I'm arguing?
Wasn't there a thread here a few days ago about your sensitivity level? Really? What is with you people feeling a need to drag petty crap from thread to thread? Are you 7? Did I do something to deeply and personally affront your very existence? Moreso, it was about the fact that threads get shut down before they get the chance to resolve themselves, one user in particular chose to personally and directly drag me into it.
"Argument" continued: you'll note that the deflection rate for all the springs are very similar, so perhaps a small difference is significant.
And while we're "arguing", let me add this about road racing shocks - they usually are bypass, though they don't use that terminology. Very stiff shocks that also have to ride curbs are really no different in principle to offroad shocks though obviously the amount of travel is much different.
ar·gu·men·ta·tive
ˌärɡyəˈmen(t)ədiv/
adjective
adjective: argumentative
1.
given to expressing divergent or opposite views.
"an argumentative child"
synonyms: quarrelsome, disputatious, captious, contrary, cantankerous, contentious
Perhaps "contrary" would have been more appropriate? This has nothing to do with my "sensitivity" level, and I'm not particularly upset, I was being genuine. You've contridicted almost everyone on here who's made a statement about this truck, all while claiming to want it so bad as to be buying one personally. That's fairly "argumentative" if you ask me. Just like someone who is "agreeable" doesn't necessarily have to "agree" with everything to fit the definition. Is english your second language? Or is the OCD part of something more aspergers-y? I have a good friend who's on the spectrum and he has a hard time relating to people too.
No. That small a difference in spring deflection on a non-progressive pack is almost irrelevant. The difference is in the shocks they use. One of the rear shocks on a Raptor is worth more than all 4 on an FX4. If we were talking about progressive leaf packs, that would be a different matter. They expect that people would want to rip around in their Raptor with an empty bed when playing, so they gave it a marginally softer spring to accomodate that.
I don't think you really understand what a bypass shock is or how it works. Have you ever seen a touring car hit a curb?
Pretty truck.
In other news, we're a Roush dealer, and not an SVT dealer, so no employee pricing for me. Should start seeing the 10-spd in the F150s soon though. I'll report back on what that feels like to drive when I do my first PDI.