Plse note distances are in 1000's of meters - times by .625 for land miles...Truck hauls a camper sometimes, tows 5th wheel flatbed and toyhauler, bumper tow trailers, gooseneck stock trailers as needed. OEM shocks were replaced at about 205,000km with Rancho 9000 during a fit of "upgrades". One Rancho 9000 died at 225,000km. (along with one of the rear) Warranty denied by selling dealer. Replaced with Bilstein whatever the correct p/n is for high cg loads not Baja 1000 racing...Just coming up on 300,000 km Front right Bilstein is displaying double bobbing action when you stab the brakes at 1 mph coming to a stop. Can't remember if any handling improvement was actually noticed with the aftermarket shocks - "back to normal" would be more like it maybe. Logic suggests I should go to the Mopar store and put OEM back on?

Owned the truck since new? The OEM shocks were done WAY before 200+k.I'm a fan of bilsteins myself. Heavy stuff a truck carries and tows wears stuff out faster. Pretty much every shock you buy on aftermarket will be equal to or better than OEM...just less $$$.

You might want to try KYB MonoMax, put them on our truck and we like them alot, firm ride when unloaded and rides like a caddy loaded.

I just took my KYB's off because of ageand thought I'd try the Bilsteins andto tell you the truth I'm going back toKYB's next time around much nicer loaded

Vinsil wrote:Owned the truck since new? The OEM shocks were done WAY before 200+k.I'm a fan of bilsteins myself. Heavy stuff a truck carries and tows wears stuff out faster. Pretty much every shock you buy on aftermarket will be equal to or better than OEM...just less $$$.Nope the OEM shocks were the OEM shocks.

sharkman wrote:You might want to try KYB MonoMax, put them on our truck and we like them alot, firm ride when unloaded and rides like a caddy loaded. Thanks I'll check those out.

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Vinsil
Explorer
Oct 08, 2015
Owned the truck since new? The OEM shocks were done WAY before 200+k.

I'm a fan of bilsteins myself. Heavy stuff a truck carries and tows wears stuff out faster. Pretty much every shock you buy on aftermarket will be equal to or better than OEM...just less $$$.
sharkman
Explorer
Oct 08, 2015
You might want to try KYB MonoMax, put them on our truck and we like them alot, firm ride when unloaded and rides like a caddy loaded.
bedrocker
Explorer
Oct 08, 2015
I just took my KYB's off because of age
and thought I'd try the Bilsteins and
to tell you the truth I'm going back to
KYB's next time around much nicer loaded
noteven
Explorer III
Oct 08, 2015
Vinsil wrote:
Owned the truck since new? The OEM shocks were done WAY before 200+k.

I'm a fan of bilsteins myself. Heavy stuff a truck carries and tows wears stuff out faster. Pretty much every shock you buy on aftermarket will be equal to or better than OEM...just less $$$.

Nope the OEM shocks were the OEM shocks.
noteven
Explorer III
Oct 08, 2015
sharkman wrote:
You might want to try KYB MonoMax, put them on our truck and we like them alot, firm ride when unloaded and rides like a caddy loaded.

Thanks I'll check those out.
mooring_product
Explorer
Oct 08, 2015
I run Bilstein 5100's on my Dodge 3500
Super_Dave
Explorer
Oct 08, 2015
When I changed out my 3500 shocks I only did the rears. My fronts are operating great with the stock shocks.
Vinsil
Explorer
Oct 08, 2015
06Fargo wrote:
Vinsil wrote:
Owned the truck since new? The OEM shocks were done WAY before 200+k.

I'm a fan of bilsteins myself. Heavy stuff a truck carries and tows wears stuff out faster. Pretty much every shock you buy on aftermarket will be equal to or better than OEM...just less $$$.

Nope the OEM shocks were the OEM shocks.

If you got 200k out of stock shocks, Why do anything else? Really though, shocks last 30-60k.
rider997
Explorer
Oct 08, 2015
06Fargo wrote:
Plse note distances are in 1000's of meters - times by .625 for land miles...

Truck hauls a camper sometimes, tows 5th wheel flatbed and toyhauler, bumper tow trailers, gooseneck stock trailers as needed.

OEM shocks were replaced at about 205,000km with Rancho 9000 during a fit of "upgrades".

One Rancho 9000 died at 225,000km. (along with one of the rear) Warranty denied by selling dealer. Replaced with Bilstein whatever the correct p/n is for high cg loads not Baja 1000 racing...

Just coming up on 300,000 km Front right Bilstein is displaying double bobbing action when you stab the brakes at 1 mph coming to a stop.

Can't remember if any handling improvement was actually noticed with the aftermarket shocks - "back to normal" would be more like it maybe.

Logic suggests I should go to the Mopar store and put OEM back on?

You could utilize the lifetime warranty on your Bilstein shocks and continue to use them. They're likely better than the OEM solution.
Grit_dog
Navigator
Oct 08, 2015
That's not a lot of miles (km/.625) lol for Bilsteins.
Logic says replace with the same shocks since they are free. Lifetime warranty.