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1jeep
Explorer II
Nov 29, 2017

installing rv shocks

I am planning to install some shocks on my rv this winter, hoping they help smooth out the ride as we have noticed since upgrading to the sailun tires it rides a bit rougher.

So my question is those who have done this, did it help? did you buy a kit? I see lippert has a kit which is about $125 per axle with shocks, has anybody used this one?
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/shock-kit-for-3-inch-axle-tube/62535&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&scid=scplp62535&sc_intid=62535&affiliateid=6313&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjf7gs4nk1wIVSbjACh0pAAsHEAQYBSABEgIJzPD_BwE
  • laknox's avatar
    laknox
    Nomad
    Nov 29, 2017
    1jeep wrote:
    I am planning to install some shocks on my rv this winter, hoping they help smooth out the ride as we have noticed since upgrading to the sailun tires it rides a bit rougher.

    So my question is those who have done this, did it help? did you buy a kit? I see lippert has a kit which is about $125 per axle with shocks, has anybody used this one?
    http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/shock-kit-for-3-inch-axle-tube/62535&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&scid=scplp62535&sc_intid=62535&affiliateid=6313&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjf7gs4nk1wIVSbjACh0pAAsHEAQYBSABEgIJzPD_BwE


    Don't know anything about the LCI kit, but the cream of the crop, and what I'll choose when the time comes, is a Joy Rider shock kit. http://www.rvimprovementsystems.com/joy_rider.html

    Lyle
  • 1jeep's avatar
    1jeep
    Explorer II
    Nov 29, 2017
    I am not able to the Monroe kit, I have seen the joy rider and understand their point about he angle which is why I am almost considering fabbing my own brackets.
  • lee_worsdell's avatar
    lee_worsdell
    Explorer
    Nov 29, 2017
    I put sailun tires on and it road smoother with my trailer. iam going to put some shocks on this spring also
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Nov 29, 2017
    1jeep wrote:
    I am not able to the Monroe kit, I have seen the joy rider and understand their point about he angle which is why I am almost considering fabbing my own brackets.


    That's exactly what I did on our last TT. Made an amazing difference to feeling road irregularities like expansion joints.
  • 1jeep's avatar
    1jeep
    Explorer II
    Nov 29, 2017
    lee...glad yours rides smoother after, what pressure are you running? mine are at 110psi. even my wife has noticed the trailer rides rougher now, doors are found open...this never occurred with the cheap soft factory tires.

    Looks like the Monroe kit has been discontinued. only choice I see is joyrider, LPI or make my own which could possibly cost more then the LPI when im finished.
  • Fisher_Bill's avatar
    Fisher_Bill
    Explorer
    Nov 29, 2017
    I noticed when I don't pump up my air bags it really make a difference on the ride.

    If I only use the torklift load stops it's pretty bumpy but when I charge the air bags it's like night and day.
  • 1jeep's avatar
    1jeep
    Explorer II
    Nov 29, 2017
    were not noticing much difference in the cab of the truck , but now finding stuff in the trailer moved around.

    Im not certain air bags on my truck would help, trailer doesn't weigh enough to make my truck squat more than a inch.
  • Wild_Card's avatar
    Wild_Card
    Explorer
    Nov 29, 2017
    I put Joy ride on mine. I liked the angles designed into the brackets. I welded the frame brackets not bolted like they show

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