I'm going to need tires and shocks here pretty soon but i cant decide exactly which shocks i should get. Ive narrowed it down to either rancho R5000's or Bilstein HD's (somewhat close in price); or maybe go a step nicer and get RS9000XL's or BIlstein 5100's (also close in price) if either of those are REALLY worth the extra money... I just need some good advise on what would be best for my situation. Here is what I drive and how I drive it:

the truck
- 2001 Mazda b3000 Dual Sport, 2wd regular cab, 3.0 Manual
- it will have 32x11.50 BFGoodrich TA/KO's on stock suspension and about 2 inches of
torsion crank in the front when I get new shocks

driving
- 50 miles a day to school and back proabaly 75% highway is most of my driving
- about 350-400 miles a week total including going to school and back 5 days
a week

 

i had 5100s on my 99 4wd 4.0, they were great., swapped torsion key cranked about an inch.

 

Bilstein 5100s are for lifted trucks. I like my bilstein hd shocks.

 

I've had rancho R5000's & I have bilsteins 5100's now, I like the bilsteins better but didn't have any complaints about the rancho's

 

njdriver what size tires did you have? eventually it will have either a 3 inch suspension lift and 33's or maybe 5 1/2 inches and 35s... but i will proabably need new shocks by then anyway.

And i cant seem to find the 5100's for my truck lifted or not... eveywhere i look says they dont fit anything after 97.

 

Not true they make bilstein for stock height. Just a more heavy duty shock

 

this is my 99 at the time it had 31.5 BFGs, no block or torsion key, just fab tech add-leaf from 2wd fabtech lift



my 02 2wd with full fab tech lift


both totaled, flipped the 02, drunk driver rearended the 99

 

bilstein makes both, for lifted and non

 

nice trucks! ive already got 31's on it and they look just a little small for my taste. its got the dual sport offroad package too so it can take a little bikker tires anyway. But i just want a shock that will handle 32's good. I have heard of people putting F150 shocks on... saves som emoney... has anyone heard of this?

 

I have the rancho adjustables with the in cab compressor and setup, they handle my 32's and 33's fine, but I'm running them on the Jeep not the truck... I love being able to adjust on the fly and they perform great...

 

Bilstein

 

X2...Replaced the factory Ranchos on my 08 with Bilstein HD's and the ride is much smoother

 

Koni

 

had yoni yellows on one of my accords, I have kyb agxs on my legacy turbo.

does koni make them for ranger? i have kyb gr2 on my little 4 banger, I am happy with them.