INVERTED MONOTUBE RALLY STRUT (PAIR) - TRANSIT

I can not comment on the performance because the installation is not successful. I have a Ford transit 350 AWD and live in Canada. The offset on the OEM wheel is 101 mm. With [****] tires with a wheel spacer installed, the tire rub on the strut. There are only two options availlable to fix this: first option, buy thicker wheel spacer. I would need a 11 mm spacer. I contacted US Wheel Adapter for this. They do not have Ford Transit hub dimension specs so they can not ensure it will be safe. The second option is to buy new wheels with an offset of 84 mm like the Black Rhino Arsenal AT. This is another risk and expense that i do not want to take. I understand that Van Compass can not test every tire on the market but additional technical information would have been useful.

I've put over 10,000km mileage on these struts as well as the Vancompass Stage 3 lift for Ford Transit AWD. I took it on tons of rough roads including Dalton Hwy in Alaska and Dempster Highway in Yukon/NWT. The struts have performed great and ride so much better than stock struts. You can check out our youtube channel for real world usage videos: https://www.youtube.com/@LetsJustGoTravel

After 6 removals and installs, the struts ride great. That is no thanks for Van Compass. If you have issues with these struts, go straight to Falcon for assistance. I had to find that out on my own. My first set of struts had manufacturing issues. I had to figure this out on my own, VC just kept blaming loose hardware. Was led to Falcon directly from another customer with issues. They stepped up after a week of back and forth with VC going nowhere. They had new struts to me in a matter of days.

The new struts had issues with VC’s blue lift coil. They created significant binding, causing lots of noises/stiction similar to the first set. VC told me this is due to manufacturing tolerances, and that I should grind the springs down to fit better. So two compatible products engineered by the same company need to both be modified to work together. As of today, that’s not stated anywhere on the product pages, or in the instructions. You’ll only find that out after install, and then they can’t help you because the products have been used/installed. This whole process has been a joke and a giant waste of my time.

Falcon struts now operate great with OEM coils. Don’t expect to install these yourself, unless you want to diagnose problems without help, or modify $2500 worth of suspension components to work properly.

easy ton install.

Ordered these early. Put them on in January at a certified Vancompass installler, ..Main line Overland in Charlotte, North Carolina..
Drove out from South Carolina to big Bend in Texas along interstate 10. The struts did improve handling of the front end..
However, The struts are very loud when running over bridge expansion joints, and pot hole rough roads. I was so concerned that I took it back to mainline Overland after returning from Texas to have them check the struts. I’ve read several of the reviews here and online in various forms about failure issues.. Mainline overland did not inform me of any recalls from Van compass.(I don’t believe Van compass has even issued one.).
If I was sitting on the fence… trying to determine if I should put these on my 2 inch Van compass lift on my transit. I would wait… I wore out the Ford OEM front struts at 35,000 miles and a replacement under warranty by Ford. I kept the old “New replacement “ Ford OEM replacement struts just in case… I will say handling is better. But in the back of my mind, I’m waiting for a failure issue.. mind you my build is 9000 pounds when fully loaded and a hightop 2021 Ford transit all-wheel-drive.