Shocks
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Shocks
Anyone recomend a brand of shock? I currently have Monroe on the truck and it seems to be riding rough. I was thinking of going back to Motor Craft. I fell like that the brands sometimes your just paying for the name. Your input would be apprciatted.
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I will not talk negetively about Bilsteins because many have had good luck.I just pulled mine off and they were shot after 8 months.I went to Autozoo and bought the Gabriel Max and I think they are very good for $54 a piece.They are local and they carry the Bilsteins as well.
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Bilsteins are the shocks that I would recommend. I ran the yellow ones on my stock F250 regcab long bed and had no complaints and now I'm running the 5100 brushed steel on my crewcab shortbed with a leveling kit and they are a big difference over my Rancho 9000.
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I will not talk negetively about Bilsteins because many have had good luck.I just pulled mine off and they were shot after 8 months.I went to Autozoo and bought the Gabriel Max and I think they are very good for $54 a piece.They are local and they carry the Bilsteins as well.
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Can you tell us more about the difference between the 5100's and the Rancho 9000? I just put the 9000's on my 250 crew cab short bed and I can't say I'm all that enthused about them.
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From what I have read Bilsteins makes their shocks to fit the truck and weight. Rancho makes it more for the length (fits a larger application). I had Ranchos on my 87 ranger and I liked them a lot. maybe its all in my head.
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I've got Bilsteins on mine. Love 'em. Better ride and handling over others that I've tried out. Two of my buddies with PSD's got new shocks within a year or so before mine. One has Ranchos, and the other, Gabriel. Honestly, I didn't notice too much difference between the two, but both rode decent and much better than my worn out stock Ranchos. Because of comments here on FTE, I went with the Bilsteins and glad that I did. It was a noticeably better ride than my buddies trucks. Like someone mentioned above, Bilsteins are tuned to our trucks.
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I tried to adjust the ranchos, but I just could not get the ride to my liking. So I went back to Bilsteins and I'm happy I did.
From what I have read Bilsteins makes their shocks to fit the truck and weight. Rancho makes it more for the length (fits a larger application). I had Ranchos on my 87 ranger and I liked them a lot. maybe its all in my head.
From what I have read Bilsteins makes their shocks to fit the truck and weight. Rancho makes it more for the length (fits a larger application). I had Ranchos on my 87 ranger and I liked them a lot. maybe its all in my head.