These had 600 lb springs on them and 8 hole linear piston. Rebound holes were .25 and comp holes were .344". 1/16" bleed hole.

Rebound

.8 x .020

.8 x .020

.95 x .015

1.1 x .015

1.25 x .012

1.35 x .012

1.425 x .010

1.6 x .010

Piston

1.8 x .012

.8 x .008 - Flutter

1.6 x .010

1.425 x .010

1.35 x .012

1.1 x .012

0.95 x .012

0.8 x .020

Came with 500s, customer swapped to 650s. I think 600s would be more appropriate or 550s with less bleed. Had 3 bleed holes open with no set screws in place on kings standard high flow piston.

Rebound

All .010s

Piston

.012

.012

.08 Flutter, 1" diameter

.015

.016

.016

.016 (i know there arent 16s but they all measured .016)

600 lb springs, rebound 3 holes at .328 each, comp 6 holes at .375. 3 bleed holes open with no set screws in place. I am too lazy to write the full specs, these are thousandths of an inch and its kings standard valving layout.

12

12

12

15

15

15

15

Piston

12

12

10 - flutter

20

20

20

20

This was from a popular tuner, it had 30/90 with a flutter and 2 large bleed holes. On a 14x2.5 with DSC. I did not ride in the vehicle to verify performance.

2 bleed holes open, 1 set screw.

8

8

8

10

10

10

piston

12

8 - flutter

12

12

12

12

12

These have a 2.0 res on them which is odd, i see this on 5g4r versions as well but not sure why. 2 bleed holes open 1 set screw

All 12s

piston

12

12

10 - flutter

15

15

15

15

15

Customer was complaining about how soft it was all around, has a dirtbike hitch carrier and it pogo's bad with the bike on the back even with the comp adjuster all the way firm.

Upon opening the shock i found lots of air and nitrogen was leaking past the IFP. I ended up just closing 1 of the bleed holes and rebuilding it with no air in the shock although i did consider swapping the comp side to all 15s.

3 bleed holes open. Came in pressurized to 135 psi. Leaked in the normal spot for kings, very small hose fittings. Not sure if these have been revalved or not as they did not match with the valving from the next set i did.

All 20s

piston

10

10

10 - flutter

18

18

18

18

.615 washer

rate plate

Customer complained they weren't getting enough shaft speed at low speeds which is crazy with 3 bleed holes. I ended up swapping the rebound stack to 15s for the first 3 and the comp to 8s for the first 2. I also closed 1 of the bleed holes, in my opinion on a mechanical advantage like an IFS front end 3 bleed holes is alot.

1 tiny bleed hole, this is standard for bypasses industry wide.

All 12s

piston

All 12s

Not sure if these have been revalved or not. 2 bleed holes, 1 set screw.

All 15s

piston

12

12

10 - flutter

15

15

15

15

15

All 12s

piston - digressive style

bleed shim (sorry didnt measure total area)

1.8 x .008

0.8 x .015 flutter, probably to accomodate the DSC

all 8s

2 large bleed holes on linear style piston

15

15

15

10

10

10

piston- photos below

8

6 - same 1.6" dia

.8 x .010 flutter

8 - same 1.6" dia

.8 x .010 flutter

10 - same 1.6" dia

10

12

10

10

20

1 small bleed hole

All 12s

piston

Dual .015 x 1.8 shims

all 15s

12

12

12

15

15

15

15

3 open bleed holes

12

12

10 - flutter x 1.15

20

20

20

20

All 12s

2 bleed holes open

12

12

10 - flutter

15

15

15

15

15

2.0 resi. Comp side seems high considering it has adjusters.

Not sure why these were valved differently from the ones above

all 20s

3 bleed holes

8

8

10- flutter

15s

12s

3 bleed holes

12

12

20s

No flutter, which is typical for long travel coilovers due to the increased motion ratio. These are not valved to work with the bypasses they are paired with, adding in a flutter would help alot with that especially with the comp adjuster.

15s

12

2 large bleed holes

8

8

8

8 - flutter

12s

all 12s

2 3/32 bleed holes

8

8

10

12

12

12

This truck was really nice but came in complaining of ride quality issues. After pulling it apart i learned that carli specs king pistons to have stepoff shims. My best guess is the goal is to have directional bleed. First thing i did was rebuild the shocks to have a good baseline, which helped alot. The stepoff shims make low velocity stuff really weird and jittery/unmetered feeling. I ordered standard pistons to swap it to. My best guess is that the stepoff shim area that is cutout of hte piston is 8 thousandths thick, so in theory a 12 thousandths shim will give you 4 thou stepoff for the face shim.

Front smooth bodies:

12

12

12

10

10

12 preload shim

piston

8 preload shim

12

12

10

10

8

8

Rear smooth bodies:

12

10s

10 preload

piston

9 preload

8s

12x2.5 coilovers. Rode insanely stiff before revalve

12s

3 bleed holes in piston

20

15

15

15

ended up adding a flutter after the 1st 15 on the comp side, the 20 takes so much force to initially lift off, this is likely to compensate for it being dual rate springs (think 300/500?) on an IFS setup which vastly reduces your spring rate.

15

15

15

15

18

30

15

(2) 18s

15 preload

3 bleed holes open (out of 4) in piston

15 preload

15 face shim

15 x .925 flutter

all 15s

I've only taken a few ADS shocks apart but these were a bit different than the others. Similar to the King carli kit which is trying to have directional bleed with step off shims, these had a 8 thou face shim and flutter underneath the normal shims which also sort of gives it directional bleed before engaging the stack.

Rear 2.5 smooth bodies with adjusters:

10s

8

8 flutter

8

Piston with 1 tiny bleed hole

8

8 flutter

8

10

10

12s

Front:

15s

Piston with 1 tiny bleed hole

8

10 flutter

8

10

10

12

15

15

Again the comp side face shim and the shim after the flutter are the same size. This setup was much too soft for all the weight and was a bit floaty and uncontrolled. The front had a jounce/rebound zone spring section which is cool, but there were a lot of aluminum shavings inside the shock from the spring rubbing its guides.

Looks like a low flow linear style piston but is also possibly dished in the center.

4 washers

(4) 20 x.8"

12x.95"

12x1.1"

12x1.35"

12x1.42"

12x1.6"

low flow piston, one .171 bleed hole

8x1.8"

20x0.8" flutter

8s from here

and a 20x.8 at the end

Note: I drilled the bleed hole larger to see if that would help.

The foxes were the worst handling/performance of the bunch. I really genuinely like fox as a company, haft hardness is great, oil is awesome, seals work well, body coatings last a long time, and the dual comp adjuster is the best of all the aftermarket adjusters.

Now that all that is out of the way, this particular tune was pretty much worse than stock, i could not believe how firm it was. This was also the only shock of the bunch that had all the same size shims on the comp/rebound stacks.

This shock will make another appearance in our upcoming series where we will test it fully revalved and tuned to my specs, but still blind.

All 15s, or possibly 14s honestly, supposedly they dont have 15s but i swear i find alot of 15s

3 bleed holes

8

8

10 - flutter

15s

This shock was really impressive, although one of the fronts and one of the rears was already leaking after only a few hours. To be totally up front i dont sell much king shocks but they are the most common shock i rebuild by a large margin. After this test i've added a bunch of their stuff to the website.

On road handling was great on these and they were really good offroad but did top out hard. King doesnt have an internal bumper for the rebound stroke so that could be a cause. Overall id say these shocks were about as good as a normal shock absorber could be for a stock travel tacoma, although the leaking was a bit alarming, all the shocks were wiped down before install and this was the only set of the entire test with oil on the shafts after their run.