Best shock match for Rubicon Express 3.5" Super Flex?

4x4 XJ · 01-22-2003, 08:00 AM

Best shock match for Rubicon Express 3.5" Super Flex? With the full leaf packs of course. Mainly daily driving, off roading once every 2 weeks or if I have time, once a week. Some cargo.

JCSXJ · 01-22-2003, 08:04 AM

just use the ones that come with the lift kit. Thats the same thing im running and they are great.

4x4 XJ · 01-22-2003, 08:09 AM

The kit comes with the shocks? It doesn't say it does...

dscrotty · 01-22-2003, 12:14 PM

If your on the site and add the kit to your cart, you have the option of adding shocks in for 125.00 or so.

but for the record, the kit would come with:

DT3354 in front
DT3268 in back

In case you didn;t know already, don;t buy RE kits from Re, buy them from someone else. It'll be cheaper (sometimes alot cheaper)

I personally like Dora at www.adventure4wd.com
but dirk at www.dpgoffroad.com is good too.

you'll have to call to get the prices, RE doesn't allow them to list the discount prices

4x4 XJ · 01-22-2003, 04:57 PM

Thanks dscrotty for the advice. I was gonna get them off RE. Are the RE shocks good? How do they handle to cargo weight and offroading?

dscrotty · 01-22-2003, 05:58 PM

Very good shocks. They are Doetsch Tech 3000's. For the money (about 32.00 each) it's hard to beat them, even if you spent 50 each for something else.

Some shocks that people often recommend over DT3000's are Ranch RS9000's, Bilsteins and OME (Old Man Emu) I don't have any experience with any of them, though I did have bilsteins on my VW (AWESOME shock), but all of them are in the 70-90 dollar range.

4x4 XJ · 01-22-2003, 06:25 PM

Thanks for the advice but does those shocks also come in the RE package from another company or website? Or do you have to get them seperately? Yah I also ran Bilstein on my old 91 GTi 16v. Ran NICE. Loved that car. But moved here and had to get a SUV or something, damn roads suck here.

dscrotty · 01-22-2003, 07:02 PM

You mmay have to ask, but most of them will sell those shocks as part of the kit, or at least ask what kind of shocks ou want.

01-22-2003, 08:04 AM	#2
JCSXJ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 191 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	just use the ones that come with the lift kit. Thats the same thing im running and they are great. __________________ 1998 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L I6. 3.5" Rubicon Express Superflex lift. Quick Disconnects, BDS steering stablizer. 31x10.5 BFG MT KMs on 15x8 Black Rockcrawlers. Flowmaster Exhaust, Surco Safari Rack, Smittybilt bumper thumper with IPF 960 driving lights, no rear sway bar, Big Daddy Offroad Monter Tie Rod, Rubicon Express Adjustable UCAs and RE Heavy Duty Trackbar w/ HD Bracket.

01-22-2003, 08:09 AM	#3
4x4 XJ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brownsville, TX Posts: 252 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	The kit comes with the shocks? It doesn't say it does... __________________ 1997 ZJ Limited 4.0 H.O. NP242 D30/D35 BFGs

01-22-2003, 12:14 PM	#4
dscrotty Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Hampton, CT Posts: 158 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	If your on the site and add the kit to your cart, you have the option of adding shocks in for 125.00 or so. but for the record, the kit would come with: DT3354 in front DT3268 in back In case you didn;t know already, don;t buy RE kits from Re, buy them from someone else. It'll be cheaper (sometimes alot cheaper) I personally like Dora at www.adventure4wd.com but dirk at www.dpgoffroad.com is good too. you'll have to call to get the prices, RE doesn't allow them to list the discount prices __________________ 92 XJ Laredo 4.0 5SP. 3.5" RE lift, RE adj LCA's, 31x9.5 TSL radials on AR 767's, custom hand throttle, rusty's towhooks, C4x4 rockrails, rear bumper and tire carrier, probably a few other things too. [URL="http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=xj_sean&completed=0&sort=3&since=-1"]XJ items on Ebay![/URL]

01-22-2003, 04:57 PM	#5
4x4 XJ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brownsville, TX Posts: 252 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Thanks dscrotty for the advice. I was gonna get them off RE. Are the RE shocks good? How do they handle to cargo weight and offroading? __________________ 1997 ZJ Limited 4.0 H.O. NP242 D30/D35 BFGs

01-22-2003, 05:58 PM	#6
dscrotty Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Hampton, CT Posts: 158 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Very good shocks. They are Doetsch Tech 3000's. For the money (about 32.00 each) it's hard to beat them, even if you spent 50 each for something else. Some shocks that people often recommend over DT3000's are Ranch RS9000's, Bilsteins and OME (Old Man Emu) I don't have any experience with any of them, though I did have bilsteins on my VW (AWESOME shock), but all of them are in the 70-90 dollar range. __________________ 92 XJ Laredo 4.0 5SP. 3.5" RE lift, RE adj LCA's, 31x9.5 TSL radials on AR 767's, custom hand throttle, rusty's towhooks, C4x4 rockrails, rear bumper and tire carrier, probably a few other things too. [URL="http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=xj_sean&completed=0&sort=3&since=-1"]XJ items on Ebay![/URL]

01-22-2003, 06:25 PM	#7
4x4 XJ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brownsville, TX Posts: 252 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Thanks for the advice but does those shocks also come in the RE package from another company or website? Or do you have to get them seperately? Yah I also ran Bilstein on my old 91 GTi 16v. Ran NICE. Loved that car. But moved here and had to get a SUV or something, damn roads suck here. __________________ 1997 ZJ Limited 4.0 H.O. NP242 D30/D35 BFGs

01-22-2003, 07:02 PM	#8
dscrotty Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Hampton, CT Posts: 158 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	You mmay have to ask, but most of them will sell those shocks as part of the kit, or at least ask what kind of shocks ou want. __________________ 92 XJ Laredo 4.0 5SP. 3.5" RE lift, RE adj LCA's, 31x9.5 TSL radials on AR 767's, custom hand throttle, rusty's towhooks, C4x4 rockrails, rear bumper and tire carrier, probably a few other things too. [URL="http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=xj_sean&completed=0&sort=3&since=-1"]XJ items on Ebay![/URL]