Took the TJ out today for a few hours with my neighbor to give it a shakedown run on Elvis Trail which is minutes from my house.
The first thing I noticed upon hitting the washboard roads was how smooth it rode with the new shocks. I was flying down those roads and it was soaking them up like they weren't even there. That's impressive as hell since before this they could be quite jarring.
Once on the trails and getting into the obstacles, it was apparent how much better the TJ was at crawling over things. In fact, there is one waterfall that the TJs can never seem to make it up if you take this one line. The TJ Unlimited guys can usually walk right up it due to the longer wheelbase, but the regular TJs can never seem to make it. Mine of course walked right up it (which it couldn't do before). After speaking with Blaine, this is a result of the outboard shocks which provide more traction on obstacles like this.
Another thing that I didn't actually even think about until I was all done with the trail was how I was able to climb over all those rocks and not once did I ever have to fight with my steering. In fact, the steering was so damn good and natural feeling that it didn't even register in my brain until the very end. The PSC steering has proven to be a phenomenal upgrade. It feels so natural that unless you knew it was there, you'd think it was just a really damn good factory steering.
All-in-all, I've got some time on it and so far I have yet to find anything I'm disappointed with or that I would change other than perhaps the harnesses, which were my idea anyways.
