I guess this is where age has the advantage.

I remember when it was rare to see a gas shock.

 

Gotcha! Shocks don't lift anything or support any load. They just keep the springs from bouncing around like a ho in a $10 motel.

Gas shocks push back a bit because of the pressurized nitrogen, but the amount they push is nothing compared to the weight of the Jeep.

There is (or used to be) such a thing as an air-lift shock. Its an air spring combined with a shock. Seems like a cool idea for off-road but I don't know if the the shocks would take the pounding a Jeep would give them.

 

Got it. And yeah i guess i knew that shocks didnt actually provide any lift or load...so i guess my question is, what is it that makes the 5100s so eagerly go to full extension, and ride that much better, than the "gas-enclosed" RC 2.2 shocks that i could barely PULL back to extended?

-Adam

 

My RC shocks did the same thing. They provided no rebound control at all. When I hot mid corner bumps the back end would hop off the ground. Had it not been for stability control I may have wrecked. Ditched the Rough Country for Teraflex and couldn't be happier.

 

I had the same crap sh$t shocks. They are basically steering dampeners not shocks by any means. I'm riding on 5100s now as well, and it's like going from a one wheeled bicycle down a rock road to a Mercedes on clouds

 

Interesting. If I remember correctly, the pressurized shocks prevent the oil cavitation in quick operation (such a driving fast in rough pavement). I used them in some of my sport-type cars in the past.

Does having this kind of shock in a Jeep makes a difference unless we are driving it quite fast?