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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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BDS shocks

tommorow i'm having my springs and shocks replaced (front springs are staying but getting new shocks) on the back all the way around.
This is a very reputable shop, i do a lot of business on agricultural tires there.
He says he cant get me bilsteins, but wants me to but BDS? shocks on, he says thats what he's putting on lots of trucks and people like them. Any experience?
Reason for replacing springs/shocks truck has 4 broken leaf springs and the shocks are the original (290,000 kilometres) total cost $1200 installed for all.
He can also get me rancho or munroe. I've ridden in a truck with ranchos and they were fine.
any comments.
He gets around $80 for good shocks.(cheap up here in the great white north, bilsteins are about $125 anywhere i found them, and thats not installed)
 
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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Not sure how the BDS are in the SD's... but I know a few people running them in Jeeps and they are nothing but problems... they leak, bend easily, etc.

If you have the extra cash, get the bilsteins.

If not the munroe gas-magnum aren't bad, I put them on all 4 corners about 5,000km ago and there were only around $60.00 (can) ea.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 10:23 PM
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i'd rather have bilsteins but he can't get them unfortunately.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 10:29 PM
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Well he obviously has a line on the BDS shocks. I would have him do the spring work and put my own shocks on. Don't know a thing about the BDS line. Rather put Ranchos on before that.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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ok, i like the ranchos, i've never heard of BDS before.
Any other opinions?
 
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