After much delay, I received my new Bilsteins for my truck last Saturday morning. During the installation process I had a drive-by phone conversation with Skank. (Chris and I classify a drive-by phone conversation where one of us will call the other for no real reason, yuk it up about whatever for a few minutes or less, hang-up and roll on with whatever we were doing before the call.) During this phone call Chris asked, "You are taking pictures, right?" I said, "Of what, changing fricken shocks?!!" Anyway per his chiding, here are a few pictures taken mid process of changing shocks on my truck.
Over the past few years, I've read glowing online reviews and posts about Bilsteins. I've read posts where folks have replaced the shocks on their new or almost new Superduty and raved about the difference. Being a bit Scotch with a dollar, I just couldn't rationalize wasting the shocks that were part of the purchase of my new truck so I waited until I could justify it to do the change.
OK, now for the post installation test drive report.....
My truck had not quite 65,000 miles on the stock shocks so I believe my comparison/experience is much more pronounced than some of the reports I've read. All I can say is WOW!!! The truck drives like a different truck! On regular roads, the truck feels like in not better than it did new. When driving over a railroad crossing or going through an intersection across a reverse crown, it feels so solid (not to be confused with harsh), and like I said, better than new.
To sum it up, I'm now a believer and I'm sorry I waited....
Over the past few years, I've read glowing online reviews and posts about Bilsteins. I've read posts where folks have replaced the shocks on their new or almost new Superduty and raved about the difference. Being a bit Scotch with a dollar, I just couldn't rationalize wasting the shocks that were part of the purchase of my new truck so I waited until I could justify it to do the change.
OK, now for the post installation test drive report.....
My truck had not quite 65,000 miles on the stock shocks so I believe my comparison/experience is much more pronounced than some of the reports I've read. All I can say is WOW!!! The truck drives like a different truck! On regular roads, the truck feels like in not better than it did new. When driving over a railroad crossing or going through an intersection across a reverse crown, it feels so solid (not to be confused with harsh), and like I said, better than new.
To sum it up, I'm now a believer and I'm sorry I waited....
They're everything I've read about them...
