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Upgrades and Aftermarket - General Upgrading and adding aftermarket equipment to your 1999-2007 Super Duty. Please confine discussion of topics in this forum to those items that are not engine-specific.

       
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Old 07-16-2008, 05:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Shock suggestions

I need new shocks , currently have bilstein 5100's and will not be getting them again, anyone have input on a nice stiff riding shock?
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Old 07-19-2008, 01:57 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I hear the Rancho 5000 series shocks have a good stiff ride. I'd even get two for each front corner, and don't get the ones valved for dual applications either.
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Bilsteins, you just need correctly valved ones thats all. You could also run duals.

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Old 07-20-2008, 05:33 PM   #4 (permalink)
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i just put on 4 Rancho RS9000XL's they are nine position adjustable and it can be smooth as can be or setup stiff as a board, i really enjoy them so far.
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Rancho 9000XL,I had them on my last truck and put them on my current truck(see sig) they are the only way to go if you carry any weight for any length of time.
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Thanks, do you think dual shocks up front make a big differance?
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