Help with Bilstein shock selection
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From: Winfield, WV
I have had them installed for a few months now. They perform very well. The front end does ride better with them.
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I just installed the Rancho 9000's and there is a huge difference between them and the stock ones. They took out the rear end sliding feel when going over a bump in a curve. I also installed the Rancho 5000 steering shock, but I could not tell much difference there.
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I have a 3 inch spacer in the front with 2.5 shock extentions. The rear just has a 1 inch add a leaf with the air bags fully aired up only adds another 1/2 inch . The shocks are the ones rated to fit on a stock f350 which the same part# will also fit ones with 2.5 inches of lift.
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Jayman, your truck looks great (dare I use the old word awesome!). I plan on running my truck stock but am open to doing a 1-2 lift possibly - front and rear, I think a dually needs to keep the rake). I like how the bilsteins would cover me for both. I took my truck out this weekend and let me tell you I felt every little patch job on the highways. Almost jerked the steering wheel out of my hands a few times!
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The wheels are BMF 20x10 with the 3.5 inch lip ,I don't know the offset off hand. The tires are Super Swamper Irok's 35 x14.5 x20's . I get no rubbing on the control arms even at full lock left or right. The wheels have a pretty high offset though.
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From: Texas
That is the first single cab 2011 I have seen as crazy as that sounds. What size lift do you have? She looks sharp man, nice job.
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The air bags in the front are for the plow in the winter so i don't kill my shocks again,and the rear are only used for when the truck has a load in the bed or the trailer on it. The air bags don't really provide anymore lift ,basically how you see the truck sitting in the pictures is just from the front spacer and add a leaf .
Hope that answers your question.
Thanks, Jay