That black section on the shock body that looks like an add-on is exactly that, a slip-on sleeve that's held in place with a large C-clip to create an extremely long negative air spring. While the new damper updates are hidden inside the shock, the odd looking shape of the shock body is a dead giveaway that FOX has made some changes to the Float's air spring. Just like on the new 34, FOX has abandoned the CTD designation, which makes sense given the new damper layout, but they've also taken the old CTD's supplementary three-position compression setting that used to let riders tweak the Trail mode to their liking and reconfigured it to do the same thing but only in the Open mode. FOX says that this separation between Open/Medium and Firm modes allows the former two to perform even better, while the Firm mode can be set even stiffer without compromising how the shock behaves when it's left open. The two-piston layout allows FOX to separate the modes that riders use most often ( Open and Medium) by putting them on the main piston, while the Firm setting ( and its requirement to greatly block oil flow in order to function) is on the second piston. The design looks exactly as the name likely has you picturing it, with a larger piston overtop of its smaller brother. Granted as bikes get better and better it seems like it matters less and less for the average Joe.FOX's new DPS damper is all about letting you have your cake and eat it too. There is a range of right and a much bigger range of wrong for every rider, and within that right range you can tune for subjective feel. Suspension Setup is quite a bit more scientific than lots of people seem to think, it's not all preference. Once you're at this point you could try adding maybe one more volume spacer of the smallest increment, just to see if you prefer the feel, though it isn't exactly necessary. Keep going in the smallest possible increments until you're using about 80-85% of your travel. If you do, add the smallest spacer and then repeat. Start with whatever you have, and see if you bottom out the shock.
Do a short repeatable section that you can hit pretty hard over and over without getting too tired. Basically you want to set your sag at the correct level via air pressure, and ride the shock in the open mode on something that is a good representation of the level of riding you typically do. And actually not much in the middle either, though they might help a little bit.
They do very little to the beginning part of the stroke. Volume spacers will not help with pedal bob.
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