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Old 01-02-2011, 09:32 PM
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Hey fellas. Just thought I would share my experience with these shocks.

Little background on my truck... It's stock height with 2" dropped shackles in the rear. My factory shocks had roughly 50k miles on them and had been through about every drop on the market ie 2/4, stock, 4/6, and back to stock. Needless to say my truck was driving like crap and the roads of Louisiana don't help one bit. My stock rear shocks were spongy and worn out.

After doing much research on here I decided to go ahead with these shocks after hearing all the positive reviews on them. I have to say I am very pleased with them having only driven 5 miles so far. The truck handles the bumps with ease and doesn't chatter over them anymore.

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NICE, i am planning on picking up a set sometime soon...
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Great to hear! My 2006 has 50k miles on the factory WT shocks and it's riding like sh*t with just 2" shackles. What part #s did you use?
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You put these on your RCSB correct? Please update us after you get a few more miles on her. I'm just afraid the HDs are going to be too stiff and it will chatter over rough terrain like my Reflex shocks. So im contemplating the HDs or the comfort ride shocks.
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those are the ones that I put on my dad's '00 z71. His comment was it drives like a brand new truck!
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Originally Posted by offroadrider12
You put these on your RCSB correct? Please update us after you get a few more miles on her. I'm just afraid the HDs are going to be too stiff and it will chatter over rough terrain like my Reflex shocks. So im contemplating the HDs or the comfort ride shocks.
Yes on the RCSB that was equipped with the smooth ride suspension. I was concerned myself about them being too stiff after reading the opinions on here. However I don't find them stiff, more like an easy and firm ride. I'm glad made the right choice going with the HD's over the comfort.

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those are the ones that I put on my dad's '00 z71. His comment was it drives like a brand new truck!
Same here
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i'm loving mine! i replaced my 150k+ factory shocks with a set of these this spring & WOW, what a difference!

mine's 4x4, factory height, but a couple months ago, it rode about like it had a 5" rear drop when i moved from TN to FL. i had 1000lb in the bed & pulled a 4500lb trailer. they worked like a charm. didn't bounce much, which was awesome considering i was scared at first that it might walk on me. great shocks & a great price from one of our vendors!
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I had those on for a while, first mod. wow what a difference. you'll like them.
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I put 2500hd bilsteins on mine several years ago and they are pretty stiff. Too cheap to change them.


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