I want to keep the current height and firm it up a bit. Seems like I'm blowing through the limited uptravel I have. If I adjust the shocks to fairly firm it rides and feels better. I read about as much as I could find on this, but no real answers. I should have went with 12", but here we are...
How much preload are you running now?
Can I ask why you aren't a fan of adjustable shocks?
If you want my honest answer?
I have the e-click setup from Carli on my Superduty truck and can confirm it's an awesome system. I wonder how the travel compares to the EVO coilovers though?
LOL - and here I am wishing that I had less electronics controlling every aspect of my Jeep.
An honest answer would require that both have been actually tested in the same conditions and on the same Jeep.
Well, at least its not Jeep electronics. lol I've been running the e-clik for over a year and it would be the first thing I add if I ever bought another Jeep.
LOL - it's all the same shit to me. Glad you're happy with what you chose to buy. Me, I'd never want it on any of my Jeeps especially for how I like to use them.
As someone learning and wanting to do things right? Absolutely. Too many people out there cucking for all the new fads and not enough telling the truth.
I just realized that you said the following. "Seems like I'm blowing through the limited uptravel I have. If I adjust the shocks to fairly firm it rides and feels better."
Yeah, Mel looked into this when it first came out. Ultimately decided against it or at least, at that time.
Fair enough and what I can tell you is that adjustable shocks are a gimmick or at least, in the sense that it gets people who can afford the premium thinking that it's something they "need". Fact of the matter is, MOST only allow you to go from good to firm to firmer to firmest. Almost none allow you to go softer and MOST don't allow you to independently control rebound and that is a big part of what helps to smooth out your ride. And, I would be the first to say that some adjustments to firm things up can be nice and even preferable to have but, once that setting is found, MOST people never make another adjustment again. If adjustable shocks were really the next best thing since sliced bread, I can assure you I would have them on all my Jeeps.
That sounds like it takes away from the experience of off roading. Might as well just stay on the road if you want to stay level.
This needs to be a bumper sticker or t shirt.
Definitely NOT a gimmick. Tell that to the Ultra4 teams that switched to Live valve shocks this season. It's a "game changer" in off-road racing. In fact there are races where they won't allow them to race regular suspension. They will have to have their own class. All the expensive SxS have the new live valve technology, and not because it's a gimmick. It lets you valve soft, then adjust to the kind of terrain your driving. So in essence, run them at half, then you can absolutely go softer or firmer.
