Shock Life ??
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Shock Life ??
Aside from removing the shocks and "bench testing" them is there any tried and true method of determining when to replace shocks?
I will be putting on new tires in a few weeks and will do an alignment then as well. I am contemplating new shocks too. The current shocks are non-adjustable Rancho. I forget the exact model, but nothing fancy, just basic Rancho gas shocks. They currently have about 50k miles on them.
I will be putting on new tires in a few weeks and will do an alignment then as well. I am contemplating new shocks too. The current shocks are non-adjustable Rancho. I forget the exact model, but nothing fancy, just basic Rancho gas shocks. They currently have about 50k miles on them.
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I've got 58,000 miles on my truck and I just replaced the shocks tonight with the Rancho 9000XL. I could tell a huge difference right away just driving down the road. Mine's just a daily driver so I wanted the softest ride possible. I've only driven 5 miles to test them out tonight, but it's night and day over the stock shocks.
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Don't buy "Life Time" shocks and forget about them. I take my shocks off and check them every time I replace the tires (30,000 miles or so). Even though I bought "Life Time" shocks, I found the first pair would not expand after the first set of tires wore out.
