Bought a '96 two-door, five-speed yesterday

I have a question for you fellas, though. It's already mildly lifted (between 2 and 3 inches), and I want to replace the rear shocks. I don't know which ones to put in/ which will work. Sorry, I'm a noob. I'm much more familiar with my '08 Jetta (this is only my second day as a Jeep owner).

 

Congrats man amd shock wise if u were to go to quadratec or 4wd.com u could browse shocks per lift sizes to ull get the right length ones. Good luck woth the jeep!

 

Based on countless threads on many boards, the way to go are the bilsteins 5100. There is a vendor on this board from what I read that offers good deals. Go to vendor page and research.

 

Bilsteins are the best shocks... but the Bugatti Veyron is the fastest car... doesn't mean theres anything wrong with a Corvette.

It really depends on how well you want your jeep to ride... personally its a Jeep so I dont spend 600$ on shocks, my 120$ for 4 shocks is plenty. thanks.

 

Id agree to that completely but if its your DD and u drive 150+ miles a day you kind of want a really good ride

 

Buy a Camry then... lol

The best upgrade you can ever buy for your jeep is a second vehicle.

Results? Dont have to worry about breaking it, better mileage, better ride, you can hear yourself think, etc.

 

Well if youd like to give everyone a grand or so id have no complaints but not everyone can afford a second vehicle

 

X2 lol

 

You cant afford a Camry but CAN afford a gas guzzling Jeep and 900$ worth of shocks? Hows that make sense?

Camry = 32mpg
150 miles a day as you stated is 4.6g per day. So at 4$/g thats $18.40 a day in gas.

Week = 5 days = 92
Month = 4 weeks = 368

Jeep = 16mpg
150 miles a day is 9.37g per day so 4$ x 9.37g = $37.50 a day

Week = 5 days = $187.5
Month = 4 weeks = $750

Driving the Camry instead of the Jeep nets you a savings of $382/mo...

By my calculations the second vehicle pays for itself after 3 months...... Who the hell drives a JEEP 150 miles a day. lol crazy people thats who.

FYI I just gassed up at 5.20/gallon... Now ask why I dont DD a jeep... lol

 

5.20 damnn and im not saying the top of the line shocks but for a total of 300-350 u can get a really nice ride and the people that DD a jeep are probably people that enjoy jeeps and dont want to drive a camry around

 

Not saying I like driving a Camry around, but I like 300$ a month in my pocket a hell of a lot more than I like driving around a Jeep.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f59/be...our-xj-130554/

Theres the link to my cost analysis for that upgrade.

Moral of the story, Buy the decent shocks, dont buy Bilsteins there a waste of money unless you're a prerunner.

 

I have to 2nd that I hate my puddle skipper but It is way funner when i get to drive my XJ cus when i do its for fun (meaning not on the road) and i can play harder cus if i break it i can actually drive to work the next day. The $550 i spent on the 2nd vehicle paid for itself almost immediately, 27 mpg's is way better than 14 mpg.

 

First supporting post I got for that analysis lol

 

Wow thanks for all the support everybody. I think I'll end up buying a full lift, so the shocks can wait. I just ordered some soft 8s so I'm currently supremely stoked for those to come in!!!!

 

I used to drive my ZJ 150 miles a day. Costly? YES! Comfortable and fun to drive?Priceless.