Well said......LMAO

 

considering that some shocks that i have seen(i wish i could remember which ones) recommend replacement at intervals less than that (seems very rediculous to me, we replace when they wear out, by our feel, or leaking) 25k before even noticing any change in ride/handling seems like a pretty good run(they are very far from causing what i would call bad handling, and i regularly push the limits of the truck), and they are soooo much cheaper than the bilsteins that you could put 3 shocks on each wheel for the price of one bilstein (almost, at 54 for the monroes and 145 for the bilsteins), i would be more than willing to bet that my monroes have another 50k left in them, (they were changed at 60 or so(i went and looked it up instead of the guess i made before), and i now have 95, and since they were put on i have spent some time driving other vehicles which include my moms new x5), so you can spend your money on whatever parts you want, i wont rip on you for it, my choice for the best cost to quality is monroe, that is MY OPINION, and considering that i dont tow often, or offroad they work fine.

 

When you get a little older, you will realize that 25,000 miles is nothing. A dozen more cars in your lifetime and you will get it.

Simply stated, NO... a 25,000 replacement time on a shock is NOT good.

In general using a 12,500 to 15k annual mileage that most people drive (or more than that) is at or less than 2 years. That SUCKs for a shock's life and if that is all one is getting before noticeable body roll, one would be ill advised to replace the shocks again with the same thing. Be that brand Monroe, brand Stocker, brand Jack Daniel's or whatever. Move on... these are not the droids you are looking for.

You have 25k and want to get another 50k on shocks that are all ready allowing body roll and noticeable driving issues as you said? WTF?!? SS, here is your shock education that you are not getting in College. The physics of the Durango, not whatever our fathers are driving or have driven etc, specifically the Durango since we all drive Ds and this is a Durango forum section thus only Durangos need be considered, do NOT BODE WELL for Monroes or stocker shocks. Re-read post #20.

Bils can be purchased for about $69 each BTW.


IndyD

 

if you had read my post i corrected myself (i went out to the truck and checked my log book) its closer to 35k, and its not even close to bad enough that i would consider replacing them yet, when i do replace them ill figure out what i need to do, however i havent touched them since i have been driving the truck (my dad did it back when it was my moms DD, and he didnt do all 4 at once, he did the fronts before the backs by quite a bit, and i can only fine one listing in the book for them) im glad that you have your opinion on shocks, and im glad that you are so full of yourself that you believe that nobody else could ever be right, i really hate to be this guy but i have to be, you are more than entitled to your opinion, and to share your opinion, but that does not make it the only correct option.

and yes, i will admit that i probably have some learning to do in the long run of things, this is the first truck i have owned long enough to learn a significant amount about while driving it, and no i do not know everything, however i do know what i have done to it, and if its a poor maintance choice ill learn about in given time and correct it when it starts going. The other factor is that i drive this truck alot harder as a dd than most people would, i take corners ALOT quicker than even some people in regular cars do so i expect the shocks to go faster than normal, and being a truck i dont expect them to last as long as they would on a lighter car

EDIT: and being that these are such high riding trucks, it is going to be impossible to completely eliminate body roll(i understand wanting to minimize it, but completely eliminating it is just unreasonable), there was a kid in my hs who drove a jeep grand Cherokee SRT-8 which had significantly more body roll than anything else i have driven in, and im certain that they designed that kind of performance vehicle to handle well. (although it is possible that this kid broke something since he was an idiot)

 

Sitting back and enjoting this debate. Hey hydra, here's a six pack of bud for ya!

 

dont worry dan shows over idk why im wasting time arguing over shocks they are like women everyone as their own favorite type we are drivingv street trucks here just about anything will work just fine for dding

 

 

TY for the brew!


On average I tend to think that if the shock vavle is good after checking the jump off the bumper test, that most are replaced around 80k or about 7 years. But this all depends on the drivers habbits.

 

Yeah, I do the bumper bounce too. If it stops almost immediately, the shocks are still good. But if it keeps bouncing...

 

also a visual inspection is good, if its leaking oil it will be going out soon.