I thnik the dual shock kit is worth it. No only for looks but its gives a very nice ride on and offroad. They are not to hard to install either.

 

How does adding a shock to an already stiff suspension help on-road ride quality? Are you speaking from experience or just guessing? The dual-shock setup is aimed at serious off-roading. You will trade on-road ride quality for it.

 

Personally I like to have the stiffer suspension and not something that is going to bounce going over a bump. Some people may not like the stiffer ride. Then again my truck does not see a whole lot of highway action. More city and offroad than anything.

 

Actually....stiffer suspensions in certain instances do not give a better ride and can be deadly dangerous because they decrease contact time. A good example is a washboard two track where the suspension gets in a jounce mode where the tires are actually off the surface more than they are on it.
An exagerated but good example of this is in the monster truck arena. Huge stiff multi shock suspensions with ballon tires tend to get out of control when things get bouncy.
As far as city driving hitting a curb at less than a crawl in my truck, or a pothole at speed is a jarring experience with my suspension. I can't concieve what an extra shock might do. That jar is also transfered into other components like steering and track bars.

My belief based on observation and experience is that dual shocks are a waste on a 1500. It's like dressing a pig. There is some merit to them on a V-10 or Cummins truck because of the weight said motors place on suspension components, but I believe its better on those trucks when used for other than street driving. Component matching in related areas is also critical.

 

Thank you, Dsertdog. I stand by my previous statement. Dual shocks are an off-road mod. They will hurt the on-road ride quality of the average truck. If you have huge tires they can help offset the impact all that extra weight puts on a suspension, but just like so many people lift their trucks and run bigger tires simply for show, so do they install dual shocks. If that's a look you want because you like it, fine, but don't try and justify it with bad information.

 

Keep in mind that a correctly engineered dual shock system shouldn't be much if any stiffer then a single shock system. If you buy a dual shock setup, and stick two regular shocks in it, it is going to be ridiculously stiff and you're asking for trouble. A good dual shock system requires the use of shocks that are designed to work as a pair while still providing the correct ride characteristics that one desires.

 

Read my last post. I stated that my truck mainly sees off road and city. Not a lot of highway. It has a seven inch lift with a full out ranch hand bumper and a winch mounted to that. I feel that it does help my ride from when I was running the single shock. Not trying to throw bad info out therem, he asked for opinions. Now are you just talking out of your *** or have you had experience with the dual shock setup?

 

I looked all over the web for sway bar disconnects. The only disconnects i can find are for Jeeps which is when i came accross a thing on pavementsucks.com the said about the dual shock kits and started really looking into them. If any of you know where i can get a set, how i can make them, or a link to another thread disscussing this topic im all ears..

 

Yeah, I've had plenty of experience with them and 4X4s in general. City driving is the most likely aspect to suffer since it involves more of your truck's handling characteristics. You know, turns, speed bumps, potholes, slow-speed maneuvering, etc. Unlike highway driving that is mostly about driving in a relatively straight line at high speed and doesn't really test your suspension much. Go back and reread my statements. I did not say there was no purpose for a dual shock setup. I said it was limited and not really applicable to the kind of off-roading most of us do as it results in a harsher on-road ride. You obviously use your truck differently and you have considerably more weight on your front end and longer suspension to keep under control. Putting on dual shocks simply because you like the look is a mistake if overall ride quality is important and certainly if it is not a system designed specifically for your application. The system in that first pic is poorly designed, IMO. It puts too much stress on the shock tower and from an outside angle that it wasn't designed for. The better systems are hoops that attach to the frame independent of other existing structures. I may be speaking out of my ***, but it is a very intelligent and knowledgeable ***, thank you.

 

Silver Dodge is correct...but many guys try to outhink the engineers...and get the wrong components. However the people who talked me out of it were using Fabtech kits with the supplied shocks. The only happy person had a 2500 with a V-10 and a Skyjacker system. But theres a big weight difference between a 1500 and a 2500 V-10.

SPcD1500...

I ordered a set of warrior products disconnects for a Jeep XJ (?) which I adapted to fit. Memory's a bit sketchy but I think I used the 4 inch lift ones. I had to buy the proper bolts from a hardware store to mount them to the axle. They were pretty tight at first but after a couple years they are easy to remove and replace. Even with stiff off road coils and R/C gas shocks which are pretty taut, I can tell when my swaybar is disconnected when driving on the street. I would never drive on road without it connected, but would never drive off road with it connected
I've seen Top Gun Customs on ebay advertise them for Dodges.