Shock absorbers? High dollar or regular?
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Shock absorbers? High dollar or regular?
Have a 4" TF lift and found my front driver teraflex shock is blown. I'm torn between just buying two new TF shocks for the front OR going all out and buying 2 front $FOX reservoir shocks$. My question is... Is it worth all that money for fox shocks? Better ride? What are the advantages/disadvantages of reservoir shocks?
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Have a 4" TF lift and found my front driver teraflex shock is blown. I'm torn between just buying two new TF shocks for the front OR going all out and buying 2 front $FOX reservoir shocks$. My question is... Is it worth all that money for fox shocks? Better ride? What are the advantages/disadvantages of reservoir shocks?
Advantage of a reservoir shocks is
They provide better coiling and will help to avoid shock fade with this you will be able to run at higher speeds over whoops and such
they can provide a better range of travel
They add a unique look to ur rig
Disadvantages
Cost
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The odds are that for most they are not going to be able to feel the difference on the road in a 1000 set of shocks compared to a 300 set, nor are they ever going to use the reservoir shock to its full potential off road.
That said they are very cool and with the right suspension setup its fun to run to be able to run fast on fire roads between trails. For me i went with the remote res - bilstien 5160's.
After some research into the best options for the jk you are looking at ...
- AEV tuned bilstien 5160's $800
- Teraflex Elkas $999
- Teraflex FOX $750
- ORE KING $ 1000++
From my research the foxs are more for high speed prerunning. The elkas will do both as they are valved for both high and low speed runs. They aev seems to be review as being the best highway ridding shock.
I went with the 5160s because i could not justify the higher cost of the Elkas or Kings.
there is a whole bunch more info out there. hopefully someone more experienced can chime in as well.
Last edited by jtjk; 08-28-2011 at 10:13 AM.
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I have Elka's. They ride better than Bilstein 5100's on road and royally kickass off road. I've run 4 different sets of shocks, so.....finally I'm happy.
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fox all the way
i put the fox 2.0 on my jku a couple months back it was the best money i ever spent. the 2.0 have no resivor and unless you are gonna race baja you dont need em on a trail rig and they are tuned perfect for a jk. a definate upgrade and fairly priced at $239 a pair.
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I'm going with the Bilstien 5100. They're like $350 or less for a set. I would like the elka's or others but at $800-$1000, I can buy something else cool for the Jeep. They've got to be much better than the X shocks on extensions I'm running.