OEM front suspension
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D Farms
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Im just a small town pizza lawyer, but technically they are a coilover assembly. The coils fit over the shock and the springs are compressed between the tophat and the bottom hat, the bottom hat being over the shock. The front will always have coilovers unless you do some serious modifications.
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snivilous
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TECHNICALLY the springs are in compression, not tension (which is pulling something apart). Otherwise I agree
D Farms
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TECHNICALLY the springs are in compression, not tension (which is pulling something apart). Otherwise I agree
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JayRolla
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These guys are confusing you. They are right, yes its a coil over shock but thats what a Strut is. You have struts. Struts consist of a coil over shock assembly. So its tamato tomato, lol.
JayRolla
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If I was doing it I would go with new OEM 99 coils and OEM shocks. The ride is great and they usually last a good 100k+ miles. So many rough Monroe shock rides out there.
afg10000
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I am not a pizza lawyer but I am a cheap a#&. I needed to replace suspension on the wife's truck and I went cheap with rockauto. (Keeping everything stock settings) Put Sensen struts/coilovers on the front. They're silver so they look cool. As usual, slightly longer than stock. Cheap monroe shocks on the rear and BrianSD's favorite, Moog springs on the rear. They suck. The Sensen coilovers seem allright, though.
D Farms
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Even if i werent going offroad id put a set of tundra bilstein 5100s up front with the yyyb tundra coils on the lowest perch, the ride is actually really soft, and because you have just a bit more up travel it isnt constantly bottoming out on the bumpstops. i think on the bottom perch a used tundra spring will be between 1.5 and 1.75 inches of lift. in the back you coulr use something like an fj cruiser spring, stock shocks should be ok.
the advantage of a lift for non offroaders is extra load capacity, depending on the spring, each inch of lift adds about 300 pounds of extra load you can carry without bottoming out.
anyways just my $.02
the advantage of a lift for non offroaders is extra load capacity, depending on the spring, each inch of lift adds about 300 pounds of extra load you can carry without bottoming out.
anyways just my $.02
Well said, Monroe is garbage and the Bilsteins are worth the little extra $
Southtwnr
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Wow! didnt mean to touch on such a hot topic. lol
i appreciate the advice and was trying to stop short of asking for suggestions since there are too many threads to count on the topic. I do want to keep the lift i have that comes with the 99 but dont go off road and was looking for a bit softer ride. this is tough because opinions vary on what is soft and such.
i will probably look for oem first and billstein second.
i hate to ask but if i go with the billstein what shock spring combo would get me close to what i am looking for? front and rear
i thunk i remember thinking the 4600 for the front but dont know for sure. trying to avoid buyers remorse
i appreciate the advice and was trying to stop short of asking for suggestions since there are too many threads to count on the topic. I do want to keep the lift i have that comes with the 99 but dont go off road and was looking for a bit softer ride. this is tough because opinions vary on what is soft and such.
i will probably look for oem first and billstein second.
i hate to ask but if i go with the billstein what shock spring combo would get me close to what i am looking for? front and rear
i thunk i remember thinking the 4600 for the front but dont know for sure. trying to avoid buyers remorse
