I'm on 5150s since 2009 when I bought my TJ (PO installed). The main issue, from my point of view, is small event responsiveness. If I'm really wheeling, aside from bottoming once in a while, then the Bilsteins work well for what I would expect. Unfortunately, the TJ rides like a truck on the road. Bone jarring on small events. The worst day I ever had was 120 miles on the Hole-in-the-Rock road which is severely washboarded. Totally miserable.
I want to change shocks but there are a lot of related choices. Do I want to outboard--yes. Do I want to stretch?--yes but I'm waffling because of the gas tank issues. I don't want a fuel cell inside the cab and I don't want to lose tank capacity.
While I'm stuck, I'm living with the Bilsteins (much easier since I no longer commute to work).
There's a cryptic nature to shocks on the forum. Do you know a magical shock tuner? If you don't know one, your new expensive shocks could be worse than the existing. Will somebody else's magical shock tuner tune your new shocks? Doesn't seem likely because I don't have a relationship... Then there's the shading and discrediting. Your magical shock tuner isn't magical at all--the work he/she does is a travesty... Overall it's pretty difficult for an enthusiast (as opposed to an expert) to be confident they're making good choices.