New shocks- Koni or Bilstein?
It's time to change out my shocks and I'd like some feedback on folks' experience with Koni vs Bilstein shocks. What have you noticed about ride quality? How have they held up? Some older revi...
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bagman wrote:Bagman,
JRide Plus = 1. Hellwig Helper Springs. 2. Rubber Isolation Mounts, 3. Computer-Balanced Drive Shaft, 4. Bilstein Shocks, 5. Standard Front Stabilizer Bar, & 6. Heavy-Duty rear Stabilizer Bar. The question is, how many other manufacturers of Class C motor homes add all these extra suspension upgrades? Does Fleetwood, Thor, & Forest River do this? I don't know! Bags.
Many years ago, I think one high end motor home manufacture did, maybe it was Dynamax. They added a heavy duty rear stabilizer bar to their E350s because back then the E350 didn't have a rear stabilizer bar of any kind. My 2007 E350 didn't.
Today I don't think anyone upgrades the chassis in any fashion. It's an added expense that most people wouldn't understand, at least not until after their purchase.
I feel the upgrades should be done at Ford on the assembly line and added into the purchase price to the RV outfitters. If it were up to me, it would be a federal mandate for general safety. The RV industry is so far behind the auto industry with regards to safety. If they followed the same regulations, there wouldn't be any motor homes on the road. But having appropriate stabilizer bars, shock absorbers, steering stabilizer and a rear trac bar, are all very simple to incorporate, and affordably so if done on the Ford assembly line.
Ron Dittmer
