SDI E Click system for the Raptor - Wake up you Live Valve's 

Thanks man

I second that!!!

Thank you sir 🙏🙏

Exactly. This is a great way to increase suspension performance without getting mid travel and still be able to use it as a truck. Just seeing how little squat Cesar truck had too while towing was impressive

Thanks man. The tech blew us away too. It’s what this tech should have been when Fox and ford first launched it

It’s pretty damm amazing

Thanks man. This is the main purpose of the channel. Have others learn from out experiences and mistakes

Thanks man. And they are working to add the tech to more vehicles and applications

Anytime man. We wanted to see what it could do and it blew us away. Let them know we sent you so we can do more videos with them

The system will really wake up the capabilities of your live valves

Mind has a hard time grasping it all. How can a stock truck do that.

Lol. Hard to go back down to the Gen2 after experiencing mid travel Gen1.

Yeah, the SDI system is great for all applications and adjustable to make the truck change out easy from overlanding and prerunning. And yeah man. Bed rail mounted racks notoriously fall apart on the trails down here. We need to give his rack a proper test down here on some fast trails.

It blew us away man.

Totally agree. I expected live valve to be like this at release and was so disappointed by their behavior on my 20 raptor. Glad to see a company really wake up the Live Valve tech and show what’s possible. And rebound control is the most impressive part. Was waiting for someone to point it out. Thanks man

Thanks man 🙏🙏

Yeah man. Just found out about them ourselves and we had to see it for ourselves. Blown away

Gen1 option will be order-able soon. But you will need to replace the front shock bucket (KHC makes a kit) and you will need take off shocks. Take off shocks may also need the solenoid too. SDI can help you with the system, and the solenoids. They are still planning take off shocks but plenty around still for sale.

Yeah, it’s very impressive.

Right!! My truck with $30-40k worth of suspension looked about the same as stock Eclick truck. It was impressive.

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad Update: I bought it with the revalve and I've had it for a couple of months. NIGHT & DAY DIFFERENCE. Hitting bumps now I could never hit at speed before. So much more control, composure, and comfort... it's hard to explain.

Lol. That was my first reaction to the system. My brain could not comprehend what I was seeing. It’s what live valve should have been from the start

It’s a great solution.

Totally agree. Skimping on a wiring is a good sign of cost cutting

Let them know our video helped you make your decision so we can do more videos with them.

Yep. Really wakes up the capabilities of the truck

​@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad Looks like it! Thanks!

Oh wow. Definitely overdue.

We will have it up here soon.

I saw that too and saw a few things that would worry me. Eclick has a 8 axis sensor, while icon has 6 axis. Icon claims 1000 calculations, but their ecu and sensor are much smaller and combined. Either the sensor is much smaller and not as accurate, or there is something up with the icon system. The sensor is key to the performance of these systems. It’s why the stock systems are so slow. Icons sensors and ecu combined makes me thing they are using a much smaller sensor. Lastly, the sensor location. E click made a big deal about mounting the sensor as close to center as possible to get the most accurate reading of what the truck is doing. Icon put their sensor at the front. Near the radiator. Accuracy and heat are going to be a problem for the icon system. One more thing. IPhone controlled kind of sucks. It should have a dedicated controller. Last thing I need is to wait for a connection or not have access to my trail maps just so I could see what it’s doing or make a change.

Biggest difference in my mind is one product adapts to the stock shocks while icons kit controls only their own shocks. Two very very different price points!

Yeah, very true. Will be interested to see how the icon system compares on live trails. Those guys usually do a good job. Though of heard a lot of complaints from shock rebuilders though

🤣 You’ll be able to keep up with them without the crazy cost.

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad it's all about finding value right? More money more problems, haha.

Right!! So cool to see these guys thinking beyond just Raptors and Jeeps

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad here comes before and after talking about active suspension... It's a revolution. I am surprised how well it works...

Very sturdy. If you look at the in cab clips, it did not move. They made sure to pick a nice strong mounting point for it

And the Jeep knob is 3d printer carbon fiber!! Really badass.

Thanks good info.

Not yet, but they are working on it. They are very response social media to have your questions answered and help guide you. Keep in mind too that for a Gen1, the shock bucket will need to be replaced to support the Gen2 live Valves.

Forged does a great job at shock rebuilding for sure.

iPhone with a hand mounts it makes holding it much easier. You get a better hold, less shaking. We did use a tripod for the slow motion shots. But for everything else, it’s all freehand to add some dynamic and life to the video. Static shots get boring and people tune out. You need some motion sometimes to keep everyone engaged.

I suck with names man. It may have been. I don’t know.

I think it’s available now. But to put live valves on an F150 takes a lot of take off parts and reinforcement to do it

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad why is that?

You can’t just take a live valve shock from the raptor and put it into an F150. Shock bucket is too short, stock suspension is not wide enough, and the frame needs some reinforcement. You basically need the arms, spindle, and everything off a Raptor, a new shock bucket from KHC, and the rear shock mounts need to be reinforced. It’s a lot of work as no one really makes an F-150 specific live valve shock yet.

