Reviews for Fox® Racing Shox 985-24-173 Performance Series 2.0 Smooth Body IFP Steering Stabilizer for 18-22 Jeep Wrangler JL & Gladiator JT
What can I say. You know what your getting when you buy Fox. Great product easy install. Installed this after adding 2” mopar lift and 35” tires to my 2018 JLU Easy install
yes it does fit the jl lol ***** imho way better than stock on my 2018 jl
Great product. Just put it on my 2018 Jeep JL . After I had my Jeep dealer install the 2" Mopar lift last month the Jeep would go a little wobbly at every bump in the road. This fixed it. Installed it in just minutes.
It good and works so far.
It's Available and I need it.
Im running 37s and thought this would be a great addition. I wasnt unhappy with the factory stabilizer, and this one is better, but it wont blow your mind. its a little stiffer at speed and you wont notice a difference in the driveway. Im not knocking FOX because they make great stuff, but if your looking for serious performance, step up to the race version and let me know.
First, the good: Stabilizer works as advertised once installed. Definitely an improvement over the stock stabilizer and reasonably priced.The bad: If you have a later model 21' JL, you can't install it without buying a different carriage bolt for the tie rod side attachment point. The problem is that the stock 2021 bolt has an unusually long index shoulder that won't fit through the stabilizer bushing. You need to buy Mopar part# 6510774AA. This part is a more normal style, indexed carriage bolt that came on older the older model JL A quick call to my local dealer, and $3.00 later, I had the older style carriage bolt and the install was simple from there, but it would have been nice to know about this issue beforehand.
Unexpected fitment issue: The factory carriage bolt on the 2021 JL Unlimited Rubicon (3.0L EcoTec) does not fit! The square shoulder of the bolt extends to a mid-point in the factory stabilizer and is not compatible with 985-24-173. I had to source my own bolt and nut for the outboard mounting point. Not the end of the world, but unexpected. Otherwise, as always, Quadratec shipped fast. This steering stabilizer is well finished and appears durable. It’s performance has been as expected so far on highway.
Good but was expecting a bigger difference. Super easy install. Will take 10 minutes with basic hand tools.
Looks good, works good. Not a big difference from stock but perhaps a little smoother bumps. Installs very easy with only two bolts and maybe 10 minutes of time.