I can't believe you haven't sold these yet. $800 is a great price! If I didn't already have a set I'd buy them
@CumminsPusher pretty much nailed it. Not a huge difference at low speed stuff but you won't be going slow anymore once they're on! It's awesome when you don't have to slam on the brakes for every dip in the trail
@Tflynn and I were the biggest advocates of these I believe. He's right they will add 5-10 mph on a bumpy section more comfortable and safer. Lots of confidence. I sold mine for 750 in under a week and still have people bugging me.
The combination of installing these shocks, and removing the sway bar changed the entire ride spectrum on this machine. You can ride 10 mph faster over whoops and rough terrain, and very smooth at slow speed. Plus it increases your ground clearance about an 1" 1/2, more if you adjust the pre load. I have never bottomed them out, but would bottom quite a bit with the stock shocks on it.
I'm in the same boat @Springer I tried them but nope. Impatiently waiting for fox for the 1000. You saw what they did for the 700 (the 700 were junk shocks)can you even imagine them in the 1000(the 1000 are bad too but I think the added weight/wheelbase/width helped a bit)
Even with the added height which I measured right at an inch on mine it's actually more stable. The fox shocks have internal valving. You can kind of drop them down a bit but you loose a lot of fuction to the way they are supposed to be. I could tell you how to set them up because they are not just a drop in fix (a little bit for sure) but go to the fox website and it explains correct sag and everything there. And from what I noticed if you're on very bumpy ground removal is good but cruising down a road "like a car" leave it connected. I'm sure you know this from cars if you corner one side goes down and with sway bar it sucks the other side down as well and forces the weight the be shared as well as a lower profile. Across rough stuff it allows for better articulation so you have better traction and each wheel is allowed to do its own thing. You'll not see sway bars in stadium trucks and you won't see race cars without. Two different things. If you're on the roads higher speeds or have heavy loads leave it, if you're off road bushwhacking more pull it. But it's easy to take on/off. But get the shocks you won't be unhappy I assure you.the rig is so much more stable on or off road.
Are your shocks set up for a 4 seat 700 ? I had some cash come my way looking to buy this or the uhmw skid plate
I did adjust the pre load some, to raise the ride height slightly. As CUmminspusher said doing this moves the shock body into a position that improved ride quality and ground clearance. That is one of the nice things about these shocks is that they are pre load and high speed compression adjustable.
