im looking for some suggestion or ways to make my truck ride smoother. As you all know, i got the spindles in the front, AAL and shackle in the back. Please dont say "lower it or smaller tires". i was thinking some new shocks and mabe some other stuff. i dont know what shocks are good and which make the smoother ride.

iv seached and couldnt quite find what i was looking for.

 

AAL's make your rear suspension rock hard. Shocks may help all around (more the front than the rear). But some rearched or a set of 'lift' springs would provide a better rear suspension setup than the AAL's


(you coming to the 'central florida meet' in Aug?)

 

ill do some research on that, cuz i do know that the AAL are real hard. do you think lift springs would make it bouncer?

u talking about the truckfest in orlando?

 

good shocks should be able to handle any excessive bounce.

yea the truckfest

 

ya i plan on going

 

how smooth are we talkin about, keep in mind, it IS a truck and all suspensions are designed with that in mind....

 

take off the sway bar yet? try that. and you can replace the shocks but if yours arent worn out then its not gonna make too much of a difference.

 

donahoe racing signiture series shock they are the best I've ever road on better than the bilistens.

 

not sure on the sways, i'd bet the ride improvement vs the body roll wouldn't be a good, or safe change imo.

 

sway bars are only on reg cabs, im pretty sure. i dont think my shocks are worn out though

 

I think you should go crawl under the truck,,, as far as I know All ranger's have sways.

mine has them.. 96 had them too...

you want it to ride smoother put 200lbs. in the bed.. Its a truck... its gonna ride a bit rough in the rear with no weight...

 

Sway bars are on ext cabs too. They have been on every truck I've seen and worked on.

I would try bilstiens, maybe turn the torsion bars down for a smoother ride in the front.

I love the way the AAL makes the truck ride. I hate bouncy trucks, and it takes the bouncy ride out.

I have ES9000 pro comps and they are pretty stiff, I like the ride.

 

I got sway bars front and rear on my 93 ex cab

 

no sway bars on the rear of my 2001 edge

 

factory front and rear sway bars here, '05 Edge