Bilstein 24-141727 24-141734 Pair of Front and Rear 4600 Series Shock Absorbers for 07-17 Jeep Wrangler and 2018 Wrangler JK

As many have mentioned, the front stems are a little short (a1/4 in more would be great) BUT if you read the directions, gasp, the washer placement is flat side up and gives you just enough to start the nut. Also cut out the plastic on the passenger side front for better access to the top makes all the difference. I did cut my old front shocks stem instead of messing with trying to remove the top nut that was rusted pretty good. Overall, about 3.5-4 hour job.

I knew the shocks were good so delivery was I wanted.Delivery was very prompt and I'm satisfied.

The media could not be loaded.  Front shock were hard to install, the rubber bushing was a little thick. But I got it, rear shocks fit like a glove and easy to install. Really like the new much better ride, on and off road

Instructions are useless. The back shocks go in without much trouble, but the boots do not seem located properly as they are too compressed and sit way down on the bottom connection.The top shocks do not have enough threaded stem protruding to go thru the rubber bushings. I pulled the metal collar out of the top of the boot, and drilled it deeper with a 9/16" bit in a drill press, and then flattened the bottom of the hole with a 9/16" milling bit. When reinstalled in the boot, this allowed the collar to sit deeper on the piston, exposing enough of the threaded end to get the rubber bushings, washers, and nut started. I don't recommend this unless you have some mechanical knowledge. Also, on the passenger side, which has less clearance, I had to grind down some plastic on the vehicle for the battery box (from inside the wheel well), and then custom bend and cut an allen wrench to fit the top of the shock pistom which is necessary to keep the piston from rotating when you rotate the nut. The factory part I replaced has a much more intelligent design.On the plus side, for the inconvenience of the install, they do function much better than the factory originals replaced at 75,000 miles. This eliminated a great deal of rocking on bumps and stabilized the ride.

My dead stock 2009 JK does less than 10K miles a year, and the factory shocks predictably died at almost exactly 50K. I changed them myself, in the garage, no lift or jacking, in a couple of hours, using PB Blaster, an impact gun and sockets, a couple of combination wrenches and a large drift punch to help with aligning bolt holes. That isn't exclusive to the Bilstein's; pretty much any brand would have installed the same way. If you've never changed shocks before, spend the time before you start making sure you understand completely all that's involved. It's pretty physical, can be frustrating and is deceptively simple looking.Once they were installed, though, the difference between factory new and the Bilstein's is absolutely amazing, and I'm referring to factory new, not factory worn out. The feedback through the steering wheel is, for lack of a better term, exquisite. This is my 4th Wrangler, and I've been through more than a few aftermarket shocks. The Bilstein's are truly a case of you get what you pay for. They are indeed more expensive than some you can buy, but they are lifetime warranted and for me, worth any extra money.The only issue I had was about the little black plastic wire ties at the base of the plastic boot. You can get rid of them on the front, gravity will keep the boots in place. The rear shocks mount with the boot down, and I had to put a more heavy duty wire tie on the top of the boot to help hold the boot so the bottom doesn't slide down over the bottom mounting point.With properly inflated street tires, you can literally feel almost every pebble. They will not change the ride characteristics from basic Jeep into Bentley, nor are they intended to. The ride is still firm, but not at all harsh. I have my Jeep off road on trails several times a week, and it's a lot more pleasant with these shocks than it ever was with the stock parts.

I just turned 40k miles on my '14 jk and was replacing my brakes with the powerstop slotted and drilled kit and decided to do my shocks at the same time. I chose these for no other reason than I believe they are one of the best shocks made and hopefully that is true of even these kinda basic shocks. I have a 3/4" coil spring spacer in the rear and a 1-3/4" in the front along with the taller bump stop. I only did this with the rear shocks but side by side the bilstein is roughly an inch longer center to center on the mounts. as another reviewer stated the rubber bushings on the front are too thick. I thought about cutting the included bushings down but just used the old stock ones which seemed to be in perfect shape and I was able to get the nut started and went from there. I used my dremel to remove a little bit of the battery tray to access the nut on the passenger side front. this didn't breach the battery tray at all it was just a little bit of webbing. I didn't realize how much the factory shocks could use some simple improvement or mine were just losing their life. I don't remember it ever being so stable pulling into the local convenience store, my path always takes me over the underground fuel tank filling "mounds", so that makes me feel they are better than the stock shocks ever were. it doesn't sway or rock back and forth but like twice. awesome. just driving I can feel they are firmer but in a wonderful way. very happy. I also got the 5100 series steering stabilizer and I can't feel a difference but I know deep down inside it is actually doing a better job than the stock one plus I don't have really large tires.