Anybody know how good of a brand Monroe is for shocks?

 

Great personally, they've been around along *** time. As long as you're not expecting them to hold up under really large loads or extreme offroading, they'er a really good setup for open road and lightduty load's and a bit of offroading too.

 

any suggestions for shocks for heavy loads?

 

http://www.summitracing.com/search/?...%20heavy&dds=1

 

Bilistiens are some of the best shocks out there, next to custom valved race shocks! Monroe is a good brand, not the best, but they make mid-range shocks.

 

they're fine. i used to run the yellow gas magnum or something like that on the old chevy. they were good for the price. i'm currently using a gabriel brand from autozone. they're fine too at about $32/each.

if you want the bilstiens check ebay for low pricing. everywhere else is pretty expensive.

 

^ 1+ iv had a set of the yellow's on my nissan hardbody and my jimmy. Never had a problem with them and they road smoothly for the intire time i had both trucks

 

Bilsteins for sure. I believe I got all 4 at shockwarehouse.com for 225 shipped.

I had the Monroe- Sensa Trac's, good shock but a bit to spongy for me.

Also had Gabriel's- They are pretty darn stiff, and last a long time. I kept having problems with them rattling.

You will be surprised with the quality of the Bilstein shocks and the way the top grommet mount is setup. They are very nice shocks, they soak up all the small bumps and potholes, but when you slam on the brakes or take a corner hard, they stiffen up immediately for great handling.

 

yeah I found some good deals for bilsteins on ebay, but only for sets of 4. As of now only my rears could use replacing.

 

i have the monroe sensatracks in the front and rear...the rear is fine, but the front is a bit spongy, but after a new set of 2500,3500 coils, i shouldnt have this problem.

I used KYB's on my old Nissan 4x4, and those have been the best so far...