![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
Went with a set of Rancho 5000's.. Have the back on, still waiting for the front (no one stocked them that was open on a weekend.. Going to try two of the area 4x4 shops tomorrow, or have to order the fronts...
The factory shock on one sie (drivers I think it was) had lost almost all compression resistance.. the other is weak but still feels a little like a soft car shock. now when you hit a large bump (tried a speed bump) the back end has the hard/sharp hit of a 4x4, not the soft recoil of a luxury car
![Exclamation :!:](./images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif)
The front must be worse than I thought.. With the back fixed, it has a definete 'snowplow' going into curves at road speed from the back staying level and the front shocks dropping on the outside of the curve..
Decided to go with Rancho for a couple reasons:
- Past experience
- Rancho has always seemed to be a good 4x shock
- Availability, other than Monroe, everything else would be special order around here
- Lifetime warranty is always a nice selling point
The local shop has the current '03 Rancho book, and it DOESNT show the S10 at all newer than '93
![shrug , dunno :shrug:](./images/smilies/icon_shrug.gif)
So we took the Monroe book, looked up the size specs for the Monroe chock, then looked up the individual specs on the Rancho to match a set of shocks.. The stupid part is once you do that, if you go to the reverse lookup and see what a 5123/5124 fit.... "up to '03 S10/Sonoma".. They have it in the reverse lookup, but in direct application their catalog SKIPS the S series after 93 completely...
![Shame shame on you :nono:](./images/smilies/icon_nono.gif)