Big John Son
Tremoraholic
I will preface by saying I wouldn't normally review a product that I have only used for 1 hour, but this one was easy to praise!
I replaced my stock steering stabilizer today with this drop in direct replacement and drove home on my 1 hour commute. Instant gratification!
Problem - I don't have a ton of experience with Mud Terrain Tires and when I installed my Toyo MT's with only 1000 miles on the odometer, I noticed right away they were tracking better than the stock Duratracs, but I was never really satisfied with the manners my truck had at 75 to 85 mph. I felt that something just wasn't right, my truck at times on certain road conditions would wander a bit. It never pulled one direction or the other - it just made me feel like I always had to make slight counter steer inputs at those speeds to maintain the middle of my lane. Always felt like I had to be extremely alert because the truck might wander away into the lane next to me. I was really wondering if my tire pressure was not right, or if my wheel balancing might have been off slightly. I got the fox steering stabilizer installed while at work today. I got the truck back and adjusted the dampening screw 15 clicks from fully open (counter clockwise) and took it for a spin on a 25mph residential road that was extremely rough with potholes everywhere. It felt great compared to stock, steering was a little tighter, but it dramatically cut down bump steer to almost nothing. The real test was gonna be heading home on the parkway at 80mph. I got on 287 switched lanes around 65mph and was again impressed with how smooth the steering reacted to a lane change. I hopped on the parkway and got up to 80mph and drove about 10 miles waiting for my truck to wander. Went 85mph drove another 20 miles and was still waiting for it to wander. I finally got to the dunkin donuts down the street from my house pulled in over the normal bump in the pavement that jerks my steering wheel a bit. Hmmm this shits rock solid! The last 1/2 mile before entering my driveway is a posted 35mph - I was doing 40 and couldn't get the smile off my face, realizing at that point, it doesn't seem to matter what speed or what the road conditions are, this is a genuine marked improvement in handling and feel over the stock stabilizer hands down!
I replaced my stock steering stabilizer today with this drop in direct replacement and drove home on my 1 hour commute. Instant gratification!
Problem - I don't have a ton of experience with Mud Terrain Tires and when I installed my Toyo MT's with only 1000 miles on the odometer, I noticed right away they were tracking better than the stock Duratracs, but I was never really satisfied with the manners my truck had at 75 to 85 mph. I felt that something just wasn't right, my truck at times on certain road conditions would wander a bit. It never pulled one direction or the other - it just made me feel like I always had to make slight counter steer inputs at those speeds to maintain the middle of my lane. Always felt like I had to be extremely alert because the truck might wander away into the lane next to me. I was really wondering if my tire pressure was not right, or if my wheel balancing might have been off slightly. I got the fox steering stabilizer installed while at work today. I got the truck back and adjusted the dampening screw 15 clicks from fully open (counter clockwise) and took it for a spin on a 25mph residential road that was extremely rough with potholes everywhere. It felt great compared to stock, steering was a little tighter, but it dramatically cut down bump steer to almost nothing. The real test was gonna be heading home on the parkway at 80mph. I got on 287 switched lanes around 65mph and was again impressed with how smooth the steering reacted to a lane change. I hopped on the parkway and got up to 80mph and drove about 10 miles waiting for my truck to wander. Went 85mph drove another 20 miles and was still waiting for it to wander. I finally got to the dunkin donuts down the street from my house pulled in over the normal bump in the pavement that jerks my steering wheel a bit. Hmmm this shits rock solid! The last 1/2 mile before entering my driveway is a posted 35mph - I was doing 40 and couldn't get the smile off my face, realizing at that point, it doesn't seem to matter what speed or what the road conditions are, this is a genuine marked improvement in handling and feel over the stock stabilizer hands down!
