When to change factory shocks??? Better handling??

[ThorResidencyNe]

I've noticed that my 1997 MH seems to have the factory shocks still on it. The MH has 35k miles and seems to ride ok and don't have any visible leaking. However, since this is my first MH, I don't have anything to compare it too. I was thinking of switching to Bilstein shocks. Is this a good idea? Will it handle/ride better?

Also, on this first trip I noticed that I needed to make lots of little corrections to the steering while driving. I've inspected the front end and everything looks good, the tires are good and inflated properly and I changed the steering stabalizer. Any other sugguestions??

Thanks.

[KazooTom]

You might get better answers if you include the year make and model of your chassis. The odds are good that new shocks will give you a better ride than the original factory shocks. You say the tires are properly inflated and look good. Do you know how old the tires are? Look for the DOT code, the last four digits will give you the week and year they were made.