Strut assembly help
#1
Strut assembly help
HELP!!! I am going crazy. I am wanting to replace the front strut assembly's (strut, spring, etc) on my 2004 F150 FX4 Supercrew with a front leveling kit. I have looked at MOOG, Monroe, KYB, Rancho and Bilstien but dont know which one is better. I have seen good reviews and bad reviews on all of them and dont know which one to go with. Bilstien seems to be the best reviewed but I dont see that they make a complete kit. Monroe to me seems like a lower end option where the Rancho RS999910 seems like over kill. The truck has 120k miles on it with the original struts. I mainly use it for a daily driver, but do pull an utv trailer on the weekend. I would like to upgrade over stock, but dont need full adjust-ability, somewhere in the middle. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
#2
Hmm. Well, I can only speak from experience with the Bilsteins, but I have them. They're set to the highest using OEM springs and new Moog strut mounts, and they're VERY smooth-riding. No knocks or sounds. And compressing the springs to build the strut was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be.
#5
Senior Member
I too used Monroe quickstuts. Easy job and they ride like like new oem coilovers.
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