Best shocks (prob already asked)

[bmoeller]

Heard Ranchos were stiff and Bilsteins are overall the best.

Bilsteins are stiffer than Ranchos, by a long shot (Bilstein OEM version vs Rancho 5000 series). The Bilsteins are stiff enough, you almost need a 2nd person to help put them in a 2nd gen. lol

Rancho gives good ride control, and not overly still. We'll see how they hold up.

Monroe shocks on a big truck do a decent job, but if you have nasty roads like we do here, I didn't get over 50k miles out of a set before they started leaking fluid.

Put Gabriel gas shocks on the 82 F250 I used to have. Really liked them.

Got mine here- http://4wheelonline.com/Rancho_RS5000_S ... 50442.1354

Service is pretty good too.

[slow_90firebird]

Anyone heard good, bad, indifferent on KYB? Local store has a sale, but if the Billsteins are way better, I'll suck it up go to AutoZone, lol.

DP

Actually autozone has these new shocks by gabriel called "max control". They look awesome and I have heard nothing but good things, I guess they are monotube and on par with bilstein. Only reason I got the bilsteins were cause they were cheaper online on sale.