P700 Top Speed?

[CumminsPusher]

Do you run in 4wd when your on the dirt road smoothed ours right up! Not diff lock but just 4wd

 

[Admin]

 

[Tflynn]

Curious did you up the stiffness or spring rate?

Haven't changed the spring rate but I have cranked the spring adjustment down a bit. Still playing with settings a whole year later!

 

[CumminsPusher]

I did the same thing that's funny

 

[Gator]

Haven't changed the spring rate but I have cranked the spring adjustment down a bit. Still playing with settings a whole year later!

Clarification: "Cranked the spring rate down"

Does that mean softer setting or stiffer?

I want to soften mine for a smoother ride since I'm not carrying anything.

Then again a yeti full of beer it's kinda heavy. My personal task is to lighten that cooler.

 

[CumminsPusher]

Both of us have the aftermarket fox shocks so that is what we were referring to. Compression is the nut on top of the spring it's how soft or hard the suspension goes up, like if you hit a bump. Rebound is how quickly your suspension returns to its resting spot after a bump and its controlled by a knob at the top of the shock. Compression usually is what your looking for to soften but they kind of go in tandem. Counter clockwise on either softens. Now if you have stock suspension and your talking the 700-4 it has adjustable compression rate rear only shocks with an adjuster on the top of the spring. And if I remember right it was about half way in between settings on mine so yes you should be able to turn the "nut" on top of the spring counter clockwise to soften, the longer the spring becomes the softer it becomes as well as the opposite if you crack it down it becomes stiff. Always jack up the vehicle and stabilize it with the wheels in the air for ease of adjustment. Also lower tire pressures help and disconnecting your rear sway bar may help as well however in my opinion it makes the vehicle a little more unstable at higher speeds but opinions vary and that is something you should play with because it's your machine and it should be setup for you and your driving style reguadless of anyone else's opinion.

 

[Tflynn]

Clarification: "Cranked the spring rate down"

Does that mean softer setting or stiffer?

I want to soften mine for a smoother ride since I'm not carrying anything.

Then again a yeti full of beer it's kinda heavy. My personal task is to lighten that cooler.

Like @CumminsPusher said, the fox shocks have an adjustment nut on top of the spring to either compress or depress the spring. When I said "crank it down" I meant tighten the nut thereby compressing the spring. I did this for two reasons- number one, it gave me about a 1.5-2" lift and number two, it seems to handle big hits better.

If you have stock shocks and want a smoother ride turn your rear adjuster to the softest setting (depressing the spring) and try unhooking your sway bar.