open while moving more slowly to minimize shaft speeds should make for a comfy ride. Stiffening all the way, otoh, should allow twice the resistance so suitable for higher speeds over embedded rock and fist sized rocks.

The rebound adjustments can be very useful on washboard.

Basically, Dobinsons offers more adjustability than Fox 2.5 DSC at a much lower price point and obliterates the King/Icon/Radflo adjusters which are for fine tuning only because they are mid-range adjusters known not to adjust much of anything (even Ben at Filthy Motorsports acknowledges as much about the Kings).

Beyond that, the adjusters, even if not used, provide a secondary valving so still a benefit over just resi.

Above the MRA would be only the bypass options, when it comes to the shocks' ability to be great at nearly everything.

Originally Posted by carlodonz

Here you go!

Originally Posted by carlodonz

I had these for about 6 months and I feel like I still have to find my favorites settings.

What I got so far is to keep the rebound at almost its lowest setting all the time.
Then I play with low and high speed: usually I go all the way soft when driving on rocky terrains/washboards.

Originally Posted by utctscanr75

Got mine one on yesterday. Feels really soft, but I haven't made any adjustments yet. Looking forward to reading what settings other are using as well. Highway settings and trail settings in particular.

Originally Posted by krhayes79

They are very soft on the lowest level, softer than stock IMO. I put my rebound at about half way which I think was around 12 clicks.

For pavement, I rode with a 4 LS and 4 HS and I was kinda not happy thinking I would have stiffened up the ride (still got the hood dip when braking too). I am now at 15 LS and 7 HS and the ride is stiff on pavement and i love it. I might drop the LS down to 13 or 12 cause i feel every bump in the road but at the same time I love the stability of it.

Offroad i tried the LS/HS 4 setting as well and it was good but then my buddy told me to drop to zero half way through the trail and so I did. What a huge difference and they performed flawlessly. So happy with the ride control and how they performed.

As for rebound, I am not even sure if I will ever change anything there. Maybe if I am fully loaded in the back I will tighten them down a bit more but have to do more research on that. hard to find folks who have this setting and talk about it.

Originally Posted by utctscanr75

Do you do the same settings on all four units or different for front and rear?

Originally Posted by krhayes79

They are very soft on the lowest level, softer than stock IMO. I put my rebound at about half way which I think was around 12 clicks.

For pavement, I rode with a 4 LS and 4 HS and I was kinda not happy thinking I would have stiffened up the ride (still got the hood dip when braking too). I am now at 15 LS and 7 HS and the ride is stiff on pavement and i love it. I might drop the LS down to 13 or 12 cause i feel every bump in the road but at the same time I love the stability of it.

Offroad i tried the LS/HS 4 setting as well and it was good but then my buddy told me to drop to zero half way through the trail and so I did. What a huge difference and they performed flawlessly. So happy with the ride control and how they performed.

As for rebound, I am not even sure if I will ever change anything there. Maybe if I am fully loaded in the back I will tighten them down a bit more but have to do more research on that. hard to find folks who have this setting and talk about it.

Originally Posted by VENTURE21

What springs are you running? When you had settings on the lowest level was the rebound at 12 clicks for the very soft? Was the ride floaty? I am looking for stock like compression with more rebound than stock. I appreciate your review. Puts 1 more check mark for the MRA lol...