Looking for a softer ride
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Yeah it does seem to be more one way or another for shocks ride feel. Rather than pay the expense of sending these out to Fox for re-valving, I'd prefer to sacrifice a little of the on road plush ride for much improved off road performance
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If your not worried about off-road and losing some clearance I would look installing a AVE control arm correction bracket. With the angle of your control arms your always going to feel every bump.
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So I just got the evo plush coils and I am thinking about 5100s. So you had these first and they rode good??
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Yes I had the 5100's first. The on road ride felt much softer than the Fox 2.0 remote res shocks. That said, I do love the Fox 2.0's for their off road performance. The dampening is a lot more sensitive on the Fox' making for a smoother ride off road. In all the Bilstein 5100's are a great all around shock, nearly all that run or have ran them loves them.
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Aev brackets, worth a try. My steering and handling feels fine but every bump, hole, ridge and crack in the road can be felt. I'm going to try the brackets.
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Softness is determined by the shocks' valving, not by quality or price.
Coil and shock work together as a system, therefore the shocks' valving should fit the specific coil.
It is possible to tune a shock -- within a certain range of hardness/softness -- in which the shock works properly with a specific coil.
'Properly' means that, after a bump, the suspension goes up & down roughly 1.5 cycles.
Valve it to be too hard, and the coil can hardly move.
Valve it to be too soft, and the coil moves too freely, the Jeep becomes too bouncy, and the bump stops would often get hit.
Too hard or too soft also spoils road handling.
Whatever shocks you choose, they have to suit the coils.
If the ride with the new shock is too hard or too soft, you'll need to re-valve the shocks.
This means sending the socks for re-valving, and paying for it. It may take 2 or even 3 re-valvings before you're satisfied.
That's why I suggested the Fox which you can tweak by yourself, over 8 degrees of softness.
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