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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
Shock Question
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<blockquote data-quote="Islander" data-source="post: 431366" data-attributes="member: 19272"><p>I'd say the shock you pick is dependent on your driving style crossed with budget. Some people like firm and people like soft. If possible go for a ride with someone who has whatever shocks you are looking at and see how their jeep feels.</p><p></p><p>The up vs down travel thing is a bit of a can of worms. Im at the point where I think you should aim for 50/50 until you get a shock with more than 10" of travel. There is usually an hour or more of gravel between me and whatever trail I'm going to so I may well be comfortable and stay out of the bumpstops on the way there. </p><p></p><p>A jku from the factory has 15" eye to eye on the front shocks with the bumpstops bottomed out. The factory rubicon shock is 14.75". Measure your bumpstop extension and add that number to 14.75 get the shock with the longest compressed length less than this measurement in your chosen brand and you should be safe.</p><p></p><p>I had a zone shocks on my tj and it was quite harsh all around but extremly cheap. After I caved in the rears I moved to rancho 5000x. Those rode nice and were also pretty cheap. Unfortunately the shock bodies started rusting within a week of installing them and one blew out a seal about three months in so I can't recommend them unless you will be keeping your jeep in an arid climate in which case they are a bargain. I have fox 2.0 performance series on my jku now. I bought them for two reasons. First they seemed to be the most corrosion resistant shocks I could find which is important when you live in or around a rainforest. Two they are rebuildable so you can tune the valving if you don't like it. Out of the box they are quite firm and soak up things like speed cusions and large depressions in the road quite well. They are a little harsh on particularly tall speed bumps if you dont keep it under 30mph or so but at speed on an fsr they are quite nice. Given the driving i do they work for me. I have never had bilstien myself so I can't comment on them personally, but they are extremely popular and I know several people who swear by them and their longevity in a wet climate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Islander, post: 431366, member: 19272"] I'd say the shock you pick is dependent on your driving style crossed with budget. Some people like firm and people like soft. If possible go for a ride with someone who has whatever shocks you are looking at and see how their jeep feels. The up vs down travel thing is a bit of a can of worms. Im at the point where I think you should aim for 50/50 until you get a shock with more than 10" of travel. There is usually an hour or more of gravel between me and whatever trail I'm going to so I may well be comfortable and stay out of the bumpstops on the way there. A jku from the factory has 15" eye to eye on the front shocks with the bumpstops bottomed out. The factory rubicon shock is 14.75". Measure your bumpstop extension and add that number to 14.75 get the shock with the longest compressed length less than this measurement in your chosen brand and you should be safe. I had a zone shocks on my tj and it was quite harsh all around but extremly cheap. After I caved in the rears I moved to rancho 5000x. Those rode nice and were also pretty cheap. Unfortunately the shock bodies started rusting within a week of installing them and one blew out a seal about three months in so I can't recommend them unless you will be keeping your jeep in an arid climate in which case they are a bargain. I have fox 2.0 performance series on my jku now. I bought them for two reasons. First they seemed to be the most corrosion resistant shocks I could find which is important when you live in or around a rainforest. Two they are rebuildable so you can tune the valving if you don't like it. Out of the box they are quite firm and soak up things like speed cusions and large depressions in the road quite well. They are a little harsh on particularly tall speed bumps if you dont keep it under 30mph or so but at speed on an fsr they are quite nice. Given the driving i do they work for me. I have never had bilstien myself so I can't comment on them personally, but they are extremely popular and I know several people who swear by them and their longevity in a wet climate. [/QUOTE]
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