Living in Canada blows. There are no distributors in Canada, and while shockwarehouse.com says it has free shipping I guarantee ups would hit me with some unforseen shipping charges. Not to mention the extra $2-300 I'll need to spend to have a mechanic install them.

Believe me I want to do it badly. Might not be feasible right now.

Anyone NOT install them themselves? Everyone around here seems very mechanically capable.

 

I had the Rancho's installed by my mechanic, & put on the TM leveling kit at the same time. A mehcanic should do it for $200 at most I would think.
Ordered mine from Streetsideauto.c0m , with free shipping, got em 2 days later.

 

Yes Ranchos will help, I think along with Bilsteins are the best two brand of shocks you can put on a truck.
As far as installation, about as easy as changing your oil. This is a mod you DO NOT need to pay to have done.
Most shops here will charge about $75 for installation. Takes them maybe 30 mins with a lift. If you have NO experience and have to do it in the driveway, then it might take you all of about 2 hours...

 

Just a jack and the right tools and I should be able to figure it out?

 

If you're doing the rears only, you should be okay. Guys who installed the front struts said it's a PITA. Depends on your skill & confidence level.

 

2 hours??? That would be very ambitious. I did all of mine in about 4. This included the cursing at and cutting off of some pretty rusty nuts on top of the shock towers. The big lower mounting bolts were a bitch to pound out too. I have a better than average set of skills and tools. Maybe not when compared to others on this site.

If you have NO experience, then you probably don't have the tools. In this case, don't do it yourself

 

This reminds me of something my Dad used to tell me. It's always cheaper to have someone do it for you that knows how, than to have some one fix your screw ups. Personally, I like to have someone who knows how SHOW me, so I can do it in the future!

 

The front struts aren't that bad to get out, taking them apart to get the springs off them is a royal pain though. The spring compressors I rented when I was installing my TM kit didn't fit into the spring properly. I ended up bringing the struts to a local shop so they could use a wall mounted spring compressor on them.

 

Shocks are a piece of cake, the only wrinkle is if you have coil overs. Then it's just a matter of compressing the spring. I actually enjoy changing out shocks for friends except when they have coil-overs. But it's still no big deal, just need a set of spring compressors which can be purchased for around $20 or rented (often for free) from your local auto parts store...

 

Unfortunately you're right, our free shipping is only to the continental U.S., we ship USPS to Canada because the fees are lower than UPS or Fedex. If you go through the checkout process and fill in your address, you can get an accurate price quote for the shipping. Another option, which we see a lot, is if you're close to the border you could have it shipped to a fedex store or a similar place that will hold it for you until you can pick it up. Don't forget to use the code "dodge5" for 5% off if you do decide to go with us.