Recommendation For New Shocks as Comfortable as Factory Rubicon?

[Brock9281]

I added the Teraflex ST1 kit on JLUR and now thinking about swapping shocks for longer travel. If I want to keep the comfort of OEM Rubicon shocks what is the recommendation? This Jeep will be 99% pavement so comfort comes first

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[Dyolfknip74]

I added the Teraflex ST1 kit on JLUR and now thinking about swapping shocks for longer travel. If I want to keep the comfort of OEM Rubicon shocks what is the recommendation? This Jeep will be 99% pavement so comfort comes first

Literally any other shock will be better than the Rubicon ones. Pick one.

 

[Brock9281]

Literally any other shock will be better than the Rubicon ones. Pick one.

Oh yeah? I’ve read the Fox 2.0 are really stiff and not at all soft feeling on the road

 

[Zandcwhite]

The metal cloak rocksport shocks are valved very similar to the oem rubicon shocks. I’d say ride quality between the 2 is virtually unchanged. A higher end shock like the fox 2.0’s will feel firmer on the road, but settles the suspension almost immediately after a bump. The train tracks by my house create a pretty rough crossing. Crossing at ~55mph with the rock sports, they felt smoother but you could feel the oscillations for another 50-100’. Something like a big bump, small bump, smaller bump, tiny bump, back to smooth sailing. With the fox 2.0’s it’s more like BIG bump and back to smooth sailing. Some prefer the series of small bumps and some prefer the instant recovery. On the bright side, the rock sports are so cheap at under $300 for the whole set that you can’t really go wrong trying them. We ran ours for 30k miles before upgrading to the foxes. I prefer the more controlled suspension, but we tend to run higher speed trails and open desert as well as rock crawling. You can’t argue with the travel you gain from a budget set of rock sports though.

 

[dcm80401]

I run Accutune Fox 2.5 DSC and the ride is far superior to stock. For the same reasons as Zandcwhite stated above.

 

[Dyolfknip74]

Oh yeah? I’ve read the Fox 2.0 are really stiff and not at all soft feeling on the road

I have them and don't have that opinion at all.

 

[AcesandEights]

What about shock relocation? The stock Rubicon shocks are good, so can you still use them? If you're on road most of the time, are you compression or over-extending the stock shocks?

 

[AccuTunedJL]

Tuned Fox 2.0 RR shocks would get my vote for what you described. Not terribly expensive, tunable and serviceable. Is that ST1 lift a 1.5" spacer lift?

 

[Brock9281]

Tuned Fox 2.0 RR shocks would get my vote for what you described. Not terribly expensive, tunable and serviceable. Is that ST1 lift a 1.5" spacer lift?

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[El Zilcho]

I added the Teraflex ST1 kit on JLUR and now thinking about swapping shocks for longer travel. If I want to keep the comfort of OEM Rubicon shocks what is the recommendation? This Jeep will be 99% pavement so comfort comes first

JT Gladiator fox shocks are much softer and smoother than JL Rubicon shocks. I love them in 99% of my driving.

 

[Brock9281]

JT Gladiator fox shocks are much softer and smoother than JL Rubicon shocks. I love them in 99% of my driving.

Have a part number?

 

[El Zilcho]

Have a part number?

Take a look at this thread. I bought mine on facebook market place for $200
https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/gladiator-fox-shocks-on-jlur.40192/

 

[CNJLUR4xe]

I have essentially a 1.5" spacer lift with Fox 2.5s from @AccuTunedJL and loving them. My thread with a few more details below.

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/accutune-fox-2-5s-on-my-4xe.94788/


Edit: To your original question though about some "as comfortable as stock", I just wanted to point out that anything you get custom valved from AccuTune will be a significant upgrade over stock, not just an "as good as" replacement.

 

[davewald]

The Fox shocks that came with the Mopar 2" lift kit ride much better than the stock ones that came on my JLR.

 

[JEEP4U]

For an OEM type shock with a better ride than stock........OLD MAN EMU. Many options based on height and weight....Give them a call.

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