How could it get worse?
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From: Millbury, MA
How could it get worse?
I just installed 4 new Rough Country 8000 series shocks.
The ones I took out were original from '03.
My ride is actually worse now than before I changed them!
What gives?
The ones I took out were original from '03.
My ride is actually worse now than before I changed them!
What gives?
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no he probly means a bumpier, shakier, crappier ride than with the OEM tuned to the truck shocks were...
By the way the OEM's probly arent bad unless they are leaking. I actually put my stock shocks back on and took off the bilsteins and guess what, my ride improved to some extent. But its partly because since I replaced my 275/60/20's with 275/55/20's, I gained some stiffness just by going with the lower profile tire coupled with the addition of the rear sway bar kit. You add the Biltsiens to that and you end up with really stiff not-so-compliant ride that really leaves you feeling every freakin bump, crack and pothole in the road.
By the way the OEM's probly arent bad unless they are leaking. I actually put my stock shocks back on and took off the bilsteins and guess what, my ride improved to some extent. But its partly because since I replaced my 275/60/20's with 275/55/20's, I gained some stiffness just by going with the lower profile tire coupled with the addition of the rear sway bar kit. You add the Biltsiens to that and you end up with really stiff not-so-compliant ride that really leaves you feeling every freakin bump, crack and pothole in the road.
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no he probly means a bumpier, shakier, crappier ride than with the OEM tuned to the truck shocks were...
By the way the OEM's probly arent bad unless they are leaking. I actually put my stock shocks back on and took off the bilsteins and guess what, my ride improved to some extent. But its partly because since I replaced my 275/60/20's with 275/55/20's, I gained some stiffness just by going with the lower profile tire coupled with the addition of the rear sway bar kit. You add the Biltsiens to that and you end up with really stiff not-so-compliant ride that really leaves you feeling every freakin bump, crack and pothole in the road.
By the way the OEM's probly arent bad unless they are leaking. I actually put my stock shocks back on and took off the bilsteins and guess what, my ride improved to some extent. But its partly because since I replaced my 275/60/20's with 275/55/20's, I gained some stiffness just by going with the lower profile tire coupled with the addition of the rear sway bar kit. You add the Biltsiens to that and you end up with really stiff not-so-compliant ride that really leaves you feeling every freakin bump, crack and pothole in the road.
Al