Now I just need to get around to the 32 million other things I've neglected to maintain on my truck!
Finally! New shocks!
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Rusty
Finally! New shocks!
Well, after 60,000 miles on the original OEM junk, I finally replaced my shocks with new heavy duty Bilsteins, front and rear. What a difference!
Now I just need to get around to the 32 million other things I've neglected to maintain on my truck!
Now I just need to get around to the 32 million other things I've neglected to maintain on my truck!
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60K out of the OEM shocks 
I bet you did notice a difference
I got rid of mine before 1 or 2K and love my HD Bilstiens
I bet you did notice a difference
I got rid of mine before 1 or 2K and love my HD Bilstiens
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One of the best things you can do, congrats! I bet the family can toss out those Dramamine tablets now 
That thing should ride like it's on rails compared to the .99 stockers.
That thing should ride like it's on rails compared to the .99 stockers.
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Rusty
It was a HUGE difference! Both front ones were completely blown out and leaking. I probably could have taken them out and not noticed. No wonder I was having such a bad time on the last trail ride! The back ones weren't any better but they weren't leaking yet. The right front was so bad my 5 year old could compress and extend it easily by himself. That's trashed!
Mine are the same way... All of them are leaking. But I just say that cool squish sound is the massive shocks...LOL until i get that lift i will just have to pretend that mine are still ok.
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Rusty
Mine got so bad, it became a matter of survival for my crewcab. The last off road trip I went on, I would go up over a rock and when I came down the other side, it would slam down hard on the frame and/or skid plates because tha shocks wouldn't stop the bounce. I'm glad I have skid plates or that trip could have been a disaster.