FOX suspension for trucks and SUVs in the UAE

The name Fox is shared by more than one business, so check which Fox a listing means. This page is about FOX Factory, Inc., the suspension maker. Its own About page says it makes suspension for mountain bikes, trucks and SUVs, motorsports, industry, sports cars and powersports, that it was previously marketed as Fox Racing Shox, and that it is a separate business from FOX Racing, the apparel brand.

That one paragraph is worth keeping in mind when you read a listing. A product called Fox Racing Shox, a fork for a mountain bike and a coil-over for a Land Cruiser all come from the same company, and none of them has anything to do with a jersey. If a seller sells you a FOX shock for your truck, the thing to check is the part number and the vehicle it is listed against, not the name on the box.

Everything below is about the truck and SUV line. FOX's bicycle and motorcycle products are outside this page.

FOX tells its own history in a timeline. Bob Fox, a physicist by training, began racing on motocross suspension he had designed himself in 1974, the first production FOX AirShox followed in 1975, and he started FOX Factory, Inc. in 1978. In the 1980s, FOX says, it widened into Indy car, off-road truck, quad, dune buggy and snowmobile markets.

The timeline carries one line that matters to a truck owner. In the late 1970s FOX shocks were being used on off-road racing cars, and the example it gives is Roger Mears on a factory Nissan truck, winning his class in a number of major off-road races. That is a racing result told by the company, and it shows how old the off-road side of the business is. It is not evidence about any shock sold today.

The corporate side is easier to check. FOX Factory Holding Corp is the parent, listed on Nasdaq as FOXF, and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's company record gives a mailing address in Duluth, Georgia. FOX's warranty text names the same city. A listed parent means there is a public filing trail.

FOX sorts its truck shocks into four series, and the series is the decision. Performance is the entry. It uses a monotube with an internal floating piston, which FOX says keeps the oil apart from the pressurised nitrogen and prevents aeration, and it comes in 2.0 and 2.5 inch bodies. FOX describes the 2.5 as the bigger-body shock without the complexity: more surface area to shed heat, a hydraulic top out that softens the clunk when a shock reaches the end of its rebound, and no reservoir or adjuster to set.

Performance Elite adds an external reservoir and a dual speed compression adjuster. Dual speed means the high speed and low speed compression circuits are adjusted separately, so you can stiffen the response to big hits without making small bumps harsh. FOX positions it for aggressive off-road driving with some adjustability.

Factory Race is the internal bypass shock, and the bypass is the point. It makes the damping depend on where the piston is in its stroke as well as how fast it is moving, so the shock is soft near ride height and firmer as it runs out of travel. FOX lists it as reservoir shocks, including coil-overs.

Live Valve is Factory Race with a brain. Each shock has an electronic solenoid, a control unit reads a motion sensor and the vehicle's data bus, and FOX says it adjusts damping about 400 times a second. The driver can pick On-Road, Off-Road or a custom mode. FOX notes that its mobile app is available only in the United States and Canada, which is worth knowing before you pay for a kit whose connected features you cannot use here.

A fair way to choose is to ask what you will actually adjust. Performance is the bolt-on choice. Performance Elite rewards someone who will set the compression circuits. Factory Race rewards someone who drives fast on rough ground. Live Valve suits someone who wants the setting changed for them. FOX publishes no head-to-head figure between the series, so these are descriptions of design, not a ranking.

FOX's catalogue is built vehicle by vehicle, and each listing carries model years, trim names and a lift range. For the Land Cruiser, the Patrol and the Hilux, the picture we read on 2026-10-07 was this. The Land Cruiser 200, 2008 to 2021, has Performance 2.0 and Factory Race 2.5 fronts. The Land Cruiser 300 and Lexus LX600, 2022 to 2026, has Performance Elite 2.5 and Factory Race listings, with the Elite kit flagged as not fitting trim packages with KDSS. The Patrol Y62, 2010 to 2026, has a Performance 2.0 smooth body shock, and the older Y60 and Y61 have Performance and Elite listings.

The Hilux and Fortuner are covered too: a 2.0 coil-over for the 2005 to 2016 trucks, and 2.5 Performance and Elite fronts for the 2016 on Hilux. The Land Cruiser 250 and the Lexus GX550 have Live Valve kits. We saw no Live Valve listing for the 200 Series, the 300 Series or the Patrol.

Read these as FOX's listings, not as a fitment guarantee. The model years and trim names are FOX's own, written for its main store, and a UAE-specification vehicle can differ from a listed trim in ways that decide whether a kit fits. The KDSS note on the 300 Series kit is the clearest example of why a trim line can matter. Confirm against the part number, and ask the dealer to confirm the exact kit for your vehicle before you pay.

FOX's warranty text is explicit about the seller. It says the warranty applies to a FOX suspension product purchased new from an authorised FOX source, that it is made only to the original retail owner, and that it is not transferable. For most products the term is one year from the original retail purchase from an authorised dealer, or from an authorised original equipment manufacturer where FOX was fitted at the factory.

The lifetime cover has limits, and the text spells them out. FOX gives a limited lifetime warranty on its 2.0 and 2.5 Performance Series shocks purchased after 30 March 2025, excluding sports car shocks and the 2.0 Performance Series remote reservoir shocks. The Performance Elite, Factory Race and Live Valve listings we read are flagged on FOX's own store as not carrying the lifetime term. The text also says FOX is not liable for removal or installation costs.

The wording is written by a US corporation, and it adds that a consumer may have other legal rights that vary by country. We have not found how FOX administers claims in the UAE. What the text does support is a plain buying rule: if a lifetime or one-year term matters to you, buy from a source FOX itself lists, and keep the invoice that shows it.

FOX runs a dealer locator, and the truck page links to it with the Truck filter switched on. With that filter, the United Arab Emirates entries are two businesses in Al Quoz, Dubai.

Ramy Trading Co. LLC is listed at an address in Al Quoz Industrial. FOX tags it as a Distributor, Retail Store, Online, Service Center, Truck and Motorsports entry. TORC The Off Road Company is listed at an address in Al Quoz Industrial Area 1, tagged as a Retail Store, Truck and Motorsports entry.

Those tags are FOX's classification and they stop there. They do not say which series either business can order, how much it holds, or whether it handles warranty claims. A third UAE entry is tagged for bicycle suspension and does not belong in a truck decision. FOX's locator also shows dealers in Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

When you ring either, ask for the series, the part number and the model years it is quoting, ask whether the kit is the one FOX lists for your trim, and ask for an invoice naming the product. Those are the three things that protect a warranty claim later.