Had some interest in this so thought I'd post a quick write up of my SDI E-CLIK system - E-CLIK UNIVERSAL - SDI E-CLIK SUSPENSION - https://eclikshocks.com/universal/
Active shocks might not be for everyone since its definitely spills the banks of the KISS principal, but I love gadgets and tinkering so dove in as soon as the universal kit became available. I built my rig as a do-all overlander/wheeler so was intrigued by a suspension system that could instantly tailor tuning for long road miles, fast desert bombing or slow rock crawling.
I've had Icon 2.5" CDC shocks the last few years and the guys at SDI said their universal kit would retrofit no problem. SDI agreed to do the swap (system includes a sensor, brainbox, controller knob and new swap-in reservoirs that contain the electronically actuated compression valves) and were amazingly helpful in getting the whole project organized and completed.
Install was pretty slow-going as I strove for super clean, durable wiring and routing throughout. Most of the old Icon reservoir mounting brackets worked but I had to do a few tweaks and adjustments and build a few brackets of my own.
For road driving, the system feels amazing. The gyroscope/motion sensor detects roll and increases compression damping on the outside shocks, providing a roll-bar affect that is pretty nuts. My truck is tall with a lot of roof weight and usually feels pretty wallowey in corners. With E-CLICK on road mode it rails turns like its on tracks. A few years back I went from OEM rear swaybar to Whiteline HD which think is a diameter increase of 5mm or 6mm. With E-CLIK road mode feels like a swaybar diameter increase equivalent of 10mm or 15mm above that.
In the little bit of testing I've done on bombed out fire roads with potholes, ruts and washouts, it feels like the truck is flying down the trail - kind of a magic carpet ride feel. Not dead flat, but always working to find equilibrium. As the truck rocks side to side going over obstacles, you can feel the system working to stabilize and balance. It cuts the wallowing and rocking by 70% or more while still remaining pretty compliant on the small stuff. There's also a steering wheel button that instantly triggers full compression for all shocks. That worked really well when cooking down the trail and coming up to a big obstacle. I'd just leave the suspension full soft and hit the button to ramp over the big stuff. Pretty crazy how fast you can go.
Still have lots of testing and tuning to do, but overall feeling like this is going to be a great addition for maintaining comfort at speed on the long overlanding and offroading trips I use my truck for.
Active shocks might not be for everyone since its definitely spills the banks of the KISS principal, but I love gadgets and tinkering so dove in as soon as the universal kit became available. I built my rig as a do-all overlander/wheeler so was intrigued by a suspension system that could instantly tailor tuning for long road miles, fast desert bombing or slow rock crawling.
I've had Icon 2.5" CDC shocks the last few years and the guys at SDI said their universal kit would retrofit no problem. SDI agreed to do the swap (system includes a sensor, brainbox, controller knob and new swap-in reservoirs that contain the electronically actuated compression valves) and were amazingly helpful in getting the whole project organized and completed.
Install was pretty slow-going as I strove for super clean, durable wiring and routing throughout. Most of the old Icon reservoir mounting brackets worked but I had to do a few tweaks and adjustments and build a few brackets of my own.
For road driving, the system feels amazing. The gyroscope/motion sensor detects roll and increases compression damping on the outside shocks, providing a roll-bar affect that is pretty nuts. My truck is tall with a lot of roof weight and usually feels pretty wallowey in corners. With E-CLICK on road mode it rails turns like its on tracks. A few years back I went from OEM rear swaybar to Whiteline HD which think is a diameter increase of 5mm or 6mm. With E-CLIK road mode feels like a swaybar diameter increase equivalent of 10mm or 15mm above that.
In the little bit of testing I've done on bombed out fire roads with potholes, ruts and washouts, it feels like the truck is flying down the trail - kind of a magic carpet ride feel. Not dead flat, but always working to find equilibrium. As the truck rocks side to side going over obstacles, you can feel the system working to stabilize and balance. It cuts the wallowing and rocking by 70% or more while still remaining pretty compliant on the small stuff. There's also a steering wheel button that instantly triggers full compression for all shocks. That worked really well when cooking down the trail and coming up to a big obstacle. I'd just leave the suspension full soft and hit the button to ramp over the big stuff. Pretty crazy how fast you can go.
Still have lots of testing and tuning to do, but overall feeling like this is going to be a great addition for maintaining comfort at speed on the long overlanding and offroading trips I use my truck for.