Hey guys, drove out to Cali yesterday and as always whenever I hit around 70-75mph the truck seems to be excessively bouncy. Not that I'm boucing all over the road, but i'm bouncing all over in the cab. I'll look at everyone else in other cars/trucks to see if they're bouncing even close to as much and nobody seems to be. What could be causing this??? I'm pretty sure the tires are balanced. Maybe the shocks going bad????

 

The wind is probably lifting up the truck and causing the stock crappy shocks to extend more easily when hitting minor dips and doos in the road.

I'd replace stock shocks since your prob getting up there in mileage with stockers being an '04 and all???

 

That's where I'd start, maybe a nice set of Monroe Reflex shocks would be the ticket on that 2WD truck...

 

Hammer we all need to start getting paid for these advertisements and reccomendations...lol

Especially since you haven't got anything for free.

 

I was thinking about going Bilstein 5100's, but wasn't planning on that untill i did the 4" lift spindles in the front. Would they still be the same length? I dont want to buy 2 different sets, that would suck.

There's nothing else you guys can thinnk of that may be causeing this? Someone told me i had 3/4 ton springs in the rear, could that be it?

 

You may have an add-a-leaf but I don't think 2500 springs bolt up to a 1500?
Easy enough to tell if you do, but your 2wd would be jacked in the back and slammed in the front. i would say your truck rake would be sunbstancial. I know the 2wd's dive in the front, but add-a-leafs would make it worse.

Spindle lift would utilize stock shocks, so there won't be need to change to diff. shocks, but i wouldn't go through the install twice. When you do shocks, you'll need an alignment. WHen you do spindles, you'll need an alignment. Just wait to do it at once. that's your best bet. maenwhile, start gathering parts little by little.

 

Bilstein 5100s are a great shock, made specifically for lifted 4x4s, although I'm sure they'll be fine on a 4x2. A bit stiffer than the Monroe shocks. I'll usually recommend the Monroes to guys who complain of a rough ride.

Although I'm far from an expert on 2WD suspension, spindles wouldn't change the arm height, so you could get shocks now without having to repurchase later.

I doubt you have 3/4 ton leafs, they are not a direct bolt up and would require a little bit of fabrication to swap to.


And yeah 'dog, would be nice to get some love from some of these manufacturers whose product I've found to be really good and I recommend.
Only thing I've gotten to date was a t-shirt from Superchips, a few years ago when I bought mine, I un-installed it on my truck and let guys try the tune out on theirs for a couple of days. I think out of the five guys I let try it, three went ahead and bought one. I mentioned this on the SC forum and they asked for my address.
A commission check? Nope, just a lousy t-shirt. LMAO!!!

 

I'll put up pics right now, but yeah that makes sense about them not bolting up. I dont know much about trucks, i'm usually a car guy. So Monroe would probably be the way to go for a smoother ride? The Reflex's quality is good? Again, i'm used to dealing with companies like Tein, Koni, JIC, etc...

 

Ok, here's the pictures. Maybe someone can tell me if the springs and stance are normal. There is a 4" difference between the front and the rear. I measured from the top of the rims to the top of the wheel well arch.

 

Well, the stance looks normal to me.