Honestly, the Academy shocks are pretty smooth, better than any AE shock I have assembled. And if you have had any of there sedans, those shocks are threaded and are butter too. I don't know why they didn't do that on the offroad vehicles, hopefully they do on the 2wd buggy and who knows, maybe the next iteration of the SB V2 will be this kind of setup, sort of like how the BJ4 went to BJ4WE.
I like the color of the parts too, though, I would like to just see them match the neon spurs for something to really stand out!