Stock shocks will give you the best ride. I did a coffee test with my new truck with 5,000 miles - coffee in the holder with no lid for 3 straight days ( of coarse a towel under it)- coffee spilled out in the exact same spot each day. I replaced stock with bilsteins and did the same test and coffee spilled more than 3 times. I posted the results here and people replyed the bilsteins will be a stiffer ride.....so if you want smoother ....stick with stock....if you want stiffer .. bilsteins. I thought i was going to get a great ride with bilsteins....i put my stock ones back on and will save the new ones until the stock ones wear out. Just my opinion.