Not worried about budget, outside of the fact I don't want to pay for custom tuned. Just wanting a nice riding shock on and off-road. I've run Bilstein 5100's and Rancho 5000X. My question is, is there is a nicer shock than the Rancho 5000X that is out of the box?
There isn't a bunch wrong with the KYB Monomax.
Looks like these are stock height
Can you explain what you mean by "too soft"? What characteristics lead you to that conclusion. I've seen it mentioned before on here about those shocks and just looking for a better understanding of what that means. I have a new set of the 5000x's on mine and I would describe them as too stiff, as I seem to feel every crack in the road. Following this thread as I'm not currently happy with the 5000's, so I too am looking for another option.
They just didn’t give me the stability/ control that I wanted. I didn’t think they were rough or stiff.
Pulled from the big shock list...
Yeah, the travel is significantly less than the comparable Rancho’s, which causes hesitation.
4" Rock Jock coils, adjustable track bars front and rear, and adjustable control arms. No body lift yet, but that will be one of the next upgrades. Currently have 35's on it and running 26psi. I want to say the uptravel was in the 6.5-7" range. I cycled the suspension when I put the coils and control arms on, but didn't write and number down, so going off memory. This is my first TJ and all the guys I wheel with have JK's, which I have one of those as well. Maybe it's not fair to compare the TJ to the JK, but the TJ is quite a bit harsher ride. For example, there doesn't seem to be much/if any bounce in the front end if I stand on the front bumper and put any weight on it. If I didn't know any better, I would say something might be binding up, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
