You get your's on yet Kyle? What'd everyone end up paying for their
Bilsteins? I paid $65 each for the fronts on a 97. No rears, don't need
them yet.
J...
>From: durling@attglobal.net
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: "dakota-truck@buffnet.net" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: Shocks
>Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 23:14:08 -0500
>
>I just wanted to mention since there seems to be some people looking for
>shocks that I just installed my new set of bilstiens today. If solved my
>gittering problem and now the truck ride is as smooth as a baby butt.
>The front monroe selec-matic (something like that) that I installed
>three months ago in the front already started to fail (thought they were
>wrong when I bought them). The rear shocks were gone (could take two
>fingers and completely compress each shock). This was only after 45k.
>The ride as mentioned before is really improved. It's neat how the
>shocks keep the real small bumps from being felt but when they hit a
>hard bump the truck levels out instantly. Awsome shocks. The install was
>a bit of a bitch though. The shocks are so stiff they were nearly
>impossible to compress. Cheated by using a second jack to compress the
>front ones so I could get the first bolt started. The rear shocks were
>the worst since they didn't have any strap on to keep them compressed so
>my friend and I had to compress them manually. That was not fun but the
>ride was well worth it.
>
>Jeff Durling
>'96 RC Sport-318
>
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