Going down the highway, I get a bounce from the front end on the concrete surface. Sometimes it gets pretty obnoxious. I don't believe it is death wobble, just bouncy on the cement. I just spent $1400 on tires I don't want cupping...

When I am on asphalt I don't notice it at all. I am thinking it is time for some decent shocks to smooth things back out. I replaced the stock ones on my Expedition before this truck and was surprised how much I liked it.

What do you guys think? And what shocks do you reccomend? I am leaning either Skyjackers or Bilsteins but I'm not sure yet. Any advice is appreciated.

I have 60k on the truck, 2008 F350 SRW

Also would a steering stabilizer help this out as well?

 

your stock shocks are probably shot, I just bought bilsteins 5100's for all 4 corners and a dual steering stabilizer from top gun customs with bilsteins. I will install them within the next week and do a thread.....

 

I'd replace the shocks and go from there as well.

On my list for my truck as well. No bounce or anything but I'd imagine they are worn out too.

 

I was going to say it sounds like our roads, then I noticed you are in CO, a lot of it is the crappy roads an the concrete expansion and shrink this time of year. Went down I25 this last weekend in the '08 and thought the truck would fall apart on that craptastic stretch of road.

I am also planning on replacing the shocks since it has 95K miles but I don't think that will totally fix the problem.

 

I'm also considering shock replacement. I only have 30,000 miles and my truck jumps all over the road when hitting bumps. My only reservation is I have an extended warranty & maintenance plan that covers shocks for 100,000 miles. So I'll prob just live with the Rancho's for a while. I'll be having the, replaced next week for sure.

 

the ranchos aint ranchos

 

Are they Ford's with Rancho stickers and boots?

 

pretty much...I think they are rancho just not as the same caliber you would expect if you were to purchase on your own

 

I forget where I saw it but, I saw a picture of them and if you look at the stamped info on the shock, its stamped motorcraft.let me see if I can find the picture....

http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/sus...made-ford.html

 

Good to know. I'll see if my service manager will take care of these for me.

 

Here's a pic of the "Rancho" shock. Stamped MOTORCRAFT.

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I'm ordering new shocks next week, anyone have any other suggestions? I am pretty sure I will go with the Bilsteins.

 

I will let ya know in a few days, once the holiday passes I'm gonna be putting them on...I just put 4 coats of clear lacquer on the 5100's so they will hopefully look ok for a while. I got the top guns customz dual steering stabilizer with bilsteins 5100's as well, looks like a really nice kit!

 

I ran Skyjackers on my other truck and they did excellent. I had gone with them as I did a leveling kit on that truck.

Bilsteins seem to be the favorite.

 

So it was a pretty decent day out, so I installed the shocks (bilstein 5100's) and my top guns customz dual steering stabilizer with Bilstein 5100's. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!! Night and day difference. I have never experienced the death wobble, but I have felt some good jolts from potholes and such, that is totally gone now! I had Edelbrocks on my 06' F-350 Supercab and I have had them on few other vehicles and loved them, but decided to give the bilsteins a try, they seem to be a little more "heavy duty"...