Well, what I'm gonna do, after lots of research... I've got a friend that
works at a Murray's Auto parts store who's gonna get me the Monroe Reflex
shocks (for a stock height dakota) for about $30 each (instead of the $45)
and I'm just gonna compress them. I figure that they'll ride a little hard,
but hold the road quite nicely. Plus, they're lifetime warranteed so I'll
be able to get new ones if/when the fail. That way I can finally ditch
these 50K mile stock shock garbage! Yay me. Hopefully they don't cause any
problems with my lower shock bolts..... <<prays to god>>
Thanks to those the contributed!
-- - Josh Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L"Bill Pitz" <dakota@billpitz.com> wrote in message news:gua3gv0vmdn52gjb71a7l5fbp05dnlm2ui@4ax.com... > > On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 11:27:42 -0400, jbattles@bankfinancial.com ("Josh > Battles") wrote: > > > > >Ok, I know we've discussed shocks like a bazillion times now, but I can't > >remember if we ever discussed drop shocks. I need to replace my shocks and > >don't have the money to spend on the super-expensive Hotchkis Bilsteins > >(about $95 each) that go with my drop kit. I was thinking of getting either > >some of the Doesch Tech shocks or some generic Monroes for a stock height > >truck and just compressing them excessively. What do you all think? Anyone > >have any experiences that they'd like to share??? Any help would be GREATLY > >appreciated!!! Thanks!! > > I'm not sure how I would feel about over-compressing stock-height > shocks on a lowered truck. I know that on the Rancho site they've got > a whole load of technical info that would essentially let you pick out > the same shock but in a different size. Surely Monroe and others have > the same information available to dealers, even if it's not publically > accessible. If you could get the equivalent of the stock shock minus > the decrease in travel because of your lowering kit, that'd be the > ideal setup. > > -Bill
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