mdnky

How do you figure that?

joe002

I have a 2.5" TF spring lift and kept my Rubicon shocks. The kit I got came with extensions:

timebandit

Well Dave @ Northridge4x4 was my consultant. He says the Rubi shocks are more than adequate enough on their own.

With the TF 2.5" coil lift, he said there was no need to upgrade the shocks.

Lots of folks with Rubicons on the forum have done this same lift. No need to swap shocks.

Red Dog

If you are going to use it for more than dirt roads you will be glad you got the Rubicon. If you are building a mall crawler, then get the “X”.

DCJEEP

Bs. Even if your mall crawling the rubi is the way to got. With 4:10's you can have 35's without issues.

Red Dog

I have driven a Rubicon with 35’s and 4.10 gears and it is a DOG. You need 4.88 at a minimum for 35’s to prevent it from having no bottom end power. I don’t think you need lockers D44 axels to be a basic mall crawler. I think that is for advanced mall crawling.

mdnky

Let me rephrase: They're not optimally long enough past 1" (without extensions.)

That explains it.

Shocks are cheap, unless you go nuts with Fox or Bistein remote reservoirs, etc. If you get the correct length for your lift, they will function better. I'm sure a lot of people get by with them without issues, but that doesn't mean its the best practice. If I remember correctly, I seem to recall a thread around here (year or so ago) with some info someone got from a Jeep engineer. The basic gist was the only major difference between a non-Rubi and Rubi shock (after 08 or 09) was the color of the tube. They may have minor differences in the firmness, but they're all gas shocks now and more importantly they're the same length. The length is the main issue more than anything else (save for the 07s having hydraulic on non-Rubis and non-tow pkg models.)

mdnky

Isn't that when you drive over all those annoying Hondas with the farting chainsaw mufflers????

DCJEEP

Weird cause I drive a rubi with 35's/superchips/TBS and I have no issues. It has more bottom end then my wifes sahara.

jfbullseye

Go with the Rubi .Drive it for some time then change what you dont like .Over the last 2.5 years I ended up with 2.5 " lift 35"tires and 4.88 gears on a 6 speed and love it .