Are Rancho Shocks any good on Gladiators?

[GabrielVA]

I have a 22/ stock JT and I'm looking for a slightly different shock, I do offroad 10% of the time and want something that's better than stock but not the extreme like Fox shocks. Here is a set I found, would you consider those or pass? Not looking to lift it, although I will be putting 285's on it soon.

https://www.shocksurplus.com/produc...022-jeep-gladiator-4wd?variant=39555166306353

 

[GabrielVA]

 

[WJCO]

Great shocks and ride very nice on the gladiator.

 

[GabrielVA]

Great shocks and ride very nice on the gladiator.

Thanks, I'm leaning towards them unless someone has other suggestions that offer better than stock with occasional off-road capability.

 

[DirtHeadDavis]

I’d argue they are great for anything. Affordable to acquire and replace too. Made in the US. I run them on my Jeep

 

[benatc1]

Always had good luck with rancho shocks, especially with the application you are planning

 

[jeeeep]

I've run ranchos on my JKU and JLU, for the limited amount of off-road use they saw they were perfect but, if you plan to go fast during those times, they'll work for a short run but not meant for fast off-road driving.

 

[kevman65]

Hope so, have a set of the 9000's coming myself.

Eddie has an install video using Rancho parts and I think he does a review on the shocks in another.

 

[DaJudge]

I have set of 9000s I am installing with my lift. I am confident they will be great.

 

[wayoflife]

The 9000's are a good shock and me personally, I do feel they can be set to offer a nicer ride than stock. That said, I have found that I enjoy their RS7MT's more as they are monotube shocks, resist fading better and feel sportier.

 

[Mike Pierson]

Didn’t care for the 9000s, love the RS7MT's!

 

[OverlanderJK]

Didn’t care for the 9000s, love the RS7MT's!

This.

 

[GP NOIR]

Never owned a Gladiator. Have owned a few different types of Rancho shocks.

The Rancho 9000 and the RS7MT are both good shocks. Both are slow to fade. That is, when they get hot, performance degrades gradually, not suddenly.

I’ve owned two sets of 9000s on an XJ and at first, I liked them. The problems I had were each firmness setting felt the same and the adjuster knobs kept breaking off. I switched to the Rancho 7000s and got the same performance for less money and they had no fiddley bits to break off.

The RS7MTs are made in Germany at the Bilstein factory. In my experience, they perform better than the any Rancho shock I’ve tried and have held up well in my JK over the last two years. They did fade trying to keep up with Eddie during the New Year’s Run, but never went away completely. The RS7MTs are the best value in their price range.

To be sure there are better performing shocks than the RS7MTs. But those shocks are gonna cost ya.

 

[GabrielVA]

Awesome, thank you all for the great advice. I will be making the purchase soon and doing the install.