Need Help? Strut Question?

[Austerity]

If its a Shock then why does Bilstein call it a Strut? And why does every other manufacturer call the Fronts Struts also? When I was looking online to placed my order all the Fronts were called Struts the Rears are Shocks.

We have upper control arms and even though the KJ is IFS - it has shocks not struts. They simply absorb shock.

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[tjkj2002]

If its a Shock then why does Bilstein call it a Strut? And why does every other manufacturer call the Fronts Struts also? When I was looking online to placed my order all the Fronts were called Struts the Rears are Shocks.

The KJ uses front coilovers which sadly get lumped into the "strut" catagory when they are not struts.Struts take place of a upper control arm and attaches directly to the knuckle(front) or hub(rear).


Simply way to tell a strut from a shock(or coilover) is take the strut assembly out of the vehicle.Can you still drive it? Nope but if you take the coilover assembly out of the front of a KJ you can still drive it. Yes you can,granted it's not recommended by any means but you can do it unlike a vehicle with struts.

 

[aquickmopar]

Ok thanks for the clearing that up for me. Was just going by what the vendors had them listed as on there websites.