Monroe vs Bilstien Shocks
Just wondering what you folks are using on your trucks. I've got 89k miles on my Dodge one-ton and know I'll be due for new ones at some time (Monroe's are currently in my truck). I recently had one s...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:rhagfo wrote:
My OEM'S were MOPR also but were still working ok after about 255,000 miles! Replaced with Bilstien 5100's super differance.
Your springs were doing the job. At 15K the Bilstien's made a huge difference on mine. We changed out my Dad's 12 Dually also and you could EASILY compress and extend the old shocks that only had 10K on them.
No they were still working more or less, no leaks and still gas charged.
The difference was the effect of the valving! Stock with the 5er in tow a bad bridge transition would cause about three bounce cycles, with the Bilstien's I get about 3/4 of a cycle!
Just in case you wonder if that were OEM.
