Our Boss, Sean Reyes, went from the Commuter -> Back Country -> Dominator. Both Commuter and Backcountry were great but for what he was using it for, it was a bit under valved or tuned. The Dominator is now overkill for his needs lol. We're looking at doing the Pintop next or going to a Fox 2.5

Thanks, there's a lot more Ram content coming, including the King 2.5 and 3.0 reviews

Yeah, may get a custom set ordered up from Thuren

Yup we have plans to throw on some 2.5 DSC on the Powewagon hopefully soon!

The Fox 2.0 really changed the ride for the better on the chattery terrain on this vehicle. Improving it even further would be going with Thuren's 0.5" coils + fox 2.0 would also improve comfort and performance.

The Fox works great under a load if you get the CD adjustable shocks otherwise if you are not looking to spend that much you would be better off with something that has more Digressive valving like a Bilstein 4600 or 5100 if it has been lifted or leveled

We have them currently a set on our 2007 Nissan Xterra. Review is still pending. We had to do a good amount of work to fit it correctly.

@@ShockSurplus thanks! Would be good to see how you guys find them

No shock is really going to affect towing capacity; but maybe you mean towing 'capability'. Capacity is how much the truck can handle. Capability is how well it does it. Most shocks can do it all, but something like a Bilstein will be much better on the handling aspect, and maybe less forgiving on the offroad aspect; a bit more chattery. Fox will be more forgiving and softer in the rocky chatter, softer on the pavement, but sacrifice a little on the handling front. But both can handle a 10k trailer fine.

@@ShockSurplus Haha I did mean capability, autocorrect took over. I greatly appreciate the response! I’m very new to it all but love learning. I was thinking the Fox 2.5’s actually for some adjustability. Would they have much of a negative impact on payload then, or no?

thanks! not yet, have heard about it though, at about 60k miles now and still feeling strong.

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Sean Reyes is running a Expedition One Bumper on his 2021 Ram 2500 Power Wagon

Commuter for sure. It does not sound like you are really using it in anyway that would get the shocks remotely hot enough to warrant an external reservoir, and the valving on the IFP Commuter shocks is a little better under a load

thanks for the input! yeah the roads here are terrible here in northern manitoba canada. hoping this will help. @@ShockSurplus

@@ShockSurplus i went and ordered the 2.5 commuter leveling kit with track bar, sway bar, upper and lower steering stabilizers. should i add the rear track bar from thuren? is the back track bar with it?

waiting on them to actually be released, cant wait

The driver side window on the shell pops open so everything is super accessible.

the owner Sean is, recognize moon rocks?

You can definitely go 10-15 % faster than a stock set of shocks on most applications, but if you are looking to go fast over whoops you really should be looking for more than a 2" body shock on pretty much anything, but especially on a full-size truck that weighs as much as a Power Wagon. These use basically the same size piston and internals as the stock Power Wagon shocks, so although they stay cooler and ride a little better, they do not offer a huge increase in high speed off road performance. However, as the kit's name implies, that is not their intended purpose. These shocks are part of Carli's Backcountry system, which is a more basic trail and overland oriented suspension system. Their Pin Top and Dominator systems which are aimed at more high speed off-road performance use 2.5" and 3" body shocks for good reason, as although the Commuter and Backcountry kits ride heaps better than stock, they are a bit out of their pay grade when you want to go smack whoops.

We'll have both sets of fox ready for sale shortly

We agree, but if you do off-roading quite often and want the added benefit from them then it's a good investment.

What's wrong with looking cool bro?!?

And 99 percent of people arent buying then on the 1 percent who actually need them.

What people think they 'need' is totally subjective. Very few people NEED to drive 40 mph on a dirt track and most people can just change their air filter twice as often. So sure, no one need to do that. But most who own them will use them at one time or another which arguably necessitates them. By the same token, very few people need a power wagon. It is all a first world luxury.