incrediblehawk

So you guys use em?

wtfcrunch

I do. Helps keep dirt off.

Gee oh Dee

Yep.

BLKXJ 96

No....I chuck em..... makes the shocks rust faster in my area.

CherokeeCountry

Yep, use em on my new rough country's. I take em off and clean them out very well along with the shock after sinking the jeep in water/mud offroad though. If the bottom -and- top of the boot aren't clamped down, (Mine are now) it can fill up with stuff and hold that against the shock.

FloydXJ

No...but I did at first. I do mostly rocks. I see mud once in a while, and there is a lot of snow and salt in the winters. I have had cheapo Procomp ES3000's on without boots for several years, with no failure or rust yet.

I was running them at first on the fronts. I cut the passenger one off for a reason I do not remember. Later on, I noticed I was breaking shock bolts on the front driver regularly. It turns out the boot was compressing to it's max when I was flexing, and weakening that bolt each time. I cut that one off, and no more breaky break

That is not to say this would be the case for everyone, or that they are a bad idea. I would think more about it if I had more expensive shocks that "recommended" having them.

jeep bandit

I have them on my fronts. Only because that's all I got with my kit.

Laxbro26

I just put new shocks on my DD 96 cherokee sport 2 inch lift. They look really tight with the bright red boots under a painted por15 under carraige and wheel wells. The shocks are ranch rs5000

dlundblad

I called up Top gun customz way back when. The guy recomended not to run them due to moisture, dust and salt getting to them. That was a good enough reason for me to take them off.

xjmarc

Nope, tend to hold mud and such in them and rust and or pit the shaft.

DaveVmax

run em without the boots