speeddemon86

Like I said I don't know much about em! Lol

Nice Sweater

Hahaha! Yeah, but I had to test your knowledge anyways.

PS: I'm in the same , but I'm attempting to learn more about them.

speeddemon86

Haha I try! You know more then I, no doubt

Nice Sweater

I don't know about that. Let's just call it even. haha

speeddemon86

Haha deal!

RIV Customz

The second pic is OGTerror's F150 (I think it's an '05). He does a lot of trail driving and was getting some metal to metal contact up front. He installed the lift himself and had a local shop weld the stops on. He saw some improvements but still wasn't totally satisfied so he switched to a straight axle. In the rear, the shop drilled a hole through the bottom side of his frame and inserted the bump stops up through the hole. He also has them add some reinforcement on the framing that also made it look better too.

RIV Customz

What type of Pro-Comp shocks are you runnin? How old are your leafs? Did you notice this ride quality immediately after getting your current set-up installed or is this something that has happened over time and gotten worse? With your aftermarket bumpers you have a lot more weight. You also might want to make sure nothin is moving around that should be. Tighten everything up (don't overtorque) just to make sure nothing is shifting. That would be my first step and is easy to rule out. The factory block is nothing special, just has a little tab sticking out on the side to catch the factory rubber bump stop (becomes pointless with a bigger lift as they will never make contact). From my experience, though, having a small block rides better than not having anything. I don't know why, it must be how the movement from the rear axle is transferred up to the leafs and frame. Honestly, though, if you have the money, maybe start with the rear and get heavy duty shocks if your ProComps are 2.0 and smaller and ask a shop how they can go about installing some aftermarket bumpstops. Rear shocks and stops are relatively cheap compared to what the front entails.

RIV Customz

I forgot to touch on the last part of your paragraph. I don't have any experience with Procomp shocks but there is a reason that Fox and King control the market despite the fact that there are many companies out there. Both organizations make MANY shock products to choose from and they have been around a while longer than many of their competitors. My current setup of fox shocks made a huge difference! I have bigger and better ones waiting to be installed; I expect an even bigger improvement. Bump stops made a huge improvement on my truck in the rear mainly but I also put in limit straps so that my rebound off bumps was limited. You could always start by swapping the shocks, then do bump stops, then think about putting a block in but you'll need to swap the leafs.

Nice Sweater

The problem started after I made the switch to the 8" rear leaf springs, without any blocks. Before the swap, my truck rode fine, and never felt as bumpy, but now that I only have leaf springs back there it has becomevery bumpy. I don't know what Pro-comp shocks I have, but I do understand that they are not the best. I didn't notice a change after the bumpers were installed either, which was completed after the suspension swap. I haven't felt the bumps decrease, or increase. I will definetly look into better shocks before I get bump stops, but I just want to make sure that this issue goes away, or at least decreases. BTW, what do you mean swap the leafs? I'm confused on that. No matter if I want to put the block back in, I might have to anyways, because the new lift kit will most likely be higher in the front, so my factory block will probably have to be put back in to raise the rear.