What are good all round shocks for our 2004 2500 4X4s?

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01-01-2009, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by plug ugly

Ive been through lots of shocks on different rigs.
Rancho 5000's - SUCK, very stiff
RS 9000's - just above the suck level., fade quickly
Pro Comp- SUCK, including reservoir style, fade very quickly
Heckthorn-SUCK might as well hardmount the suspension
FOA reservoir style shocks, VERY NICE, way cheaper than fox, bilstein, etc for a very equal ride. Run these on my rock crawler, want them for my 2500

CAGE offroad shocks on a superduty and now 2500. I would say on par with bilstein 5100's, for 1/2 the cost. cageoffroad.com

50 bucks per shock its pretty good price, for a 14" travel shock that is really good.

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01-01-2009, 11:40 PM

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BDS has a shock I think that it is the 9500 series. They are very simular to the Bilsteins but have a better wty. I think that Elbebrock makes them.

Have them on my 06 Mega works as good as the Bilsiens.

Malcolm

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01-02-2009, 08:46 PM

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Now I just put mine on this last spring, but so far I'm really pleased with the RS 9000's. Work great for the camper. Crank 'em up to 9 and it's pretty stable, and if I forget to turn 'em back down after I take the camper off, I'm reminded very quickly, lol! I usually run them on 3/1 front and rear and it seems to ride and handle very nicely...I think anything is better than the stock shocks tho...those things are pathetic!

Brian