Just wanted to pop in here to offer my little bit of knowledge since I’ve been researching bump stops for a couple weeks.
I was talking with
@boogielander recently and we were discussing how the Jeep gladiators use the same rear suspension as our trucks which is great for the aftermarket! More specifically, they actually use the 4th gen Ram suspension - which is nearly identical to ours except for the way the shocks mount and the 4th gen coils are an inch shorter from what I’ve heard. That being said: Gladiator rear control arms, track bar, coils, and bump stops are a direct fit on our trucks. The best bump stop options I found were Metalcloak (which I just installed on my truck a couple days ago), Teraflex, and Perry Parts. I’ve heard great reviews about Perry Parts unique 3D printed bump stops and I think they include a great warranty too; but I knew with my goals of going fast in the desert and hitting small whoops that I wanted something very reliable and robust and frankly I just wasn’t sure if the Perry Parts bumps were cut out for that stuff or if they were better suited for low speed Jeep rock crawling. The teraflex ones looked great but they at least look like extended versions of our stock foam ones (not sure if they are foam or not though - so don’t quote me). Frankly the yellow kinda threw me off too lol so I didn’t look at them too hard. Metalcloaks option seemed to be made out of a very durable material, they looked good, supposedly they’re a bit more progressive, and the design and material actually reminded me a bit of Thuren’s new boogiebumps offered on the HDs, and I’ll almost undoubtedly get Thuren’s boogie bumps once they’re available for the 1500s even though they carry a much higher price tag. I also bought Metalcloaks bump stop extensions - little hard rubber rectangle pucks. I haven’t installed them - and I’m not even sure if they’re a direct bolt on, because despite what Boogielander said (and I love ya Eric) the Gladiators and Rams actually don’t share the rear axle itself. So they may or may not be a direct fit - I’ll update when I find out. The reason I bought them is because I have the BDS rear 3” lift kit installed on my truck (the rear half of the BDS 4” kit), and BDS includes 3” longer bump stops. I’m eager to get as much suspension up-travel as possible so I bought the Metalcloak 1-2” kit in hopes of completely replacing the BDS 3” spacer. Plus the Metalcloak bump stops are actually 3/4” longer than our stock ones (I measured out of the box - not actually at full compression) so that makes me want shorter bump stop extensions even more. Unlike Boogielander I absolutely pounded on the rear bump stops last time I was in the desert even with the Fox 2.5s as firm as I could get them. My good friend with a 5th Gen ram actually cracked his entire rear diff while going through the whoops because it was blowing through the compression on his King 2.5s and hitting the bump stops so hard. He had to get towed home and buy a completely new rear axle. This is what made me feel like aftermarket bump stops are absolutely necessary - even though I highly doubt these $50 ones will make THAAAT big of a difference - it’ll at least help dissipate some energy from reaching the axle. If you’re only lifted 0-2” in the rear I highly doubt you’ll need bump stop extensions if you have Fox 2.5s or King 2.5s (not positive about the other options) - especially if you get bump stops that are a bit longer like most options on the market. Just make sure your tires won’t rip your bedsides off haha. The 36x13r18s on the truck that broke the axle was rubbing the lip of the wheel well and halfway popped off his Laramie fender flares. He was at stock height in the rear with King 2.5s. My 37x13.50r18s were probably about an inch away from rubbing at full stuff with 3” rear lift, 3” bump stop extensions, and Fox 2.5s. My tires have actually hit my bedside down lower by the body line once and it cracked my paint a little bit. So be cautious if any of you want 37s lol. Hope this helped. I’ll be making a YouTube video soon going over all this in even more depth and covering the front end too which also has some interesting quirks on our Rams.