what are the best shocks for daily road driving?
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what are the best shocks for daily road driving?
i drive my 05 dodge ram quad cab hemi daily on the road
and i would like to make it a smoother ride. what are the best and cheapest shocks that would be as smooth as a mercedes driving for my ram?
and i would like to make it a smoother ride. what are the best and cheapest shocks that would be as smooth as a mercedes driving for my ram?
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Welcome to DF. First, before anything else, please read this.
I will move this to the 3rd Generation Ram section (2002-2008 Dodge Rams) for you.
As 96magnumram stated, cheapest and best almost never go hand-in-hand when it comes to auto parts. Not trying to get you down, but these trucks will never be as smooth as a Mercedes or other luxury vehicles, due to their solid axle setup and suspension systems. They are designed for solid work, not smooth floating.
Cheapest I've found is Monroe Monro-Matic Plus shocks, about $25 a piece at O'Reillys Auto Parts. You can probably find similar cheaper online, BUT O'Reillys has a Lifetime Warranty on them. If one ever breaks, you take it off, take it in, they swap it out, have a nice day. Good local service, no shipping or waiting time. However, Monro-Matics are middle-of-the-road stiffness, definitely not soft shocks.
I like the Monroe Reflex shocks myself, plan on getting set up with them next time mine are due for replacement, but they are even stiffer, designed for mild off-road use.
I will move this to the 3rd Generation Ram section (2002-2008 Dodge Rams) for you.
As 96magnumram stated, cheapest and best almost never go hand-in-hand when it comes to auto parts. Not trying to get you down, but these trucks will never be as smooth as a Mercedes or other luxury vehicles, due to their solid axle setup and suspension systems. They are designed for solid work, not smooth floating.
Cheapest I've found is Monroe Monro-Matic Plus shocks, about $25 a piece at O'Reillys Auto Parts. You can probably find similar cheaper online, BUT O'Reillys has a Lifetime Warranty on them. If one ever breaks, you take it off, take it in, they swap it out, have a nice day. Good local service, no shipping or waiting time. However, Monro-Matics are middle-of-the-road stiffness, definitely not soft shocks.
I like the Monroe Reflex shocks myself, plan on getting set up with them next time mine are due for replacement, but they are even stiffer, designed for mild off-road use.
I have bilstein 5100s and they do great. Not a Mercedes ride but its smooth sailing for a truck. If u want a tad bit cheaper maybe go with normal bilsteins. The ones with blue and yellow. If u don't want to pay shipping o Reilys auto can get them for you. Not sure if u have one where u live. Also welcome to the forum
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Bilstein 5100 HD's all around on my 05'. MUCH MUCH better ride than the stockers for sure. It will never be a smooth mercedes like ride though, well, unless you swap suspensions with a 09'+ those drive super smooth, almost car like.
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I just installed the Bilstein OEM shocks for my '05 and I'm not liking them as much as I thought I would. They are OK but not great. When coming to a stop, the front of the truck still wants to dip and bounce back a little as if the shocks are too weak. They may have smoothed out some of the medium sized bumps in the road, but overall they aren't as smooth as I had hoped. I too wanted to have a smoother, more sure-footed feel to the suspension, but I haven't gotten it yet. Since I just spent almost $300 on the set of 4 I just installed, I'll be waiting quite a while to try something else.
