NoStrawman
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Alright all, first post here, so hopefully I'm not asking one of those common, grating questions.
Background:
A bit of background, since I'm a newcomer, (Skip to the Question part if ya don't give a damn)
I bought my first Jeep in 2012, when I was 24, and I absolutely loved the thing... a 2011 2-door Sahara, natural green, black hard top, tan interior... in retrospect, it wasn't a looker, but damn if she wasn't perfect to me! I married a couple years later, we bought a house, had a few kids, and somewhere along the line, my little 2-door was traded in for something with a more accessible back seat. I went back to school at 28 years old, earned my Associate of Science in Nursing, and have recently had a string of pretty good luck, I might say. For these reasons, I felt that life had granted me the opportunity to finally get my Jeep back. I went a little overboard and bought a 2021 4-door Rubicon, (I didn't realize how rare 2-door variants had become,) and about every part that I have found in stock!
Question:
I recently bought an Evo lift kit from Northridge4x4, and with the bit of knowledge of Jeep components that I had, I elected to go with the King 2.0 shocks kit. When I ordered, it said that only 1 rear, I believe it was, was in stock, so I would get a drop shipment sent straight from the manufacturer. Great! That is no problem! It is still a bit cold around my area, anyway, and I don't have a garage. Well, then I started doing some digging, and it seems that some people have waited 3 or 4 months for their orders to come in! That would put me in the June/July area! Now, I am a patient person, but with thousands of dollars in parts just sitting here, teasing me, laughing at me, I am definitely having some second thoughts!
I know that King makes a fantastic product... from what I have been able to gather, some of the best, perhaps, but I would like to get my build started before mid-Summer. My original thought was that I could just buy some factory shock extension brackets to hold me over until then, but with my dumbass buying a 4.5" kit, I didn't find any options. I found some Fox shocks that would make a great placeholder until then, but at over $700 for the 4, and with kinda meh reviews, and being made for the uncommon 4-6" lift range, that's a pricey placeholder that I may not be able to recoup much cost on later. So, I thought I could go the way, and just upgrade the shocks... add a bit more to get something nicer that would be in stock. Well, the King 2.5's would have me adding about $1,600 or so, if I were able to roll the money I have already spent over, or $2,600ish if I could not. The higher end Fox solution was even more expensive than that, and I have heard such mixed reviews from them that I am unconfident with that sort of purchase. So then I started looking at the Falcons... the 2.1's do not come long enough, the 3.1's are supposed to be harsh on-road, but the 3.3's, where you can adjust them, are supposed to be able to provide a nice on-road feel as well as stiffen up for off-road use. I would need to add $500 or so, or pay $1800 right out, and I just do not know enough about Falcon's and their longevity/build quality to jump into that.
Would you then, A) put off on installing the kit until the King's come in, B) buy the cheaper Fox shocks to use while waiting, then try to recoup some cost later, C) Order the Falcon 3.3's and maybe be able to cancel the King order, costing an extra ~$500 ($1800), D) Avoid the Falcon's, keep the brand, and buy the King 2.5's, costing an extra ~$1,700 ($2,900).
(Note: I have the money put aside that I could use for any of the options, but it will likely cost me the RCV Performance 300M axles I had planned to get.)
Thanks, and sorry for the essay.
Background:
A bit of background, since I'm a newcomer, (Skip to the Question part if ya don't give a damn)
I bought my first Jeep in 2012, when I was 24, and I absolutely loved the thing... a 2011 2-door Sahara, natural green, black hard top, tan interior... in retrospect, it wasn't a looker, but damn if she wasn't perfect to me! I married a couple years later, we bought a house, had a few kids, and somewhere along the line, my little 2-door was traded in for something with a more accessible back seat. I went back to school at 28 years old, earned my Associate of Science in Nursing, and have recently had a string of pretty good luck, I might say. For these reasons, I felt that life had granted me the opportunity to finally get my Jeep back. I went a little overboard and bought a 2021 4-door Rubicon, (I didn't realize how rare 2-door variants had become,) and about every part that I have found in stock!
Question:
I recently bought an Evo lift kit from Northridge4x4, and with the bit of knowledge of Jeep components that I had, I elected to go with the King 2.0 shocks kit. When I ordered, it said that only 1 rear, I believe it was, was in stock, so I would get a drop shipment sent straight from the manufacturer. Great! That is no problem! It is still a bit cold around my area, anyway, and I don't have a garage. Well, then I started doing some digging, and it seems that some people have waited 3 or 4 months for their orders to come in! That would put me in the June/July area! Now, I am a patient person, but with thousands of dollars in parts just sitting here, teasing me, laughing at me, I am definitely having some second thoughts!
I know that King makes a fantastic product... from what I have been able to gather, some of the best, perhaps, but I would like to get my build started before mid-Summer. My original thought was that I could just buy some factory shock extension brackets to hold me over until then, but with my dumbass buying a 4.5" kit, I didn't find any options. I found some Fox shocks that would make a great placeholder until then, but at over $700 for the 4, and with kinda meh reviews, and being made for the uncommon 4-6" lift range, that's a pricey placeholder that I may not be able to recoup much cost on later. So, I thought I could go the way, and just upgrade the shocks... add a bit more to get something nicer that would be in stock. Well, the King 2.5's would have me adding about $1,600 or so, if I were able to roll the money I have already spent over, or $2,600ish if I could not. The higher end Fox solution was even more expensive than that, and I have heard such mixed reviews from them that I am unconfident with that sort of purchase. So then I started looking at the Falcons... the 2.1's do not come long enough, the 3.1's are supposed to be harsh on-road, but the 3.3's, where you can adjust them, are supposed to be able to provide a nice on-road feel as well as stiffen up for off-road use. I would need to add $500 or so, or pay $1800 right out, and I just do not know enough about Falcon's and their longevity/build quality to jump into that.
Would you then, A) put off on installing the kit until the King's come in, B) buy the cheaper Fox shocks to use while waiting, then try to recoup some cost later, C) Order the Falcon 3.3's and maybe be able to cancel the King order, costing an extra ~$500 ($1800), D) Avoid the Falcon's, keep the brand, and buy the King 2.5's, costing an extra ~$1,700 ($2,900).
(Note: I have the money put aside that I could use for any of the options, but it will likely cost me the RCV Performance 300M axles I had planned to get.)
Thanks, and sorry for the essay.
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