sycho15
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bradenton, FL
My girlfriend has a '93 XJ with Rubicon Express 3.5" lift kit. I put ES3000 shocks on it at the same time as I installed the lift. This was back in May, and it has only been street driven since. It will likely see 95% street use and some mild trailing when we're camping. It needs to be comfortable on the street. (I've got the Jeeps that we use off-road)
It rides rough, really rough, at least as rough as my stock J10 and maybe worse just because it's lighter. I don't even have the sway-bar connected and it doesn't get any body-roll.
I've bought some sway-bar disconects so I can hook that back up, and now I need to find some way to soften the suspension. I was told that ES3000 shocks are super stiff and that was likely the cause of the problem.
So, I called 4 Wheel Parts and asked them what the difference was between the 1000, 3000, and 9000. They told me the 1000 was basically a stock replacement shock, the 3000 was stiffer, and the 9000 was stiffest of them all. This contradicts what I've heard elsewhere, so I'm looking for opinions on this.
It rides rough, really rough, at least as rough as my stock J10 and maybe worse just because it's lighter. I don't even have the sway-bar connected and it doesn't get any body-roll.
I've bought some sway-bar disconects so I can hook that back up, and now I need to find some way to soften the suspension. I was told that ES3000 shocks are super stiff and that was likely the cause of the problem.
So, I called 4 Wheel Parts and asked them what the difference was between the 1000, 3000, and 9000. They told me the 1000 was basically a stock replacement shock, the 3000 was stiffer, and the 9000 was stiffest of them all. This contradicts what I've heard elsewhere, so I'm looking for opinions on this.
