I love mine and so do many but to each his own...are you running the Street Performance shocks or the older Nitro's?

 

be sure you remove your rear bumpstop brackets and mount your stops to the frame, and I also use the Street Performance shocks

 

Nitros. Not sure how old they are. I bought the truck used last fall with it dropped

 

Yeah, the nitros aren't nearly as nice as the streets, even the nitro-actives don't compare.

 

Mine are Nitro drops. like if you put a 300 pound man jumping on my bumper the wheels could probably come off the ground on the rebound. They're terrible

 

I only replaced rears w/. Belltech Street Perf. not fronts, yet. It could be the mismatch, but I liked my QA1s more. How do ya now when you're hittin bumpstops? Maybe that's my problem. Cause this is exactly what I have goin on, under big bumps/ dips. Altho I dropped mine another way (see sig). Still, 4" in rear is beatin me up.

02BlueStepside, if shocks alone will not necessarily stop it from bottoming out, u said it may need to be notched if you are bottoming out a lot. Any other ideas? I too don't see a notch as needed.

Never even thought of removing brkts. I might even try those shorter Belltech urethane stops trever spoke of. I had 425# of shingles on a pallet just behind axle, & it rode nice over the nasties today. I like how she it handles, but considered goin back to stock height.
I even considered airbags in rear to smooth it but I want it to still handle.

 

my street and performance shocks are great, i have about a 3/4 from 2wd height and havent bottomed out but once. they ride very firm and controlled for me, no bouncing or excessive sway at all, a night and day difference over my stock shocks.

 

am i the only one running the rancho 9000x 9 way adjustables? they are priced reasonable and will spoil you. fell like riding soft, turn a ****...need to stiffen it up for the track. turn that **** the other way lol.

mine are for sale tomorrow, but i need to find out how much a new set is going to cost me first. just got my new flip kit on and these arent going to work anymore. hopefully rancho makes a shock for my 6" drop.