Rough riding XL?
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Not a bad shock at all should work well for you and at a good price too.
I had some Monroe Rancho's on my Jeep but I think they where the country ones or something. Still was a great shock for the money.
I had some Monroe Rancho's on my Jeep but I think they where the country ones or something. Still was a great shock for the money.
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You know its hard to say without driving it myself. I am pretty good with figuring out whats wrong with vehicles but only the ones I get to drive.
Based on the information given about the truck and what you have done so far then yeah I would change the shocks if it were mine. On an XL the factory shocks were most likely pretty crappie to begin with. Keep us updated I hope this works out for you.
Based on the information given about the truck and what you have done so far then yeah I would change the shocks if it were mine. On an XL the factory shocks were most likely pretty crappie to begin with. Keep us updated I hope this works out for you.
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UPDATE
I ended up going to Carquest and bought two rear shocks which are the Carquest brand.
I pulled the first off and it did not rebound at all and had a bend in it.
The other one did rebound but it took ten minutes for it to make it all the way out.
It has made a HUGE difference. It rides tons better. Still bounces a little but this has solved 70 per cent of the problem.
I think with this being said, I need to order front shocks. If the rear ones were bad, dont you think the front ones are equally bad as well?
New shocks were a great move! Now it rides better!
I ended up going to Carquest and bought two rear shocks which are the Carquest brand.
I pulled the first off and it did not rebound at all and had a bend in it.
The other one did rebound but it took ten minutes for it to make it all the way out.
It has made a HUGE difference. It rides tons better. Still bounces a little but this has solved 70 per cent of the problem.
I think with this being said, I need to order front shocks. If the rear ones were bad, dont you think the front ones are equally bad as well?
New shocks were a great move! Now it rides better!
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Thanks a ton for your help and support! I will update in a few weeks on the front update. I gotta save up more money for the front! They are way more expensive that the rears.
You should of seen those rear ones I pulled off. They were horrible!
You should of seen those rear ones I pulled off. They were horrible!
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I can imagine. A few years back I helped a buddy change out his rear on his Dodge and those things didn't even come close to rebounding. They were so bad that when we pulled one out and let go it just collapsed right back down. Similar to a rear gate on a jeep would when the hydro supports are shot.
If you get a chance post a picture of the truck. Wouldn't mind seeing the F350 either.
If you get a chance post a picture of the truck. Wouldn't mind seeing the F350 either.
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Well you can post in your garage under your personal info pretty easy just by up loading photos from your computer. But to get them into a thread on the forums best to upload them to photobucket or imagine shack or something similar and then you can copy them to the thread.
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Well unfortunately that is one of the down sides to the XL model is it has some cheap *** parts on it. Anyway it looks like you got most of the issues taken care of now.
Thanks for the pictures.
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Based on the picture he put up he has the 8ft bed so it is a longer wheel base.