Its true. Fox does not make any 2.0s for anything other than stock 99-06 ride height. If you did a spindle lift then it isnt a problem. But if youve gone higher than 3” then you likely have one that sets the lower comtrol arm even lower. Longer spindle. Needs a longer shock. And if you bough a cheap lift for the front then you bought blocks for the rear. A set up thats not as bad as ppl think for a road queen but obviously not ready to hit whoops at 80. you probably also got some of the cheap, not adjustable, non rebuildable shocks like bilstein, rough country, pro comp etc.

And now your truck rides like a skateboard. And small bump rattles your dash into dust. And it isnt nice on suspension components leading to quick wear. And a harsh ride, over even small bumps. Which for me is unenjoyable. Its the cheap shocks. They have whats called digressive valving. Which i wont try to explain, but is more suited to towing. They are stiff not only by design but because the manufacturers made them as cheap as possible. I can see an argument for bilstein but even their nicer 5100 doesnt feel much different than a rough country. Both very harsh and rough over even small bumps. I needed something better.

so i did the internet thing. saw that good suspension is thousands of dollars. And said well **** not rn. So i find out fox 2.0 is a really good entry level shock. Can be rebuilt. Adjusted. Looks nice. I wanted it.

200-600 for full sets on offer up. I ended up gettting 2018 2500 hd 2wd (4.5” lift, so their 4-6” lift option for 2018)set for 200$ Used. The rear bolted up perfectly with my 4” lift block.
The front needed the top plate removed from between the bushings. Then the metal pin or shaft or pipe type thing removed so the only thing left is the rubber bushing. Then get ur old shocks. Remove the metal pin from that. Would help to grind down the sides of one side first. And put it in the fox 2.0’s install.

all of that to say that ur not SOL if you have a lifted 99-06 2wd and want a set of nice budget shocks that actually do the thing. 2018 chevy 2500hds made for a whatever lift height u have will work with minimal mods. Good luck.


to anybody that might actually do this. These shocks are pressurized so they return to full extension. Making it hard or impossible to compress by hand under a truck with one arm holding a bolt to get through the bottom mount hole. I used a jack to compress the rears. Then a flat head when the shock hole was close enough to the mount hole so i could use leverage to pull the shock up to get the bolt through. For the front i just used really long bottom bolts to pull both bottom mount bolts up at roughly the same rate. Then when ine is fully seated, remove the other. Replace with stock short bolt. Then replace other. This saved me probably 1500$ in parts and labor. Hope it helps somebody out there


thats fox 2.0’s with a red rough country shaft boot. Ugly as **** but shaft protection is kinda nice. Can get their black ones for 10$ on ebay