true, but let me put it this way, with the sway bar disconnected, i drop till the shock bottoms out now, without the 2" lift.. sure, i'll sit 2" higher on level ground, but i won't gain any articulation at all with factory shocks,i will actually lose a little.... if i get the kit with the shocks, i gain 2" articulation, and keeping all 4 on the ground when off-camber will make the difference between getting stuck and not. Sure, you can keep the factory shocks, and be fine under normal driving conditions, but the whole point in going higher is to be able to do more, and not get stuck as easy.... and his kit lengthens the existing shock with a bolt on bracket that is 3/4" shorter than the lift, meaning you lose at least 3/4" articulation in the front, and 2" in the rear, plus risk popping a spring off the rear when fully flexed. the rear bump stops are only like 2 1/2" long to begin with, add a 2" spacer, doesn't leave much to holfd the spring in place, keep in mind, only two things is keeping the springs from popping, gravity when sitting hard, and the shocks when flexed. personally, i think there's a difference between being frugal and being cheap... to me not doing the shocks is definitely going cheap.
