HARDTRAILZ wrote:JamesDowning wrote:HARDTRAILZ wrote: Radflos top out just as easy as previous setup but do so gentler. Drove mine n Matt's and both do it. The shock absorbtion is far improved over strut but the factory setup will still only flex so far and top out.
It doesn't offer any more extension than stock (because if it did, it would over-extend the CVs), so that's to be expected.
I think the big takeaway is the increased damping, and the increased spring rate helps prevent the frame from impacting as hard or as much due to less spring compression distance after coming off a bump.
You get that. The damping is much better. I just think I expected more from the previous reviews. Offroad they thunk rather than bang but either is annoying. They are nicer and our best option currently, I just had too high of expectations from the stuff I read. They do stop on road topping out and greatly smooth out small things but not as much improvement offroad as I had thought would be there.
The only better thing that I like about them at Badlands is spring rate and damping rate (the digressive valving doesn't come into play nearly as much when you're going Badlands speeds). Where they really, really shine is like at TECORE, going fast down fire trails and stuff, soaking up bumps. The faster you go, the more-better they are than OEM style struts and springs.
And yes, they won't be any more resistant to topping out. I don't get a lot of topping out, because I'm not nearly as close to topping out at resting height as you are.
Mike