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad the truck is getting new McNeil +5 front fenders, fender liners, paint, bedliner and bedside supports. That happens in November. After that I'll be ready to get her dirty.

What suspension you running?

Yeah I think so too. The Eclick system still does More calculations than the Gen3 so definitely room for improvement.

Tons of plans and we talking to him about on the video. Right now they are working on Gen1 raptors and tacomas. They also working on a way to add LV to any shock with a remote reservoir. They have looked at the TRX, BUT the stock shocks cannot be supported. The lines feeding the reservoir are too small and don’t allow enough oil to move thru to make a difference with their system. Major changes to the shocks or new shocks would be needed to improve the TRX.

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad oh wow! Thanks for all the great information, yeah definitely needs some improvements for all that weight.

So I think you need to rewatch the video again. This system does not replace the stock valves on the shocks. It takes over control of them, speeds them up, and applies SDIs algorithms that improves the performance of the truck. If you look at the side by side clips of a stock Raptor and then the SDI controlled raptor and the performance gains are HUGE. Truck is more level, less rebound, and can run faster over obstacles. So I think you really should watch the video clips of the runs side by side. And then watch a follow up video where we showed that stock shocks with SDIs Eclick outperform the fox FRS a shocks

Sorry man, not my spot to share and we don’t want a ton of people using it and getting it closed down since it’s in the middle of the city.

You should actually watch the video then. 2018 Raptor that looked better than all the trucks here did not have live valves from the factory. They added them and are controlling them with SDIs e-click system. A stock F150 (2015-2020) can use this system and they confirmed that 2009-2014 can also. All you need is the system, a set of take off live valves. Gen1 raptors will also need KHC shock buckets. Ford F150s will need the new shock bucket, take off Raptor suspension, rear shock mount reinforcement or a mid travel kit to support the live valves. So it’s doable. And we talked about it several times in the video.

They are not. SDI Eclik takes over the shocks. The system also gets inputs from the truck and takes that into account. But Eclik does all the control of the shocks and it’s way, better and faster than stock

Lol. Talked to them about that. They can definitely improve performance, but the current stock shocks lies to the reservoir are too small and won’t allow enough fluid to show an improvement over stock. The shocks would need some major mods like larger lines or whole new shocks to really improve the stock performance

Yeah man. All my editing. Still got a lot to learn with editing but I try and practice and try new things with it when ever I can.

Oh ok. Looks really good. I’m just trying to figure how to edit

Find a software you like, like premier pro, or Final Cut Pro and just start practicing. I use Final Cut Pro. And it’s taken me years to figure out my workflow and I still have a lot to learn.

Lol, they making these systems for just about any truck now. Already added live valve to Jeeps and Soon you’ll see live valves on tacomas

Not sure I understand your question. The system is integrated into the truck and gets details from the truck such as speed, throttle position, brake position and a ton of other outputs. What do you mean by CanBus integration?

Helio where r these guys located ?

One of the clips in the 50 mph test was the SDI truck against mine. They were practically identical. Blew me away. They are located in Southern California.

Yes, take off live valves at the minimum and they usually go for about $1000 for all 4 last time I checked. You also need live valve solenoids. Some take offs don’t come with them, SDI can provide those with their kit

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad where could I find the take off live vales? Any links?

Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, forums. You could even calls shops like SVC. They usually have a few take off sets they are trying to sell for their customers

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad thank you will do, how should I look them up? Just "ford Raptor take off live valves"

Looks for Ford Live Valve, Fox Live Valve, Raptor Live Valve.

Lake Elsinore CA

What’s is IRS? Not familiar with this acronym

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad Independent Rear Suspension. Which I guess it's not IRS since the axle is still a single axle, just no leaf springs

The correct term is Linked rear end. That’s why I could not figure out the acronym. The lightning has a IRS setup. Raptor and f150 is a solid rear axle and it’s a linked rear end. As for your original question I would recommend a 3rd option. gen3 linked rear end with SDI Eclick. SDI got so much performance out of that suspension with their system, we don’t have enough space to get up to speed and stop at the test course that we have to do the next video out in the desert.

Agreed. Shock tuning combined with this system really wakes up the live valve to what it should have been from the factory. SDI is showing everyone what’s possible.

This is SDI and they are a manufacturer based out of Lake Elsinore. They don’t do installs unfortunately.

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad thanks for the reply. I was split between building a new Mohave and a used Raptor. I’m looking at a 2019 raptor now.

Do yourself a favor man and pick the raptor. Way more versatile platform, it comfortable, it’s has great power, and is capable out of the box with no mods. Takes a lot to take a Mojave and go rock crawling and be fun. We had a JL for a while and I hated driving it.

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad i agree. I was looking at the Mojave to build into a desert runner. I was going to add a supercharger and upgrade the suspension. It looks like the raptors are finally coming down in price. Raptors are better out of the box!

🤣🤣 the system is solid. But like anything else. With more capability comes more maintenance. So I would keep a close eye on ball joint wear like a mid travel truck to keep the truck running strong and fast