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Again, you can see a lot of the guys in Michigan complaining. Add me to the list. I replaced the rear shocks with bilsteins and this helped a great deal. I went from a 2013 F150 to a 2017. Same roads I always travel around my house and to and from work. I would seriously go down the road and hit some rough pavement that never bothered my 2013 and grit my teeth and hang on because I knew the back was going to kick out and I would have to correct. Going down a washboard road was extremely brutal. New shocks helped a lot. But no I do not have the payload package.
My truck always rides very smoothly once I leave the state!.
Over the years it seems to have smoothed out with the addition of the cap and all the weight of the stuff that accumulates under the back seat and in all the door pockets and console..
But I still miss the nice comfortable seats, smooth ride, easy steering of my 2002.. A shame that it rusted into nothing after 13 years.
I'm amazed at the number of people that think the 15's+ ride rough? It's a little stiffer then my 2012 but nothing objectable at least to me. You want to ride in something that feels like a Mack Truck try a F250... My buddy has one and OMG what a freaken buckboard ride that thing is.......... We NEVER take his truck anywhere because of the way it rides!
I'll eventually change out the rear shocks but for now I have no issue with my trucks ride...
I think you are misunderstanding the issue. It's not the ride, it's the handling. When you go over railroad tracks that are not perpendicular to the road, but at a slight angle, and the rear goes over it sideways, or you hit bumps in the pavement on a curve, especially if accelerating, and the back end hops out towards the outer curve, thats the issue. Adding weight does make it less prone to doing this. and helps stabilizing it.
The issue is that the OEM shocks cannot rebound fast enough to control the wheel hopping over the bumps or tracks. Adding after market shocks tames the beast so to say, because they can rebound fast enough to keep the tires planted. It is like a completely different truck when putting Bilsteins on.
I think you are misunderstanding the issue. It's not the ride, it's the handling. When you go over railroad tracks that are not perpendicular to the road, but at a slight angle, and the rear goes over it sideways, or you hit bumps in the pavement on a curve, especially if accelerating, and the back end hops out towards the outer curve, thats the issue. Adding weight does make it less prone to doing this. and helps stabilizing it.
The issue is that the OEM shocks cannot rebound fast enough to control the wheel hopping over the bumps or tracks. Adding after market shocks tames the beast so to say, because they can rebound fast enough to keep the tires planted. It is like a completely different truck when putting Bilsteins on.
I also drive a tricked out C6 vette so I'm pretty aware of suspension and handling issues. All I'm saying is my truck handles ok and doesn't beat me up to much driving it. Perhaps our roads are better in CT but that's really hard to believe?
When I get more miles I'll probably give the Bilsteins a try just see if there's a big difference in ride and handling.
I don't give a **** if it rides rough over bumps it's a truck. It's the fact that the rear end cannot stay planted to the ground even hitting bumps at low speed in a turn. Apparently the 18's don't experience this, so see what's changed in the rear on them.
I don't give a **** if it rides rough over bumps it's a truck. It's the fact that the rear end cannot stay planted to the ground even hitting bumps at low speed in a turn. Apparently the 18's don't experience this, so see what's changed in the rear on them.
We already know, the same thing everyone has been doing on the 15-17. New Shocks. They changed the shocks on the 18s, people with the 15-17 have been solving the issue with new shocks.
I live in So Cal and when ever I drive on the 405 or 110 I and my passengers are subjected to uncomfortable bobbing up and down due to expansion joints. I'm talking you cannot have a beverage with an open top as it will spill. I'm talking my wife's **** bounce like she's riding a horse. It was funny the first couple of times but it is beyond annoying now.
I installed Fox 2.5 shocks on the rear and still have issues. Now I am looking into swapping the rear leaf springs (FL3Z-5560-C) for either a lighter payload (FL3Z-5560-A) or maybe some Raptor leafs (HL3V-5560-L).
10-11-2017, 02:46 PM
