Greetings; just joined and looking for some advice. I have a 2003 F250 V10. She has 150,000 miles and needs some love. Suspension is stock (FX4) and needs, at least, shocks. I would also like to get rid of all the creeks and moans from worn out pads and bushings. Kind of tighten her back up again, if ya know what I mean. I am capable, have tools and work space but have not been in this market since high school when "Rancho Kits" were all the rage. Recommendations??

 

Bilstein shocks are the hype around here

 

One easy mod to do is the tubing in the door seal. Makes it sound more solid like new.

 

We have a fix for just about everything, tell us what you want to fix and we will tell you the right way, the cheap way, and the over engineered way.

Also, you mentioned suspension, specifically shocks, and Rancho kits. When you start poking around you will notice that your truck has rancho shocks on it, assuming they are stock. Rancho shocks were stock on all FX4 trucks, however they were very bad shocks, that just had a Rancho name on them. Most people replace them.

 

Ball joints are a common issue on these trucks. Both the upper and lowers will wear out fairly quickly. The OEM ones have no provisions for greasing them. You can replace them with MOOG problem solvers. They'll come with grease fittings.

There's a thread on this in the FAQ thread.

The best way to check them is to jack up each side of the axle with a floor jack of some sort and take a large bar or 2x4 and place it under the tire, leverage the tire up and down. If it has up and down movement that you can see with the naked eye then they're shot. Seeing as it has 150K they may have been done already and maybe in need of them again.

I just changed mine and it made a world of difference to how it handles. Not to mention I won't be losing any wheels now!

 

Now we're rolling; keep it coming!

Thank you