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Old Jul 6, 2019 | 03:37 PM
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What shocks?
Time to get new shocks for my 18. Around 60% unloaded, 20% towing a 9k airstream, 20% hauling around pallets of material.

Whats everyone running and how do you like them?
 
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Old Jul 6, 2019 | 04:23 PM
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I have rancho 9000s on my 2013 and I'm happy with them, but I only have 20k on them. I put a set of Bilsteins on my wife's last f150 and had 40000 trouble free miles with them.

When I wear the next set out I might splurge and try some fox shocks.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2019 | 05:14 PM
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Adjustable Ranchos on my '17 F250 and had 'em on both my '01 and '05 Excursions with no issues. Tried Bilsteins once and could not get them off the truck fast enough.
 
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On my ‘15 F250 towing a 13K 5th wheel I put Bilstein 5100’s. Great ride both loaded or not.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2019 | 09:34 PM
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Fox 2.0 Performance Series

Stiffer than stock but not in a bad sense.
I have snowplow-camper. Body roll is non-existent. No complaints


 
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Old Jul 6, 2019 | 11:29 PM
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fox 2.0

They just ride better/smoother, take the buzz out of the wheel.
 
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Originally Posted by Coryf250
Time to get new shocks for my 18. Around 60% unloaded, 20% towing a 9k airstream, 20% hauling around pallets of material.

Whats everyone running and how do you like them?
how many miles did your shocks last?
 
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I just switched out my Rancho OEM shocks with the Rancho 5000X model. Ride seems better with less wheel hop.
 
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Just put Bilstien 4600's on rear only, when towing our 5ver, bridge aprons were horrible. Have not towed yet, but ride is much better, feels more planted, and less bounce...
 
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Old Jul 8, 2019 | 01:27 PM
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I went with the Fox 2.0's and can say that they ride well, but when I tow heavy there's a lot of porpoising on certain road surfaces and bumps.I also had the rear shocks blow seals at less than 15k miles. I had Bilstein 4600's on my 2012 and they were great. The reason I went with Fox on my 2017 is because Bilstein did not have a part number for it when I bought the truck. Might be switching to Bilsteins before the next towing trip.
 
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I went with Bilstein 4600’s and could not be happier. Loads with 2600lbs camper or empty the ride has improved dramatically. Have always had good luck with Bilsteins
 
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Old Jul 8, 2019 | 07:41 PM
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rancho 9000 adjustables, on low settings my truck has a smoother ride, but i have lot of bounce and side to side motion. i like them better on higher settings.
 
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