Owner reviews for shock absorbers

I put 5100s on my GX. Very pleased. I’d call it a nice balance of comfort/sport.

Bilstein are the best bang for the buck.

5100s were inexpensive and an easy upgrade that totally changed the driving character of the truck on and off road.

If you have a small budget HR sports and Konis are far better than coilovers on the low end. You won’t be super low busy it will handle and ride nice.

On the road, these Koni’s ride amazingly well. They compress and rebound faster than the stock dampers. Subjectively, this helps soak up road imperfections, but returns the tire to the road surface more quickly. This helps eliminate head toss and vibration through the chassis. Additionally, the FSD technology allows for softer compression under high frequency (large/harsh) impacts. This nets in a smooth ride over rough road conditions, but the composed and sporty handling is not compromised either. The ride feels significantly more premium.

Bilstein 5100s with proper travel (measure your old ones) then send them into Bilstein and give them your Jeep specs and what you use it for and they will tune them for you for free (you cover the shipping).

Rancho has some adjustable shocks I’ve had on my CJ work great

If you're just trying to level you could try a set of adjustable height Bilstein shocks. That Rancho looks like it's leaking as you've already described.

They found a cracked DS exhaust manifold, pulsing brakes, a pull under braking, leaking front pinion seal, and bad rear shocks. I tackled the shocks myself

N3s are garbage, they rode so bad I thought I was going to wreck the truck, made the truck walk all over the road at any little bump. I ended up buying a set of bilstein 5100s and the truck rides great now. 2016 4x4 crew short