I have a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 and am looking for more support when carrying a heavy payload while keeping a smooth ride. Is this the shock for me?
522143
I have them on my gmc 1500 and they ride like stock and when I connect my tailgate salt spreader and put 2000 pounds salt in truck it stays level and still rides awesome... theses are great shocks and I have had them on for 2 winter seasons in jersey and still look new under truck...
522144
The ride is stiff, but I was able to drive from El Paso to Houston while a lot of belongings in the truck bed and towing a 2012 Ford Escape. There was no sag and it stayed pretty much level
522145
Gives you enough support to keep level when loaded usually however it's not a substitute for worn put leafs. Ride is a little firmer but not really noticeable after a week of driving
522146
they work great, took the sag out and it did ride ok,with bed loaded even better
1704489
I installed one (06 f250) but it did not seem to slow the opening of the tailgate much. The tailgate on a 06 F250 is very heavy and i was hoping this shock would help with an ease of opening. Now it does engage and work but it doesn't handle the weight of the gate well and still opens too rapidly. I'm debating on installing a 2nd to see if there is any improvement
365446
So far they have been great. They work well under pressure too! I have hauled many loads in excess of 1.25 tons and they did great controlling the tail over rough roads. Same with trailering. So far they have been on for 6 months and have taken a lot of punishment. As of now this will remain my choice for shocks.
1390317
Absolutely. I mostly ride it around the neighborhood with my daughter. I hit the trails a lot also. I will eventually upgrade the front shocks, but I am a heavier guy, thats why.
790348
I have 12 Road King, probably the same fitment. I am 180lbs went with light springs. The pros much better/more comfortable than stock air shocks, close to 1" reduction in seat height which I like being 5'8" my feet are firmly planted. The con is that they are relatively expensive.
637048
You might want my to get the Heady Duty version of the same shock. If memory serves me the factory rep told me that 250 is the magical number for the standard and more than that is the Heavy Duty set. Of course you could call them and get their expert opinion. They were very helpful for me.
234117
They seem to work like a normal shock. The Odyssey has a coil spring and shock on the rear so I was worried the ride would be really stiff with this extra spring. I'm very please with the ride (nice and smooth).
301096
It depends on the weight you are putting on the truck. So far every thing I have put to these, has had no trouble at all. I am very pleased with these shocks. From pulling trailers to loading the bed of my truck, they are still like new.
523555
The weight and hauling should remain the same. The air bags help keep the truck level with a softer ride and more control. I have a 12,000 lb 5th wheel that will drive the rear of the truck down 3 to 4 inches so it rides stiff. With the bags it drives down the road even better than it did without the coach. The load on the 5th wheel in the bed is about 2000lb. Because of the bags I could hold more but I'm pretty maximum now.
346448
iwould say that if you are towing that much with a1500 size truck i would go to an air bag set up the shocks i put on my truck made it real rough rideing with nothing in the back end i own ahot shot company and played with a lot of set ups the air bag is the best way to go this way you can tow ur load level and the truck will be level as well thats the safeist way to go let me know steve
1430499
well i have a 6 in lift on my dodge ram, wife's tribute is stock and sits fairly low and i have come to see that unless your vehicle sits on the ground the ramp is steep so i just made a longer ramp and have had no issues on either vehicle and as for the quality i love it, i wouldn't load anything over 300lbs on it just for my own comfort but a great product none the less.
1208117
I have installed the shock so I cannot answers your questions, but I can say that the shock work great. You will have to use the skinniest spring compressor you can find or the it will bind against the shock. (Real pain with wrong tools)
1075588
These shocks are for stock ride height. The shock part is only medium duty, but the extra spring is nice to firm up the soggy TTB ride.
941076
What I did was go to the www.monroe.com website and enter your vehicle information. It will give you the part numbers the fit your car / truck. I would only use the products highlighted in yellow, which are premium. Enter the number that it gives you into Amazon. I can't think of any car / tuck that would use the same front and rear shocks / struts. I have used both the Reflex and the Sensa-trac and the Sensa-trac was by far more smoother. Sticking these Sensa-Trac's in the rear of my 99 Mercury Mountaineer really helped with the ride. I think it was because the helper spring not only helps with towing weight, but it kept the suspension from using the overload spring. The overload leaf spring gives that rough bounce back in the suspension.
1803177
Shocks are more of a dampening device. They keep you from having a rough ride or having your vehicle bounce all over the road. If you are putting a load on the rear and it squats, you probably want to look towards the coils. You can put in adjustable air bags (Check out 'Air Lift' brand) or stiffer/adjustable coils to rectify the squatting. The shocks may help a little....depending on how worn they are or if they are leaking. I don't know how big your boat is (tongue weight), what year your Tahoe is, how many miles on the current shocks, what suspension you have, ect.....so hard to answer in more detail. Hope that helps.
1928699
The ride is stiffer than factory, for two people or with cargo I liked it better. I have a 01 lowrider and would bottom out a lot with a passenger until I put these on. With these it will still bottom out if you hit a really hard bump but normal riding there awesome compared to a factory shock.
495912
I installed my air lift system in a 2010 dodge 1500. It does not have shocks in the rear so I did not have to deal with that problem. Sorry I could not help.