Someone makes long-travel adjustable shocks... I think it might be Walker Evans. I would LOVE to know how well these work. I guess you can adjust them all the way down to much or all the way up for taking hard impacts... or, somewhere in the middle for regular driving.

 

I'm with you, I have stock rubi shocks now (with the TeraFlex extenders on them) and love the ride, and wouldn't want anything more or less stiff I don't think. So we find out which shocks ride the closest to the Rubi shocks, that would be awesome.

 

I know this post is almost 2 years old. But I just wanted to say that the Rubi shocks are awesome and I too have ordered the full traction fs5100 shocks. The ride of the rubi is amazing with my terraflex bb with shock adapters but I wanted more travel so I went to a 4 inch lift with the FT hydro shocks. I have to say the monotubes are the best but I am going out on a limb to test the feel of the full traction hydros.

They cant be any worse then the procomp Pro Comp ES3000 I ran on my TJ. THose things were like rocks. Valving was terrible.

 

The Rubi's ARE Bilstien monotube Shocks...so, I'd have to say the closest thing to a Rubi shock is a Bilstein Monotube.

You can get Bilstein shocks (All state of the art monotubes) with various valving combinations.

Essentially, the shock just damps motion...so, too long a bumpstop extension, to stiff a coil, etc...can all make the ride stiff...the shocks just help to make the motion STOP, rather than pogo sticking after a bump, or, not allowing the tire to ride up the bump, throwing that corner of the truck up, or to follow the other side of thee bump down, pitching that corner down, etc....if valved to stiffly.

Valved too stiffly really just means that the motion of the rig can't overcome the damping force of the shock...so instead of the shock rod moving in/out with the terrain...the terrain's undulations are transmitted to the frame.

If the shock is valved correctly...for the tire rim and suspension, and coil/weight, speed, etc...then - when in motion....the tire will follow the terrain up and down perfectly, and the frame of the truck will glide along as if on rails....no side to side or pitch/yaw motion....the tires do all the moving...the truck itself glides along undisturbed.

 

I got Bilsteins with my FT lift, I guess they were having trouble getting the M-force. I really like the ride, just a little firmer than the stock rubi, but are somehow more comfortable.

 

I have not tried a lot of shocks, but in my TJ, going to Old Man Emu's was amazing, for both on and off road. I am putting them on my JK when I can.
They were not mushy, but certainly were not harsh. I loved em.

 

I decided to "upgrade" to Nitro gas shocks... i think the Hydros ride better/ smoother.

 

Which hydros did you run? Brand or Model?

I have the Full traction on and they are stiff but not in a bad way. STill wish they were softer but that is just me.

 

Has it been confirmed that the stock Rubi's are Bilsteins?