Perfect timing on releasing this video. My 3.3s arrived the other day and I plan on installing this weekend. This is the perfect how video I needed to see.
Nice, thanks for sharing your experience. We do prefer a slightly stiffer ride. We are gonna do some more wheeling in AZ this winter and test it out some more. But so far, we do adjustment often depending on our setup and road condition. It is super nice to have to the option to do so! Thank you for watching!
You can compress the shocks by hand to get the bolt through. Don't even really need to take the tires off or jack it up to change shocks, but it does give you some additional clearance. How did this affect your up and down travel? I know the Falcons don't compress as much as the rocksports. Did you add bump stops?
Ya, we like the extra clearance to work around the bottom of the Jeep. Getting up and down, in and out is a bit easier with it lifted. We don't notice too much difference on the up and down travel. However, it definitely is slightly stiffer and more responsive compared to rocksports. We did not add bump stops.
The most noticeable difference is highway driving with all of our overlanding gear on. The Jeep does not feel leaning as much on tight turns, because we were able to stiffen up the shock using the adjustment dial. We also can feel that the Jeep does not sway as hard on rocky trails with our overlanding gear on. The Falcon does ride a little bit stiffer compare to the MC Rocksport shocks. So you may feel a little more bumps compared to the Rocksport on the trail offroading, even on the softest setting. But it is really not that bad if you air down and just take things a little slower.
We think it is still totally worth the upgrade. Especially with how much we change from fully loaded for overlanding trips to doorless & roofless wheeling. The adjustability is perfect for us. However, we do wish it is just 1-2” longer to allow our MetalCloak Gamechanger to fully flex.
Great question. We decided not to go with 6 pack shocks because we saw how badly it got smashed up in this video by @LiteBrite when we were researching about what system to go with earlier on. ua-cam.com/video/AMyT3JJnsK0/v-deo.html
We think 3.3s have a better ride compared to stock shocks. We regularly adjust the settings depending on road condition. We like to ride it firm/stiff when on highway and when we are fully loaded for overlanding. And we will adjust the setting to soft when airing down for off roading. The soft is a little stiffer compared to Metal Cloak's Rocksport. The ride with firm setting is probably close to the stock shocks. We did not have the stock shocks for very long before upgrading to Metal Cloak's Rocksport, so our memory might not be quite accurate.
No, we are actually replacing the Rocksport shocks that came with our MetalCloak suspension upgrade. They do look very similar to the Jeep stock shocks.
Unfortunately we don’t have experience with Rough Country. But when we were shopping to upgrade our truck’s shocks, people were telling us to stay away from Rough Country. I think maybe the quality was not there for longevity?
“The jeep was naked, we weren’t naked” 😂😂
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Nice install. I cringed when you used the torque wrench as a breaker bar though.
Oh, thanks for letting us know. We did not know that you can't use a torque wrench as a breaker bar. Will remember that next time.
Perfect timing on releasing this video. My 3.3s arrived the other day and I plan on installing this weekend. This is the perfect how video I needed to see.
Thank you so much for watching and hopefully this really helps with your install!
I am in AZ they are better on the soft setting, because they still get plenty stiff on setting 3.
Nice, thanks for sharing your experience. We do prefer a slightly stiffer ride. We are gonna do some more wheeling in AZ this winter and test it out some more. But so far, we do adjustment often depending on our setup and road condition. It is super nice to have to the option to do so! Thank you for watching!
Have you noticed any issues having the Falcon 3.3 in the offset metalcloak shock mounts?
@@EjNappe No issues at all. 😃
You can compress the shocks by hand to get the bolt through. Don't even really need to take the tires off or jack it up to change shocks, but it does give you some additional clearance.
How did this affect your up and down travel? I know the Falcons don't compress as much as the rocksports. Did you add bump stops?
Ya, we like the extra clearance to work around the bottom of the Jeep. Getting up and down, in and out is a bit easier with it lifted.
We don't notice too much difference on the up and down travel. However, it definitely is slightly stiffer and more responsive compared to rocksports. We did not add bump stops.
hi great video, I'm looking into the falcon 3.3, is it really a difference between the MC rock shocks? onroad and offroad? is the onroad much better?
The most noticeable difference is highway driving with all of our overlanding gear on. The Jeep does not feel leaning as much on tight turns, because we were able to stiffen up the shock using the adjustment dial. We also can feel that the Jeep does not sway as hard on rocky trails with our overlanding gear on.
The Falcon does ride a little bit stiffer compare to the MC Rocksport shocks. So you may feel a little more bumps compared to the Rocksport on the trail offroading, even on the softest setting. But it is really not that bad if you air down and just take things a little slower.
9 months later - what's your opinion on the SP2 3.3?
We think it is still totally worth the upgrade. Especially with how much we change from fully loaded for overlanding trips to doorless & roofless wheeling. The adjustability is perfect for us. However, we do wish it is just 1-2” longer to allow our MetalCloak Gamechanger to fully flex.
Any reason you didn’t go with Metalcloak 6 pack shocks?
Great question. We decided not to go with 6 pack shocks because we saw how badly it got smashed up in this video by @LiteBrite when we were researching about what system to go with earlier on. ua-cam.com/video/AMyT3JJnsK0/v-deo.html
Thanks
Do the 3.3s have a comfy ride on road and off road. Would it be softer then stock shocks?
We think 3.3s have a better ride compared to stock shocks. We regularly adjust the settings depending on road condition. We like to ride it firm/stiff when on highway and when we are fully loaded for overlanding. And we will adjust the setting to soft when airing down for off roading. The soft is a little stiffer compared to Metal Cloak's Rocksport. The ride with firm setting is probably close to the stock shocks. We did not have the stock shocks for very long before upgrading to Metal Cloak's Rocksport, so our memory might not be quite accurate.
@@J2DXPLR thanks for the detailed answer I'll probably get a set of 3.3s for my Wrangler
Question 😅 you are replacing your stock shocks.
No, we are actually replacing the Rocksport shocks that came with our MetalCloak suspension upgrade. They do look very similar to the Jeep stock shocks.
@@J2DXPLR what you think about , Rough Country’s “ Vertex version “
Unfortunately we don’t have experience with Rough Country. But when we were shopping to upgrade our truck’s shocks, people were telling us to stay away from Rough Country. I think maybe the quality was not there for longevity?