Replacing shocks, any tips?

[DarrenWS6]

What year is your truck? The beautiful thing about chevys is that shocks are a breeze to do! I have heard good things about the Bilsteins as well.

Fords are easy too, except for the 2004+ with the strut and coil setup on 2wd, and 4wd models, though it handles awesome.

Bilstein's cannot be beat. Them German's build exceptionally well auto parts.

 

[elcompaLalo]

Eight months later, give or take a week or two I finally got to upgrade the suspension on the silvy.

Went with Bilstein F4-BE5-D971-H1 Front Struts in the front. They came up in the ForSale section over on GMFS, brand new in the box. Made an offer on them, seller accepted so I got a smokin deal on them and installed them the day they arrived.

Hard to believe you can fall back in love with your ride, but I did. It was time for the replacement/upgrade. The ride is as good as new (if not much better) and sometime next month the rears will be replaced as well.

 

[vansdonk]

 

[junior3815]

So did the install go pretty smooth

 

[CJ Hungus]

Yeah, where is the write up?

 

[drperry]

What year is your truck? The beautiful thing about chevys is that shocks are a breeze to do! I have heard good things about the Bilsteins as well.

Fords are easy too, except for the 2004+ with the strut and coil setup on 2wd, and 4wd models, though it handles awesome.

Bilstein's cannot be beat. Them German's build exceptionally well auto parts.

My KYB Gas-a-justs ride WAY better than my factory Bilsteins ever did.

 

[elcompaLalo]

So did the install go pretty smooth

Yes it did, took me 2 hours total. Not too bad for someone who had no idea what he was doing ...........lol!

Yeah, where is the write up?

What write-up, I had no clue where to start let alone tell others how to do it.

 

[La Bestia]

Didn't the Z71 package in the OBS use Bilsteins factory? When did they quit using them if they did?

 

[JennaBear]

In 03 they switched to Tennecos.

 

[La Bestia]

10-4 thanks