ok I have an 05 screw 4x4 260xxx miles on it I got it with 60xxx I have never done shocks or struts I am wanting to do struts the truck sits level and it has 2 inch block under the rear springs trying to figure out what struts and shocks to use

 

Was just wondering this myself. I was looking at rancho 5100's but were unsure because I am also leveled.

 

rancho quick lift in the front.. your due for new coil springs too and you can through some RS9000's on the rear

 

Not to hijack the thread, but is there a recommended mileage for replacing shocks/struts? I believe it's just one of those items you leave alone unless you have a reason to replace, but I could be wrong. 260K miles is pretty impressive mileage for the whole truck let alone the shocks and struts.

 

General rule of thumb for shocks and struts is 100,000. However , mine has 130k and still seem to be pretty good.

 

Thanks guys I was also in the leave it alone theory but truck does seem to be letting me feel every bump. So with that complete assembly do you think I will have to change the rear block to keep the truck level?

 

I pushed mine to 140,000km (note, km)... When I took the factory FX4 shocks out, they definitely were bad. Weren't bouncing but were very very very slow to return and you could see that they'd leaked a bit. I put Bilstiens in, swapped rear 1.5" blocks to 3" blocks, and 2.5" leveling kit (didn't use the bilstien lift - left at 0).

The rancho quick lift you'll find though others have recommended as the coil springs I think you can get as part of it rather than having to find a spring compressor and all that fun.

 

I have 240k miles on mine, and just replaced them this past weekend. I decided to go with a whole coil over assembly new struts and springs. In the back I used Monroe reflex shocks and in the front I used Monroe quick strut. Took me about 3 hours to install. Pretty easy. I have a leveling kit on kit on mine as well. It does sit about a half inch higher in the front now that I put the new strut assembly's up there. Got the parts on amazon after I looked them up on rockauto.

 

Going to be driveing by the summit racing store think I might pull the trigger on the rancho quik lifts I hope the truck maintains its stance cause I like how it sits I also hope they ride good but hey anything shuold be good compared to struts with at least 200k on them

 

How are those Monroe's working out for you? I was thinking about getting them and adding level kit to it.