Rancho Shocks/Steering Stabilizer

blueoneton

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My 2002 F350 has 77,000 on the clock. I am replacing the original factory shocks/stabilizer with the Rancho shocks/steering stabilizer. I was wondering if any of you guys could give some feed back on my choice good or bad?

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I've used Rancho and Edelbrock IAS shocks but they didn't last as long as my current Bilsteins. As far as the steering stabilizer, my Rancho is holding up fine after 6 years.
 

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Thanks for the feedback. I don't do a whole lot of heavy work with my truck. Hopefully, the Rancho's will last a little longer. I am actually surprised I have gotten 77,000 miles out of my OEM's. I am not sure who made the OEM's for Ford.
 
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I have Rancho shocks and steering stabilizer and when I first put them on I could really tell the difference. Now after 95,000 later maybe they are not working the same or I am just getting used to more bumps in the road, but the handling is still fine, could be the new ball joints too. The worked great for a while but now I think next time I will try the Bilstiens out.
 

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see other post - but i just replaced my factories (not stabilizer tho - need one) and i had a tick above 77k on mine too...they were toast. went to edelbrock ias's.
 

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I recommend the rebuildable bilsteins. The intial price is a little expensive but an authorized dealer can rebuild them for roughly $30 a piece. Pretty good investment IMO.
 

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rancho XL's. had 9000's on for about 70-80k and they were shot bigtime. one simple phone call to them and 2 days later had upgraded XL's and steering stabilizer at my door. They have a lifetime warranty and I will be replacing the XL's at 50K this time,
 

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I put the RS5000's on my '99 (shortly before it was crushed) but didn't like the feel of them. The rear of the truck felt less stable (with a cabover camper) compared to the original OEM's with 130K on them. If I ever get more Rancho's I'd move up a couple of levels.
 

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Rancho Shocks

rancho XL's. had 9000's on for about 70-80k and they were shot bigtime. one simple phone call to them and 2 days later had upgraded XL's and steering stabilizer at my door. They have a lifetime warranty and I will be replacing the XL's at 50K this time,

Do the rancho shocks from the factory have the lifetime warranty as well?
 

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