Well don't hold your breath on Bilstein, I just got off the phone with them and was told due to tooling costs it doesn't look like they will be making anything for us so it seems Monroe is the only game in town. Once you guys that ordered them get them installed you'll have to post some reviews for us

 

Please post results on these, I am very interested in those on 4X4's with leveling kit compressing the springs.

I called Rancho and asked about their "coming soon" in their catalog, and the rep said they have no ETA, He acted like he didn't even know about them. I am going to call again and hopefully get someone more willing to help.


Thanks,
LB

 

its about time for some new parts for these trucks. i guess now sense we are starting to get vendor help the earth is going to self destruct or something like that.

 

What exactly should these do for the ride ofour pickups, I am not very well versed in suspension systems so please forgive me if this is a stupid question. Also rick4dak how much did they cost you?

 

Hard to say till we have some specs on them or someone gets them and puts them in, honestly anything has to be better than what we're riding on from Dodge...

 

Cost for both fronts was $175. Installation would probably be at least that much but I'll install them myself. The front end will have to be aligned after installation.
Good shocks will control wheel bounce. It should feel like a smoother ride, less bounce when hitting dips and bumps. The Monroe Sensatrac shocks are supposed to react better to harder bumps.

 

I just got off the phone with O'Reilley. They do not have any in KC, but he did show the Monroe struts #71100 available at the warehouse. Quoted me at $90 each + S/H, could be here in 5-7 days.
They do have them!

 

So these will fit my 06 2WD 3.7L? How hard are these to install by yourself? Do these come with shocks?

 

What do you mean do they come with shocks?? TheseARE your front shocks. Not sure if they will fit '06. Monroe's website shows the #71100 struts up to '05. Contact to check on your application e-mail:GSoutherland@Tenneco.com As far as self install is concerned, unless you have installed struts before I would recommend you havea reliable mechanic do it. It is NOT a simple swap out.

 

Heck if I know man, all I know is poor man's mechanics (oil changes, fluid checks, tune ups) I don't know anything about suspension systems or anything besides the very basics of how an engine works. I just don't want to buy something and find out it is something I didn't want or that it wasn't what I thought it was going to be.