DL, I am a long time follower.
Two questions,
1. Do you have a TE with KDSS?
2. Do you mind sharing with me your configurations for the three applications you listed?
Soooooo, this is kind of funny. (to me). I would be happy to share my dims and specs. I have a limited no KDSS. The funny part is that I have a 4th gen. I jumped on the wagon from the tool bar on the right side of the screen, not reading for what generation of 4Runner. My specs could be different than what you are applying it to. But in generality, I think people will get the right idea.
-little gold knob slows or speeds body roll control
turning this knob possitive or tighter slows the yawl or roll typically felt in the ass end when coming out of the apex of a turn. The tighter or more positive this is set, the tighter the truck feels around corners. On the dirt this can have a couple effects. The tighter you have this setting the more feed back you will feel. I prefer this to have a more negative setting on dry dirt allowing the suspension to do more of the work than my steering.
-blue knob slows or speeds rate of dampening.
(anyone feel free to apply correction)
This was confusing to me at first. It took a couple of calls to Fox to wrap this around my head.
By turning the blue knob positively, speeds up the rate of the shock rebounding. Turning it to the negative slows the rate. Turning this knob positively would be good for washboard, whoops, fast ruts, pretty much your average dirt road in the country side. Turning this knob down slows the rate that the shock is traveling. Big slow-bonks, load outs, rock crawling.
I tuned mine the way RPG (raptor group) tunes their suspension. (this isn't the only way or neccisarily the right way) I started by turning every thing negative or down. I went out and rallied it fairly hard in some what mixed conditions. Then I did the opposite settings turning everything up to see the difference. Turned all the way up was a super stiff, chattery, with a lot of feed back ride. Then I turned down the blue knob one click from the bottom and the gold knob two clicks from the bottom which is what I daily pavement drive.
Everyones ride will be a little different due to weight and rear springs etc. The nice thing is that it is pretty adjustable for anyones liking.
-If you don't like to adjust steer clear
-If you are looking for everyday driver with the ability to go to both extremes Fox, Icon, King would be great options.
There are a bunch of kits on the market that will fit every budget with reputable results.
I didn't get a whole lot of good information from the Fox guys. I think this hurts the Toyota application. I read on this forum that "one guy" talked to a Fox rep at t a trade show and was not impressed. So his recommendation was to steer clear. Fox is better than that.
To be really honest, I originally chose Fox because of its application with the Raptor prototypes then came to market. They also fit my budget better than a stage six Icon project. I got the Icon UCAs I wanted with a very dynamic suspension that had enough adjustments to suit my needs. It also had the shock body size that I wanted front and back and shaft size I wanted (no comments, what ever, go ahead)
Does any of this make sense?
