BF Goodrich Aerospace VelvetRide shackles, anybody tried them?

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Sure sounds like agreat way to improve the ride on a 3/4 or 1 ton truck!

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I had them on my 94 3/4 ton. They did make a difference in the overall ride. They take a lot of the bone-jarring jolt out of the bigger bumps. You still feel them, they just don't knock your fillings out anymore. Are they worth $150? I would say yes. Every little bit helps.

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Curtis Harris
1997 3500 Club Cab
"CASPER"
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I thought about adding these to my truck also, but after doing further research IMO they don't seem to be worth the $. I'm now going to add the Roadmaster Active Suspension. The cost is a bit more but the feedback on ride quality seems to make the addition worth the $. Do a search and you'll find a lot of feedback about the Roadmasters.

Ryan

 

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last time I looked there were a couple of pair for sale in the TDR classifieds.

Last I heard it was 2 thumbs down

 

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I installed them on my new Y2K. They may have been worth the $160 I paid for them, but I don't think they were worth the work of installing them. I haven't tried the Edelbrock Performer IAS shocks (inertia sensitive) yet, but I intend to. The ride is still not as smooth as my ‘95, which does not have the overload springs but does have the Firestone Ride Rite air bags.

If you need it the Edelbrock numbers for the 2000 year Dodges are 3344 front & 3444 rear.

Loren

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2000 Quad Cab, 4x4, short bed, six-speed: U. S. Gear exhaust brake, MileMarker Select Drive viscous coupling, Velvet-Ride spring shackles, Painless Wiring circuit box, Optima yellow-top batteries, Super-Glide 5th wheel hitch, Reese folding ball gooseneck hitch, Drawtite front hitch receiver, Tekonsha Sentinel brake controller, Westin nerf bars, Clarion sound system
1995 Standard Cab, 4x4, long bed, automatic: Firestone Ride-Rite air springs, torque converter lock-up switch, 4" cat-back exhaust, Reese 20K 5th wheel hitch, Reese gooseneck hitch, Hayes Micro Control trailer brake controller, 100 gallon bed-mounted fuel tank with 12 volt electric pump & fill nozzle, Swiss Cap fiberglass cap