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With the camper:
First impression: Wish I could remove them right away, the ride is miserable.
After a while: The pendulum-like swaying did disappear, but the truck effectively has almost no rear suspension. It's like (it is?) riding on the bump stops. This is not the long term fix for us.
Without the camper: everything is okay most of the time, but any decent amount of bump (i.e. going over most bridges) was bad. The rear suspension would compress enough to engage them, and the effect is (unsurprisingly) jarring.
Oct-24-2018 07:19 AM
Another vote for swaybar. I put them on everything I buy now, from cars, SUVs to trucks. I would try that. As far as shocks, I've had Rancho, Bilst and Fox. My vote is for some fox's with resevoirs if available.
Oct-24-2018 07:03 AM
detrick wrote:
Tons of great feedback in this thread -- thanks so much for that folks.
Looks like an upgraded sway bar is a solid investment, so we'll go that route. Can't see any reason not to, and some great recommendations here. Solidly leaning towards the BigWig. Rear first, but will consider doing the front, too, depending on how things are after doing the rear and new shocks.
Shocks are definitely in order, truck appears to have the original factory shocks. No leaking and they perform fine even with a heavy load in the bed or a heavy trailer -- but of course the TC is a different kind of load. Leaning towards the Rancho RS9000XL for the adjustability, but Bilstein 5100s seems to get high marks by folks in this thread. Kinda ponder some of the remote reservoir shocks out there, but guessing that the cost outweighs the performance -- especially since so many people seem satisfied with the Ranchos and Bilsteins.
Timbrens -- recommended a few times here so worth considering, but this truck (unsurprisingly) rides like a cinder block when empty or lightly loaded. Still on the fence about these.
Finally, tires. Can't recall what's on now, but they don't have a ton of miles left on them. So will be looking closely at what we replace them with in the near future.
Thanks again for all the advice, it all seems very helpful to me. And I think others may come across it and find it helpful, too.
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Oct-07-2018 10:20 AM
3 tons wrote:
Coils in the rear are difficult to overcome, but without throwing lots of moola at it I would start with Tembrens which are super easy to install and have a full satisfaction and lifetime guarantee...I’ve had them on a 2500 and a 3500 DRW and they worked well...These just may be the ticket...
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