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albow
Explorer
Nov 12, 2018

Shock recommendations

2003 Ram 3500 SRW 2WD. I'm looking at replacing my shocks and wondered if y'all had any recommendations from personal or friend's experience. I'm hoping for a better/smoother ride and certainly nothing less so. I actually hardly ever pull our camper anywhere and never load the bed down with weight so I'm actually looking for something that fits an unladen truck better. Give me some ideas with your experiences and of course, the more similar the truck, the better. Oh, I forgot. Also let me know how easy or difficult this might be to tackle myself.
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  • albow's avatar
    albow
    Explorer
    Nov 12, 2018
    SidecarFlip wrote:
    All work until the seals give out and the leak.
    Well, yes, but not as well as they did new.
  • SidecarFlip's avatar
    SidecarFlip
    Explorer III
    Nov 12, 2018
    I don't. I run Monroe's and they work fine. Like I said, when they leak, replace them and eventually, they all leak.

    Avoiding potholes is good too.
  • Chrisatthebeach's avatar
    Chrisatthebeach
    Explorer
    Nov 12, 2018
    drsteve wrote:
    Bilsteins. Better than stock, reasonably priced.


    I agree, and I got a good price on the entire set from shockwarehouse.com
  • rhagfo's avatar
    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    Nov 12, 2018
    SidecarFlip wrote:
    All work until the seals give out and the leak.


    drsteve wrote:
    Bilsteins. Better than stock, reasonably priced.


    I agree Bilstein's, I have 5100's on a non lifted truck. To SidecarFlips statment, when I put on the Bil's on my 2001 Ram about 5 years ago at 255K this is what I found that was on the truck. The reason was that I would bounced two to three cycles on a bad transition, they were working just not very well!! Then I found out why!



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