Starting my build - 21' Armada

Randeep Dhillon said:

@Mojo - I am loving the stance and glad to hear, it surpassed your expectations on the handling and ride quality.

I hope the fox shocks was a good choice on my part but will certainly share an update once installed. Expected ship date is Mon - 22nd and hope is to have it installed over the next weekend. Look forward to more photos. I would appreciate if you think of anything to share that might be helpful for my install.

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CBEllis said:

I’m a fan of the Fox shocks & steering components, etc. I think you’ll be happy with them! It doesn’t take much to gain improvement over the stock shocks.

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Mojo said:

Installed the snorkel today. Pretty easy install, hardest part really is getting all the og stuff out of fender well and the fender liner itself. She sounds really throaty now, can hear the air being forced into the snorkel. Think a nice K&N filter will pair nicely with this.

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Still need to put the fender liner back, but that's a tomorrow's job.

she's getting there slowly.

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CBEllis said:

The install looks really clean! I gotta give you props for cutting the lower bumper / air dam + cutting the fender for the snorkel. Job well done - a beast in the making!

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Randeep Dhillon said:

It looks incredible. I am loving the ride height.

I received all dogs fox setup and was super excited till I installed rhe front suspension and the coils were not setup correctly for the declared 1.5" lift. It lowered my front end. Just disappointed 😞

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Randeep Dhillon said:

@Mojo Thank you very much. I will plan to do that.
Question: Did your Bilstein come height adjusted or did you also had to go thru this process?

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Randeep Dhillon said:

@Mojo Thank you very much. I will plan to do that.
Question: Did your Bilstein come height adjusted or did you also had to go thru this process?

I had to install rear suspension to determine correct height so i can adjust the front. Will do this tomorrow after buying the press. View attachment 52787
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Randeep Dhillon said:

It's a Triumph Thruxton R View attachment 52791

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KrymSIX said:

My only hang up with the ADO kits is the Bilsteins are not rebuildable at all. The Fox 2.0s are rebuildable......but cost of rebuilding is almost the price of a new shock/strut per corner.

I'd still be looking to some of the other options out there for an Armada lift, especially since it is such a beefy land whale at 6k.

Iron Man can ship shocks from Australia, it's just a special order. Kings has a nice Y62 set, Dobinsons and OMEhave Y62 shocks also. Get Luso, King, OME or Dobinson springs for "standard height". Patrol sits almost 2 inches higher than the US Armada. Hence the springs for a "2 inch lift" from the Australian companies end up being closer to 4-5 inches and really wreck alignments.

Significantly beefier shocks, rebuildable (that makes financial sense) and better articulation.

Convenience is the main draw I could see from the ADO kit. It's not bad equipment, just better options exist.

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Mojo said:

I'd love to see a Nissan Armada that has been beaten so much that it requires a shock rebuild. Let me know what abuse yours took prior to your rebuild.

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