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Old May 22nd, 2014, 02:17 AM
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Default Re: 4x4 Shock Absorbers

Yup I got it solved. Did a little snooping online, measuring, and research and came up with the following. Found that someone in the archives on this forum the following Ranchos. You can use them but with minor tweaks outlined below.

Front: Rancho RS5601 - these bolt on! Only tweak is that you have to pound out your metal shock sleeves from the stock shocks and just slip them into your Ranchos.

Rear: Rancho RS5143 - these are the correct length but do not bolt on off the shelf. The rubber bushings that come on these shocks do not fit the stock metal sleeves. You need to use some sort of a reamer to get the hole bigger so you can fit the sleeves from your stock shocks into the Ranchos. I am still working on this to finish up the rear.

My only review can be of the front shocks and they ride great. Finally have handling and no more boating around.

EDIT: Forgot to mention you can get them new and cheap on eBay pretty easily.
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