Off Roading shocks

[shorty2500]

i am planning a 2 or 3 inch coil spacer lift for the front. do i need different shocks up front?



also, i have about 130k miles on my truck. should my stock shocks be worn out? i jump on the front bumper, and it bounces for a little bit after i jump off. i don't know if it bounces excessively, but my guess is that it does. should it dampen out after one or two bounces?



thanks.

 

[JDougherty]

you will be much happier with the ride after you change them. i changed mine at 80k and there was a drastic difference.



yes your stock shock will limit your wheel travel up front.

 

[JGheen]

I would definately change them out after that many miles. Their probably not bad but if your going to get spacers installed I would change them due to the added suspension height. If you don't change 'em, depending on what you do with the truck, you could take a chance of the piston popping out the top because they can't extent far enough to compensate for your new suspension height. There are lots of comapnies out there that can offer you the proper length shocks if you tell them what you have.

 

[CumminsPower98]

Change the shocks! I ran stock ride hight shocks for quite some time with 2" spacers up front and they would over extend real easy. Got longer ones and problem solved and much better ride.

 

[MMeier]

Just changed out mine at 45 K , man what a difference!! Oo. On my 2 WD '97 3500 the stockers were junk at 25K miles. By the way I went with Pro Comp ES 9000's on my '03, so far so good, have a stack of trailers to haul back from Okla later this week so we shall see how they do with load on them.

 

[EBansberg]

I believe I'm due too. My truck bounces horribly going down the highway. I think my fillings are going to come out. anybody else with this problem and best shock or maybe spring change to get rid of it? Any info on T Rex mini packs?