Best shocks?

[Old Jeeper]

I simply do not trust the rancho ones, I keep hearing so many mixed opinions about them. I have been driving on these fox 2.5s since I got the vehicle and I trust them... I'd consider falcon, king, bilstein, or another reputable brand but I do not believe rancho is reputable, there has to be some reason they are that cheap.

Lets see been running them on all my cars and trucks for over 20 years and never had an issue. For almost 10 of those years I had a Jeep offorad shop and installed then and many many Jeeps, ever had a compliant from anyone.

My Fox Rubicon Recon, at 25k miles I took them off and THREW them away, The ride could not have been any harsher. I even dropped my psi on my tires down to 22 psi trying to get a decent ride on city streets. Replaced with Rancho and the ride was GREAT. What I find interesting is that in my years of driving, only one set of shocks has ever failed and needed replacing... FOX, NOT saying they are a bad shock, I don't in judging all on 1 failure.

Again, your choice, your rig fo for it, I will reach for my Ranchos...

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[Old Jeeper]

We have 6 JLURs that run Rancho lifts with more that 250,000 combined miles. We all wheel a lot. Like a whole lot. Zero issues. We all run the 9000xl. They are great shocks and they are worth more than they charge for them.

I have wheeled 55 badge trails all over the US and approx 50 or so trails in Moab. The Jeep has been in 40+ states and towed a camper 48,000+ miles. It is a wheeling traveling Jeep.

X 2 on wheeling and miles and Ranchos have never let me down.

A Rancho story;; Bought a set of Currie Anti Rocks on my first trip with them to Maob one fasiled, it broke in two.

Wheeled without and it was fine. Came time to come home and I had an 8-10 hr drive ahead of me. Pull out of the motel and hit the highway...OMG front end of jeep dancing like a White Booted GoGo Dancer in the cage at the Whiskey A G0-G0.

Had my Rancho RS 9000XL adjustable and put the setting knob on 9 and 7 in the rear of the Jeep. WOW, the front end was way to stiff, so backed off to 8 and dialed it in and drove the next 8+ hrs at 70 mph solid as a rock...Thanks Rancho!

 

[Joaquim]

My question is why do you believe that your shocks are going bad?

Front/rear dive a lot more now as compared to when I first got the shocks during acceleration/braking + I hear it is recommended you switch them out at around 50k miles

 

[wibornz]

interesting... so much love here for the RS9000XLs, i have fox 2.0s which i like MUCH better than the falcons i originally had, but since i run close to max gvw i get quite a bit of roll with them

Funny, thing about the Falcons. One of my buds run them. We were wheeling in Moab and he was constantly falling behind. I am like what's up? He is like this dam Jeep is throwing me around, I have to go slower as it is beating the fuck out of me. After a couple days of wheeling, his back and shoulder was in such bad shape, he went to a local chiropractor to get adjusted.

 

[Mikester86]

Funny, thing about the Falcons. One of my buds run them. We were wheeling in Moab and he was constantly falling behind. I am like what's up? He is like this dam Jeep is throwing me around, I have to go slower as it is beating the fuck out of me. After a couple days of wheeling, his back and shoulder was in such bad shape, he went to a local chiropractor to get adjusted.

 

[RanchoShocks]

We make longer travel ones too
Also the shock design is different as well.

Travel is terrible with Rancho shocks.

Front Shock	Compressed	Extended	Travel
Rancho RS9000XL for 2" lift	18.16"	25.21"	7.05"
Mopar 2" lift shocks (what the OP has)	17.5"	26.25"	8.75"
Stock Rubicon with 2" shock extensions	17.75"	25.63"	7.88"

 

[AnnDee4444]

We make longer travel ones too
Also the shock design is different as well.

Fair enough. The RS77065 appears to be the only 2" bump stop compatible shock with more travel than the Mopar. It's travel is 0.48" more however since anything less than 18.25" of compressed length is wasted the real increase in travel is 0.41", for a total usable travel of 8.41" vs. the Mopar's 8.0".

