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Praetorian, I think you're right on all points. I looked at Armada shocks, but thought they would bottom out, due to their longer collapsed length. Do they not?Praetorian wrote:I feel the factory shocks are too short and don't provide enough travel or droop, even for stock ride height. When I installed my 1.5 inch spacer lift in the rear of my r51 I installed Armada rear shocks back there. Rockauto.com provides collapsed and extended length specifications for some of the shocks they sell. I ended up going with the cheapest Gabriel's. They actual ride pretty well and seem firmer, probably due to the heavier weight of the Armada.
If you are going with factory size shocks in the rear Billstein or even KYB's are pretty good.
I feel the rear rides too soft from that factory and that might be the case of
some of the handling quirks some r51's suffer from. Stiffer shocks might help with that.
Part of the problem is that the rear coil springs are too weak. In the past, most corrected this with Airlift 1000 air bags, but these days another options is Moog replacement rear springs.kevinthefro wrote:I switched to Bilstein 4600s in the rear and think they are too soft. I hit the bump stops all the time. The 5100s in the front are great.
Praetorian, I think you're right on all points. I looked at Armada shocks, but thought they would bottom out, due to their longer collapsed length. Do they not?Praetorian wrote:I feel the factory shocks are too short and don't provide enough travel or droop, even for stock ride height. When I installed my 1.5 inch spacer lift in the rear of my r51 I installed Armada rear shocks back there. Rockauto.com provides collapsed and extended length specifications for some of the shocks they sell. I ended up going with the cheapest Gabriel's. They actual ride pretty well and seem firmer, probably due to the heavier weight of the Armada.
If you are going with factory size shocks in the rear Billstein or even KYB's are pretty good.
I feel the rear rides too soft from that factory and that might be the case of
some of the handling quirks some r51's suffer from. Stiffer shocks might help with that.
Thanks,
Kevin
kevinthefro wrote:I switched to Bilstein 4600s in the rear and think they are too soft. I hit the bump stops all the time. The 5100s in the front are great.
Praetorian, I think you're right on all points. I looked at Armada shocks, but thought they would bottom out, due to their longer collapsed length. Do they not?Praetorian wrote:I feel the factory shocks are too short and don't provide enough travel or droop, even for stock ride height. When I installed my 1.5 inch spacer lift in the rear of my r51 I installed Armada rear shocks back there. Rockauto.com provides collapsed and extended length specifications for some of the shocks they sell. I ended up going with the cheapest Gabriel's. They actual ride pretty well and seem firmer, probably due to the heavier weight of the Armada.
If you are going with factory size shocks in the rear Billstein or even KYB's are pretty good.
I feel the rear rides too soft from that factory and that might be the case of
some of the handling quirks some r51's suffer from. Stiffer shocks might help with that.
Thanks,
Kevin