Thinking about getting the Bilsteins. Tell me what the difference is like ove stock (over Ranchos if anyone has experience with both).
Looks to me like the Bilsteins are made better.....but the adjustability of the Ranchos has me thinking about them also.
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-2000 Excursion Limited. 2WD. White with tan. Hellwig rear anti-sway bar. Bilstein shocks. Rear air bags.
2000 VW New Beetle TDI
2005 VW Passat TDI...totalled
2006 VW Jetta TDI
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Looks to me like the Bilsteins are made better.....but the adjustability of the Ranchos has me thinking about them also.
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Same here. I want a good, firm ride. The wife also has to be happy, so not to firm. I like the idea of being able to tighten the shocks up when I tow. Looking for comments.
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2000 Excursion Limited PSD 4X4 Dark Satin Green/Medium Parchmant Born 7/00 In-Service 10/00 All Factory Options except Transfer Skid Plate
If you have or will take you X on gravel/bumpy/torn up roads for any length of time you will crawl under and kiss your 9000's. Don't get me wrong I like the Bilsteins alot but after 18 miles of Oklahomas/Arkansas fines stone roads I finally understood why the adjustability. (I made the first 4 miles on 3/3 after that 1/1 was heaven!!)
Haven't sampled the Ranchos but I did recently go from stock to Bilsteins. It completely transformed the truck - no more bouncing, no more porpising around. Ride quality is still outstanding. Highly recommended.
note - if you plan on getting a 4" exhaust, put the shocks on first. The exhaust gets kind of in the way of getting a wrench on the right rear.
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Karl in NC
2001 Excursion Limited: exhaust, rear sway, Bilsteins
1995 Integra GS-R ITS/H3 race car for sale
SOLD: 99 Suburban, 98 trailer, 95 Integra, 90 CRX Si, 87 BMW, 73 MGB
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Haven't sampled the Ranchos but I did recently go from stock to Bilsteins. It completely transformed the truck - no more bouncing, no more porpising around. Ride quality is still outstanding. Highly recommended.
note - if you plan on getting a 4" exhaust, put the shocks on first. The exhaust gets kind of in the way of getting a wrench on the right rear.
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Same here,no-one in my truck ever complains,they only compliment the ride.Then I'm not on those rocky roads much,but having control of the beast is worth the money.
I'm installing my garage lift this coming Friday and the first job on the lift will be to install my Bilstens, they have been sitting in the garage for 3 weeks.
The second job will be the Helwig rear sway bar, it has been waiting also.
90% of the mileage on the X, about 60,000 has been towing a 8500 # enclosed car trailer, I took the X, not towing, from SC to MI and without the trailer I could really feel the thing swaying and bouncing, I guess the poor quality original equipment shocks are dead.
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Mike
'00 White XLT with PSD Badging, K & N Filters, PPIII
I have Bilsteins on my 96 Caprice and will definetly put them on the X. Do 2 wheel drives need the rear sway bar? My handling seems fine its just the worn out OEM shocks that are a problem.
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Clyde
2001 Excursion Limited 4x2, Born 8/20/00, Engine 8/10/00, Magnaflow + Aeroturbine for drone control, Isspro, DP Tuner, 60T, 80E, 120Play, Hellwig, AFE Stage II, Ride Rites, Bilsteins, blah, blah.
I have a set of RS9000 for sale too with about 6k on them, also a set of ranch dual dampers with 3k on them.
you can't compare them to Bil steins
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2002 Excursion LTD(PCM:NQW5)Pheltech Tru-Cowl Induction Hood BTS transmission ITP fuel system, 38/15.5/20 Toyo's on Weld 12" wide wheels,15k warn and warn 9.5k rear 4:56's ARB air lockers front and rear. Trail ready front bumper,Road Armor rear bumper light force driving lights, PIAA backup lights,Dakota digital gages, F5 DP tuner chip,Hypermax stage 2 injectors,4" exhaust, 11" Edge lift, King shocks, edge crossover steering, ORU ram assist steering
Fabtech ladder bars,TN turbo, Dynatrac conversion kit. Alpine F1, Zapco amps. two dc1100.1, three dc1000.4, 1 dc750.2, driving seas reference series front stage and Zapco competition rear fill and 2 Jl audio 13w7 subs
AP Racing big brakes, Amp Research running boards
Are there 2 versions of Bilsteins for the X or just one? I thought there was a low cost version and a top end version. Any clarification would be appreciated.
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2002 X, 4x4, Limited Ultimate, 285 Dueler A/T Revos, Bilstein shocks, Edge mini-spring pack, F-350 4" rear blocks, Street Scene speed grill, Lund trim color bug deflector, Hellwig rear anti-sway bar, tinted front windows, Fram Sure-Drain
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2002 Excursion LTD(PCM:NQW5)Pheltech Tru-Cowl Induction Hood BTS transmission ITP fuel system, 38/15.5/20 Toyo's on Weld 12" wide wheels,15k warn and warn 9.5k rear 4:56's ARB air lockers front and rear. Trail ready front bumper,Road Armor rear bumper light force driving lights, PIAA backup lights,Dakota digital gages, F5 DP tuner chip,Hypermax stage 2 injectors,4" exhaust, 11" Edge lift, King shocks, edge crossover steering, ORU ram assist steering
Fabtech ladder bars,TN turbo, Dynatrac conversion kit. Alpine F1, Zapco amps. two dc1100.1, three dc1000.4, 1 dc750.2, driving seas reference series front stage and Zapco competition rear fill and 2 Jl audio 13w7 subs
AP Racing big brakes, Amp Research running boards
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