For comparison the cheapest Fox shock has about 10.15" of usable travel on a JL with 2" bump stops (and would require an aftermarket front driveshaft). After wasting 1.18" of stroke the cheapest Bilstein has a usable travel of 8.63" (it really should be paired with 1" bump stops). Metalcloak's RockSport shocks have 11.75" of usable travel.


BTW: You really should be recommending these by increased bump stop height instead of "Vehicle Height" and "Standard Qualifier".

 

[RanchoShocks]

So most folks go off "suspension height" we find. I can't recall the last time I was asked "I am using a X amount bump stop, what do you suggest?" This is from folks and shops I work with daily. (Now watch me get a ton of questions LOL)
We offer LONGER shocks too, that require a new drive shaft as well.
Matt

Fair enough. The RS77065 appears to be the only 2" bump stop compatible shock with more travel than the Mopar. It's travel is 0.48" more however since anything less than 18.25" of compressed length is wasted the real increase in travel is 0.41", for a total usable travel of 8.41" vs. the Mopar's 8.0".

For comparison the cheapest Fox shock has about 10.15" of usable travel on a JL with 2" bump stops (and would require an aftermarket front driveshaft). After wasting 1.18" of stroke the cheapest Bilstein has a usable travel of 8.63" (it really should be paired with 1" bump stops). Metalcloak's RockSport shocks have 11.75" of usable travel.


BTW: You really should be recommending these by increased bump stop height instead of "Vehicle Height" and "Standard Qualifier".

 

[Joaquim]

So most folks go off "suspension height" we find. I can't recall the last time I was asked "I am using a X amount bump stop, what do you suggest?" This is from folks and shops I work with daily. (Now watch me get a ton of questions LOL)
We offer LONGER shocks too, that require a new drive shaft as well.
Matt

Convince me to buy ranchos over the fox 2.5s I’m replacing

 

[RanchoShocks]

Tell me why you are replacing them


https://www.gorancho.com/warranty-guarantee/

Convince me to buy ranchos over the fox 2.5s I’m replacing

 

[jhackathorne]

We make longer travel ones too
Also the shock design is different as well.

Anything longer than the RS999068? The site says they are 29.74" extended and 20.44" collapsed for total travel of 9.3". I'm running Fox IFP 2.0 3.5-4" and they have a total travel of 11.62". And I am running a Synergy 2" lift and 2" of bumpstops.

 

[RanchoShocks]

This has very close to the travel as what you have now.
https://www.gorancho.com/products/s...ho-rs7mt-monotube-shock-absorber-rs77068.html

The reason the RS999068 has less is by the design of the shock, a triple tube vs a monotube
Matt

Anything longer than the RS999068? The site says they are 29.74" extended and 20.44" collapsed for total travel of 9.3". I'm running Fox IFP 2.0 3.5-4" and they have a total travel of 11.62". And I am running a Synergy 2" lift and 2" of bumpstops.

 

[Roky]

Anything longer than the RS999068? The site says they are 29.74" extended and 20.44" collapsed for total travel of 9.3". I'm running Fox IFP 2.0 3.5-4" and they have a total travel of 11.62". And I am running a Synergy 2" lift and 2" of bumpstops.

I think your 11.6 is the rear shocks, and I think rancho is listing front shocks. So it’s a little closer, unless Rancho is listing rears as well……your fronts are 10.6……..

 

[jhackathorne]

I think your 11.6 is the rear shocks, and I think rancho is listing front shocks. So it’s a little closer, unless Rancho is listing rears as well……your fronts are 10.6……..

Ah gotcha, thanks. I should’ve checked the front as well. I appreciate your response.

 

[RanchoShocks]

From my end I was cross referencing the part number in the RS9000XL flavor to the RS7MT flavor.
This is a rear as you mentioned

I think your 11.6 is the rear shocks, and I think rancho is listing front shocks. So it’s a little closer, unless Rancho is listing rears as well……your fronts are 10.6……..

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