Should I have spend the extra $6 for shock boots? I never had them on my dirt bike, but they had these self cleaning seals on them.

 

Depends if they will be in mud or water or anything like that cause just as a DD you wont need them. If you get mud or anything on them just give them a good wash

 

My jeep isn't a dd lol. I don't know why anyone would. Gas isn't as cheap as it used to be. :P

I like mud.

 

They are a total waste. They trap mud water and small sand and rock particles... which scratch the rod, wich then cause them to leak. Sure they looked cool in the 80's when everyone was running 4 shocks at each wheel... but not nowadays

 

Ya I went with out. I ordered my shocks from rough country and got the boots. Didn't put them on. My XJ is more of a dd though. And I figuered I would just hose them off. I really didn't want them on only for the fact that dirt can get trapped in them. But I only thought about that after I ordered my shocks with the boots. O well.

 

Mine is a DD.

 

they came with the shocks for my truck and i haven't had any issues with them. I don't run them on my jeep.

 

That's what I figured would happen, but I wanted to make sure I was correct first. lol

 

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mine is too. 20MPG isn't to bad.

 

If you live where they use salt on the roads, use them. They will keep your shock shafts from rusting

 

Fail.


Don't hate because quite a few of us daily drive our XJs.

 

I'm not. lol I was just yankin your chain man. :beer:

 

What if you were to seal the shocks with some rtv or silicone or something of that sort? Then you wouldn't have to worry about anything getting in there.

 

You need the boots to breathe a little, otherwise they will balloon or collapse all the time. The idea is to keep the salt spray off the shaft, will rust and cause them to leak