Looking at some recently lifted Jeeps and getting ready for a build of my own, I came to a better understanding of how critical the role shocks play in a suspension systems. In selection we often don’t give them much thought other than do they fit.
Funny thing is short of the high end and esoteric units, they’re very cost effective and on average often run less than the lift hardware (springs, corrective brackets etc). Tuned right, shocks can give a rig that sleeper “Wow” factor of superior ride both on street and trail.
Here’s a quick primer we put together to help sort out some of the concepts and terminology.