Lifted rear shock choices

[AZJeff]

I seem to remember this topic has been covered before, but I cannot seem to find it by searching the forum.

 

For a 3.5 inch lift, what sort of choices do I have for decent rear shocks?  

 

I know one way to figure this out is to measure the max. axle droop and the height when against the bump stop, but I am also hoping someone has found some brands to be better than others, especially for a MJ that rarely carries any load.

[JMO413]

I went with Bilstein and am very happy.

[thecodemonk]

Very happy with Bilstein 5100s as well

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[AZJeff]

Thanks for finding that table.  I knew it was out there, but had no idea I had already been shown this in response to a similar question before.

 

Chalk it up to age.   Yeah, that's my excuse.

[fiatslug87]

Here are Old Man Emu (OME) shock lengths, converted to Excel so it can be sorted/filtered.

OMEShockSpecs.xlsx

[ghetdjc320]

On 3/10/2020 at 2:33 PM, thecodemonk said:

Very happy with Bilstein 5100s as well

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X2 I went with 5125’s and just browsed the Bilstein catalog until I found the ones I needed with the right valving and lengths. I’d recommend you actually measure your shock length needs vs just going off of something for a 3.5” lift. Actual lift heights just vary too much imo

[Jeep Driver]

3 hours ago, fiatslug87 said:

Here are Old Man Emu (OME) shock lengths, converted to Excel so it can be sorted/filtered.

OMEShockSpecs.xlsx 50.08 kB · 3 downloads

I looked that over, have no idea how to translate their mount info. 

 

Shrugged. 

[fiatslug87]

The description of the mounts are on the second sheet within the workbook.

[ghetdjc320]

56 minutes ago, fiatslug87 said:

The description of the mounts are on the second sheet within the workbook.

 

I don’t see any valving info listed. Do they not post the valving specs? I’d get a set of bilsteins or fox and get them re-valved at accutune for your application. 

[cruiser54]

JK Rubicon take-offs. Cheap, easy, work great. 

[Tex06]

On 3/11/2020 at 8:38 AM, cruiser54 said:

JK Rubicon take-offs. Cheap, easy, work great. 

 

Any idea on the extended/collapsed length of these Cruiser?

 

I stumbled into a set of AEV dualsport Bilstein 5100s for dirt cheap and I'm thinking they just might work when I lift my truck.

[dasbulliwagen]

I had the black JK takeoffs on my truck, 2wd springs with longer shackles, and they were a bit too short at stock height and stock mount locations. The red Rubicon ones are about the same length as the black ones. I personally would not recommend them for 3.5 of lift unless you weld on new shock mounts higher up than the low original spring plate mount ones.