Rancho 9000 on 2WD X - Diesel Forum

sail684 · 06-27-2002, 09:22 PM

Put them on last night. Went around the block, felt better. Drove today. Wow. Big difference in ride and driveability. Have 30,000 on X, wish I had made the change sooner. Leaving town pulling travel trailer on Saturday and bet the drive is easier. Why did I wait soo long????

Richie_Rich · 06-27-2002, 11:09 PM

Sail, jack those babys up to 5 and you won't even now its back there. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

sail684 · 06-28-2002, 04:29 PM

Running 4 on front and 3 on rear right now. Will jack them up when I hook up trailer. Love the ride. Should have come this way from Ford.

Tailgate · 06-29-2002, 10:43 AM

Sail...I live in Sugar Land and have been interested in doing this to my 2000 PSD Ex 4x2.

If you don't mind saying, where did you buy these...and how much?

Also, any issues on putting them on yourself?

sail684 · 06-29-2002, 03:43 PM

Ordered from Summit Racing. $56 each. No problem putting on. Did it in driveway with just a few tools. Metric sizes on existing shocks which are all reused except for the top of the front shock which are 3/4.

HorseTrucker · 07-09-2002, 04:27 PM

What tires are you running with the Ranchos?

Richie_Rich · 07-09-2002, 09:53 PM

I have played around with the dial, the terrain going to our cabin is mixed between washboard, rough bumps, steep hills, and very winding narrow dirt road so far I have found that 3 up front and 2 in the rear works really well, remember I have the u's up front.

sail684 · 07-14-2002, 07:28 PM

I'm still running the Firestone AT's. Watching them close. Love the Rancho's. Just returned from pulling the BSA Troop trailer (packed for 33 people for a week + troop gear) to Ark. for summer camp. A little to bouncy at first. Stopped, dialed up to 4 on rear and had a great ride the rest of trip. Normal setting for me is - 4 front, 3 rear. Why did I wait until 30,000 miles to change????