For those who are looking to upgrade there koni's or afco's, Wes at DSE tells me the adjustable remote canister JRI's are 900 bucks a piece Im looking for some adjustment and think Im gonna talk with ridetech about there tripples, Im just curious how the ridetech and JRI's differ/compare to each other.
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The JRi shocks are MASSIVELY better than the Ride Tech and AFCO stuff. A shock guru I know recently went through and was able to get the AFCO shocks to work in the DSE stuff for about $1000 for a major project car on here. I didn't get any specifics but the shocks weren't even close to right.
Just as a little back story JRi is a team of people that left Penske to make THE best shock on the market for our application. If anyone is looking for a great car setup and shock tuning guy then I would talk to : http://ankenyracingenterprises.com/home.htm
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I saw a couple cars At RTTC running other "masively inferior" shocks that ended up doing not to bad.
I am not saying they are not good, better or the best because I have no information to base an opinion on, but the hype is definatly there, the credentials are there no doubt all that should add up to a great product.
I'm with you Matt. You are getting awful good at these analogies. I'd bet the difference between the afco/jri and ridetech/jri is a a different ball game. One of these days I'll get rid of these single adjustable varishocks and I'll let you know.
Right now I would like to get something that is adjustable. Already made the mistake of not getting the upgrade when I purchased the sub from DSE. If you want to purchase them with out a subframe they are 900 a piece, don't want to spend 3600 on all four corners. Im sures ridetech will serve my purpose and driving skill.
Right now I would like to get something that is adjustable. Already made the mistake of not getting the upgrade when I purchased the sub from DSE. If you want to purchase them with out a subframe they are 900 a piece, don't want to spend 3600 on all four corners. Im sures ridetech will serve my purpose and driving skill.
My thinking too right now. We drive 9/10ths at this point. One day 10/10ths maybe but not yet. I'm upgrading my AME sub w AFCOs to match my rears from DSE. It'll do for now. Also I believe these shocks need a little more care and feeding....
So,do You have any real working knowledge of the Ride Tech shock's.What Shock's are you using and how much testing have you done.
Fox knows how to build a quality shock....majority of their shocks are beat to crap on lifted truck/rock crawlers....Ridetech knows this and thats how Ridetechs shocks are proven.
DSE will do well with JRI, otherwise they will stand behind them and fix any issues which i doubt will arise.
Matt
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Ironworks is a dealer for both Ridetech and JRI. I Met JJ at the GNRS back in January. I was impressed by the ability to get to talk to a guy who tunes shock on a race car any given weekend. Bret and those guys know their product but they are not marketing their shock to the same market. I like to have smart friends, they get you out of a pinch when needed.
I think there is a place for both in the market. We have been selling Ridetech coilover's on our chassis's since they came on the market. Ridetech makes a really nice shock that is built by a quality company named FOX. Now JRI I took as being the more race oriented shock. They are have shocks for all kinds of racing applications. Sprint Cars to Drag Cars. Sure a guy can put race shocks on his daily driver, But how many guys are going to step up to a bad ass set of double adjustable from JRI at 3600 bucks for the set. Not to many. Now race car guys looking for any kind of edge will be all over it no matter the cost.
Is one better then the other? I would hope that the top end JRI shock at twice the money for the top end Ridetech would be better. They have the same sales margin, so there is no more money for the dealers. So unless JRI is just killing it I would hope it is stuffed with a little better parts here and there on the inside. You can always find something better for more money, I still believe you can get what you pay for, But is there a market to sell that better product. People can only buy the quality they can afford. I think when you get to the upper skill level of anything and you can notice the difference then they are meant for you.
We offer them for the guys who wants them. Some guys will spend big money just because they can. I have used lots of other brand of shocks and I think these to brands cover the basis for all the guys looking at out production chassis's and our custom builds.
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Im looking for some adjustment and think Im gonna talk with ridetech about there tripples, Im just curious how the ridetech and JRI's differ/compare to each other. 
I'd bet the difference between the afco/jri and ridetech/jri is a a different ball game. One of these days I'll get rid of these single adjustable varishocks and I'll let you know.
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