the.jl.adventure
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Hey everyone,
Looking for some opinions and personal experiences in the great wide world of shocks. Currently I am running a Synergy 3" lift (softer progressive spring rates), paired with Fox 2.0 [3.5" - 4"] shocks. The ride has been great thus far, but the shocks are starting to show their age and use, so seems like its time to start thinking about what the next set is going to be. My set up is on the lighter side of heavy, a 4 dr JL - steel front bumper with winch, on board air, duel battery, aluminum skids, aluminum rear bumper, tire carrier, trussed axles, 37" tires with spare (likely sitting right around 5000 pounds total). Trying to stay within a budget of around 3k for the new set of shocks.
Overall I love the price point and the adjustability of the Falcon, along with the design and colors since my Jeep has a red color scheme (but of course would want to focus on performance over appearance) I want to be able to maintain a good road ride for daily use because it is my daily driver, but be able to tackle the trails all day long without concern and get some body roll control for long highway drives. I am 100% up for a more stable/sport/controlled/stiff shock, but do not want it to feel like I'm being shaken apart on washboard roads and rough pot-hole filled streets. Any insight into the following brands would be great, along with if you have any other brands in mind that you've enjoyed and had good success with.
Falcon 3.3: I have had my eyes on the Falcon 3.3 shock for a while now and hear that people either hate them or love them. The general dislike statements seem to be that they are too stiff, but others say they ride like a dream. The SP2 feature that was just added seems to have helped fix the issue of a stiff ride, can anyone contest to that?
$1600-ish
https://www.falconshocks.com/3-3-fast-adjust-piggyback-shocks
Bilstein: Bilstein gets a ton of love, along with my preferred shop swears by them. Also a digressive shock but I have not heard any dislike of them or any rough ride experiences. the 8100 looks AMAZING but is a hair over my price range, i also hear great things about their monotube 5100's. the 8100 really is the one I would lean to but not sure I can justify the extra $1000.
$4000-ish
https://offroad.bilstein.com/en-us/products/bilstein-b8-8100/
Fox: Also have had my positive experience with Fox shocks, and hear nothing but love for the 2.5" DSC setup. Seems that these shocks set a lot of standards for the industry and they have quite a bit of technology built in.
$3000-ish
https://www.ridefox.com/product.php...ep&model=Wrangler+JL&year=2020&position=Front
Looking for some opinions and personal experiences in the great wide world of shocks. Currently I am running a Synergy 3" lift (softer progressive spring rates), paired with Fox 2.0 [3.5" - 4"] shocks. The ride has been great thus far, but the shocks are starting to show their age and use, so seems like its time to start thinking about what the next set is going to be. My set up is on the lighter side of heavy, a 4 dr JL - steel front bumper with winch, on board air, duel battery, aluminum skids, aluminum rear bumper, tire carrier, trussed axles, 37" tires with spare (likely sitting right around 5000 pounds total). Trying to stay within a budget of around 3k for the new set of shocks.
Overall I love the price point and the adjustability of the Falcon, along with the design and colors since my Jeep has a red color scheme (but of course would want to focus on performance over appearance) I want to be able to maintain a good road ride for daily use because it is my daily driver, but be able to tackle the trails all day long without concern and get some body roll control for long highway drives. I am 100% up for a more stable/sport/controlled/stiff shock, but do not want it to feel like I'm being shaken apart on washboard roads and rough pot-hole filled streets. Any insight into the following brands would be great, along with if you have any other brands in mind that you've enjoyed and had good success with.
Falcon 3.3: I have had my eyes on the Falcon 3.3 shock for a while now and hear that people either hate them or love them. The general dislike statements seem to be that they are too stiff, but others say they ride like a dream. The SP2 feature that was just added seems to have helped fix the issue of a stiff ride, can anyone contest to that?
$1600-ish
https://www.falconshocks.com/3-3-fast-adjust-piggyback-shocks
Bilstein: Bilstein gets a ton of love, along with my preferred shop swears by them. Also a digressive shock but I have not heard any dislike of them or any rough ride experiences. the 8100 looks AMAZING but is a hair over my price range, i also hear great things about their monotube 5100's. the 8100 really is the one I would lean to but not sure I can justify the extra $1000.
$4000-ish
https://offroad.bilstein.com/en-us/products/bilstein-b8-8100/
Fox: Also have had my positive experience with Fox shocks, and hear nothing but love for the 2.5" DSC setup. Seems that these shocks set a lot of standards for the industry and they have quite a bit of technology built in.
$3000-ish
https://www.ridefox.com/product.php...ep&model=Wrangler+JL&year=2020&position=Front
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