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Old May 10, 2025 | 03:59 PM
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Help with new shocks

Newbie here, I need to replace my front and rear shocks. Rear shocks measure 24" from eyelet to eyelit. Do I order standard length? I'm not sure if this thuck has a leveling kit. Can someone advice? Are these original stock blocks? Pics included.


 
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Those are factory blocks in the rear.
 
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Originally Posted by apache84
Those are factory blocks in the rear.
Thanks, I was thinking the front 1 1/2" spacer was added afterwards to level out the truck
 
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Can't go wrong by measuring your extended and compressed lengths and ordering similar length replacements.
 
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Originally Posted by Old and soft
Can't go wrong by measuring your extended and compressed lengths and ordering similar length replacements.
I'm guessing I can measure the extended length while the shocks are still mounted.?
 
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If you go on rockauto's site and look up shocks for your truck they link to all the brands which will show the lengths of the shocks. The rears are OEM, the fronts do look like a spacer was added. But...you will see the various mfg'ers all have different lengths for the same truck listing. IIRC on my 99 SD 4x4 the "correct" shocks all seem pretty long. I also have a 2" front lift/level and a 4" rear block as opposed to the OEM 2.75" block and am running the normal length shocks. Id say the only way you'd wanna do actual drop and compress custom length shock is if you were doing some decent frame twisting offroad work.
 
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