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Carli shocks....not Fox

phatboy64

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So this may be old news but it was new to me.

I was ordering a Carli 3.25" Backcountry kit and the folks at CJC told me that they no longer come with Fox shocks, Carli is making their own shocks so moving forward the kits will come with Carli shocks and not Fox shocks.
 
The shocks they were working on look like emulsion shocks. I.E. not gas pressured. These work ok, but aren't great when pushed.
 
Edited: received clarification from cjc

These are not emulsion shocks despite them not mentioning nitrogen in the video. Chrome plated shaft is cheaper than a stainless shaft but most entry level shocks (2.0) have chrome plated shafts. These are IFP so they’re nitrogen charged shocks with an internal floating piston to separate the oil and nitrogen. That’s what fox 2.0 ifp are.
 
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FYI: Fox emulsion shocks ARE nitrogen charged. Emulsion means that there is no separator to keep the nitrogen from mixing with the fluid.
 
BikePilot said:
The Kings are some seriously well built shocks. If in the budget upgrade to some pintops!
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The only down side to the Kings is that they are steel bodies, 4130 chromoly to be exact, which is not corrosion resistant. so if you live in the salt belt or drive on the beach a lot they will start to corrode and look like crap unless you apply come sort of protective coating.. I split my time between New England and the coast of NC, so I went with the Carli/Fox backcountry reservoir shocks. I did put on a King steering stabilizer but had it wrapped in PPF before installing it.
 
phatboy64 said:
The only down side to the Kings is that they are steel bodies, 4130 chromoly to be exact, which is not corrosion resistant. so if you live in the salt belt or drive on the beach a lot they will start to corrode and look like crap unless you apply come sort of protective coating.. I split my time between New England and the coast of NC, so I went with the Carli/Fox backcountry reservoir shocks. I did put on a King steering stabilizer but had it wrapped in PPF before installing it.
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Yep with kings in salty environments you have to wrap it or order the ceracoate option.
 
phatboy64 said:
So this may be old news but it was new to me.

I was ordering a Carli 3.25" Backcountry kit and the folks at CJC told me that they no longer come with Fox shocks, Carli is making their own shocks so moving forward the kits will come with Carli shocks and not Fox shocks.
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The Carli pintop kits come with King dual reservoir shocks, that are specifically tuned...
 
I have the Carli 2.5" level with the Carli Brand shocks. I have 10K miles of nothing but grocery getting pavement driving and one of the front shocks blew seal and leaked all the oil out. Going on 4 weeks waiting for warrantied replacement.
 
That sux...back then when I spoke with Carli they said one of the reasons for the switch was the long lead times they were getting from Fox and that building them in house would help eliminate that.
When I installed mine (3.25 Off Road package) they had just been cutting over to the Carli brand and I was able to get the Fox shocks. I have around 20K on them and so far so good....
 
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