Ride Quality
I have a 24 foot class C E-350 ford based motorhome. On good roads it rides great. Humps are handled with ease. However, pavement strips feel like 6 inch dropoffs. I just drove from south Florida ...
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Nothing subtle about the improvement we enjoy after installing a new set of Bilsteins to our 2012 E-350. After 33,000 miles the original equipment shocks were tired {too say the least -pretty well shot to say the most}.
After speaking to the folks at Bilstein and Shock Warehouse I elected to go with their "heavy duty" model. Their standard model is for large SUV's and our 24' C is a lot more truck than any SUV. This decision was based upon a number of factors. Our GVWR is 11,500# and we usually run very near that number.
We often tow my motorcycle {675# Harley Dyna Super Glide}, on a small trailer ({200#}, which puts us even nearer our GVWR. I could not believe ride and handling after installing the Bilsteins, so much better. I watched two very large mechanics wrestle with compressing the shocks during the install, the rears were not a problem but the fronts were a serious PITA! {soo glad I did not try and do this myself!}. These shocks are on the firm side of the equation but given the load they support I would not want anything less.
Running with a medium to heavy load the coach actually rides far better then it ever did before. Wind and trucks were never an issue that remains the case. Two finger steering is the rule
and that continues up through 35 mph winds... anything above 35 and I simple choose to get off the road. Keep in mind I have weighed the coach, several times, and inflate my Michelin LTX M/S 2's according to the load I am currently running as even great shocks {Bilsteins, Koni's, Monroe's etc.,}s are worthless without the proper inflation.
Works for me!
:B
After speaking to the folks at Bilstein and Shock Warehouse I elected to go with their "heavy duty" model. Their standard model is for large SUV's and our 24' C is a lot more truck than any SUV. This decision was based upon a number of factors. Our GVWR is 11,500# and we usually run very near that number.
We often tow my motorcycle {675# Harley Dyna Super Glide}, on a small trailer ({200#}, which puts us even nearer our GVWR. I could not believe ride and handling after installing the Bilsteins, so much better. I watched two very large mechanics wrestle with compressing the shocks during the install, the rears were not a problem but the fronts were a serious PITA! {soo glad I did not try and do this myself!}. These shocks are on the firm side of the equation but given the load they support I would not want anything less.
Running with a medium to heavy load the coach actually rides far better then it ever did before. Wind and trucks were never an issue that remains the case. Two finger steering is the rule
and that continues up through 35 mph winds... anything above 35 and I simple choose to get off the road. Keep in mind I have weighed the coach, several times, and inflate my Michelin LTX M/S 2's according to the load I am currently running as even great shocks {Bilsteins, Koni's, Monroe's etc.,}s are worthless without the proper inflation.
Works for me!
:B
