Fortune Auto Coilovers for 2025 Maverick Lobo - Prototype Development

wdninja said:

After taking delivery of my 2025 Lobo 702A, I dropped it off to the R&D department of Fortune Auto. Over the course of a week, they took measurements and scans, noting any differences between the 22-24 platform, of which there were a few. They developed a prototype coilover kit using their 500 series hardware.

I'll be providing feedback and working with them to get the kit dialed in for future production.

Initial impressions are excellent, with reduced body roll while maintaining a firm and sporty, but not punishing ride. Of 24 dampening settings, it's currently set to 6 clicks from full soft in front and 8 from full soft in the rear. It's running 4k springs up front and 9k in the rear. Ride height has been lowered to the point of an even gap between the fender and tire front and back, and has plenty of remaining adjustment up or down.

The only con so far is increased NVH from the front strut towers and camber plates, as is sometimes the case with aftermarket suspension. I'm working with them to try various solutions to help bring the NVH back down to OEM levels.

More to come!

Before:

After:

Click to expand...

wdninja said:

After taking delivery of my 2025 Lobo 702A, I dropped it off to the R&D department of Fortune Auto. Over the course of a week, they took measurements and scans, noting any differences between the 22-24 platform, of which there were a few. They developed a prototype coilover kit using their 500 series hardware.

I'll be providing feedback and working with them to get the kit dialed in for future production.

Initial impressions are excellent, with reduced body roll while maintaining a firm and sporty, but not punishing ride. Of 24 dampening settings, it's currently set to 6 clicks from full soft in front and 8 from full soft in the rear. It's running 4k springs up front and 9k in the rear. Ride height has been lowered to the point of an even gap between the fender and tire front and back, and has plenty of remaining adjustment up or down.

The only con so far is increased NVH from the front strut towers and camber plates, as is sometimes the case with aftermarket suspension. I'm working with them to try various solutions to help bring the NVH back down to OEM levels.

More to come!

Before:

After:

Click to expand...

lizardnorm said:

What does NVH in your post mean?

Click to expand...

Maverick123 said:

I'm curious why the front end would be noisier, are they using pillow ball upper mounts?

Click to expand...

wdninja said:

My understanding is the camber plates/upper mounts currently installed do not have much noise reduction, but they have other options that do. I'm not sure if the current setup is straight up spherical, already has some attempt at NVH reduction such as a pillow ball, or something else.

Since this is just phase 1 of the prototype/feedback process, I'll get more detailed information as we iterate and update this thread.

Click to expand...

wdninja said:

Fortune Auto swapped out the caster/camber plates for softer, rubberized top mounts and spring isolators. The NVH is massively improved.

Click to expand...

wdninja said:

Update!

Fortune Auto swapped out the caster/camber plates for softer, rubberized top mounts and spring isolators. The NVH is massively improved.

I have testing to do on a variety of surfaces, but so far so good, and this is how the production set will come.

Click to expand...

Dslaughterbeck said:

Huge improvement over stock in the looks dept. Very nice truck you have there

Click to expand...

• Swapped the camber adjustable spherical bearing top plates for a non-adjustable plate with a captive rubber bushing
• A sealed thrust bearing was installed under this plate to support the spring and allow for spring rotation during steering
• Typically, this assembly has a plastic isolator between the perch and the spring to prevent metal-to-metal contact, but it was replaced with a rubber isolator to further eliminate spring noise

wdninja said:

Update:

The initially installed top mount camber plate and the lack of any NVH reduction made the first iteration of the prototype setup unbearably loud, filling the cabin with vibrations.

Since then, the following changes were made to the setup by the Fortune Auto team:

• Swapped the camber adjustable spherical bearing top plates for a non-adjustable plate with a captive rubber bushing
• A sealed thrust bearing was installed under this plate to support the spring and allow for spring rotation during steering
• Typically, this assembly has a plastic isolator between the perch and the spring to prevent metal-to-metal contact, but it was replaced with a rubber isolator to further eliminate spring noise

This is how these will come for the production sets, which are now available at the Fortune Auto site:
https://shop-fortune-auto.com/products/ford-maverick-awd-p758-2022-500-series-coilovers

I have an alignment scheduled for next week, at which point I'll provide another update with notes such as any requirements or recommendations for front camber bolts or adjustable rear control arms, given the removal of the adjustable top plates.

Click to expand...