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The Zero IQS coil-over piggyback gas shocks are wired along specifically tested routes to the electrical harness so as to minimize possible damage from debris, or collision. The front shocks are 1.5 and the rear is a 2.0. It won’t be long, we think, until you will be seeing 2.0s for all the shocks for the added capability. All but the center shock are adjustable with the on-the-fly system, and all are adjusted to the same setting. You cannot adjust the two front ski shocks and the rear shock independently or separately with this system, and the center shock is a Cat IFP, so the spring preload needs to be adjusted manually with the help of tools. We are guessing the fourth shock will be adjustable for MY2020 and that all the shocks will be independently adjustable soon as well. We think this is important because the hardest shock to adjust and get right is the center shock. It is near impossible often times to do on the trail once the skid is iced up, so being able to do it with a toggle on the dash would be fantastic.

We had a clue something like this was coming after our meeting with Fox reps at Hay Days six months prior to the release of the technology so we had plenty of time to discuss the system before we rode. Sometimes that is a good thing and a bad thing as you can get preconceived ideas in your head as a test rider. But all the thoughts were quickly washed away once we got on the new ZR 8000 Limited. We all agreed it was a big step in a super positive direction. Again, we think that it is important to have all four shocks be adjustable with this system ... can we drop any more hints?

Now you can only get this system on the Thundercat/9000 or ZR 8000, 7000, or 6000 Ltd and it is an $800 add-on to go from a regular limited sled to a limited with the iAct. That’s not chump change and the sled we rode was $14,799. But how does it actually perform on the trail? Like a dream!

We spent plenty of time on separate occasions ride-testing both the black and the new purple plastered ZR 8000. The bump capability is very good, but we found that dialing in of the suspension in the medium setting worked even better for cornering. The medium setting is obviously going to be the most used setting for the most amount of riders most often, but being able to adjust on the fly when you slow down in front of a rough mogul patch is a great convenience. We would simply slow down to a crawl, make sure we switched setting correctly, then get back into the throttle. That saves lots of time and a lot of headaches versus getting off your sled, getting tools out, chipping away ice, adjusting several shocks, putting away the tools and going again.