I have rough country shocks and I will tell you, it is a bumpy ride
Cons: bumpy ride
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Their hard parts like control arms and brackets are pretty good, but their soft parts like shocks and joints aren't very good. They tend to be clunky and not last very long.
Pros: control arms pretty good
Cons: shocks not very good
Have installed a bunch of their lifts and shocks. Decent lifts for the price. Shocks I'm not that impressed with.
Pros: decent lifts for price
Cons: shocks not impressive
I had the shocks on my old cherokee. They were definitely better than what I had on it before, but they replaced 30 year old 200k shocks.
Pros: definitely better than before
Vehicle:
Jeep Cherokee
Mileage: 200000 km
I did a rough country lift on my Silverado. The shocks aren’t bad but they definitely aren’t great. It handles bumps better than it did when it was stock but I’ll definitely be upgrading to bilsteins when these shocks go bad.
Pros: handles bumps better
Cons: aren’t bad but aren’t great
Vehicle:
Chevrolet Silverado
I'm not going to lie. Going from Monroe/stock height to a 3in lift with rough country shocks rides great on the street.
Pros: rides great on street
With that said the lift part of the kit . Pucks or springs are not bad , it’s usually the shocks they sell that are junk .
Pros: pucks or springs not bad
Cons: shocks are junk
15K later and all my RC shocks really do is keep my springs from falling out when flexing. Otherwise, they do nothing.
Pros: keeps springs from falling
Cons: otherwise, they do nothing
Vehicle:
Jeep
Mileage: 15000 km
Better than my trash rough country ones
Pros: better than rough country
Cons: trash ones
Vehicle:
Ford
N3s are garbage, they rode so bad I thought I was going to wreck the truck, made the truck walk all over the road at any little bump. I ended up buying a set of bilstein 5100s and the truck rides great now. 2016 4x4 crew short
Pros: truck rides great
Cons: rode so bad
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What we know about Rough Country shock absorbers
The brand is registered in USA. Official website: https://www.roughcountry.com.
In March 2026, PartReview users have a mixed opinion of Rough Country shock absorbers.
PR Score — 32 out of 100, based on 10 reviews and 34 votes. 1 positive review, 4 neutral reviews, 5 negative reviews. Average rating — 2.5 (out of 5). Vote balance: 11 up, 23 down.
In the ranking of the best shock absorbers this part is at position 13, behind Monroe and GABRIEL , but ahead of EIBACH and PROFENDER.
Users also evaluated the qualities of Rough Country shock absorbers:
- Body bounce - car continues to bounce after bumps - rated negatively. 2.3 points out of 5.
- Bottoming - sharp knocks on potholes - rated negatively. 2.1 points out of 5.
- Leaks - oil traces on the shock body - no rating yet
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- Rough Country ranked #3 for: Chevrolet Silverado .
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