Teach me...

DieselheadJake · Oct 3, 2011

Teach me on how to make my truck ride a lot smoother than it is now. Right now all it has on it is stock suspension with front sway bar and rancho shocks. What should I get? Trac bars? Long or short? Rear sway bar? Dual stabilizer? Any advice will be great!!

G Racing · Oct 3, 2011

Ditch the rancho shocks.

DieselheadJake · Oct 3, 2011

What kind of shocks do I need?

jdgleason · Oct 3, 2011

Spend some extra cash. Get some Icons or maybe bilstiens. You could go nuts and get some coil overs. That would dramatically change the ride.

G Racing · Oct 3, 2011

Lol, IMO I like bilstien shocks. Others have their favorites and personal choices. Doing the 05 conversion will help a bunch. Going to the longer 08 and up springs in the back will help a bit. You will have to change the hanger mount for it to work though.

jdgleason · Oct 3, 2011

:whs: just dont try to cut corners. Might be able to find some softer leafs, but that only helps so much.

DieselheadJake · Oct 3, 2011

What would I have to do to get coil overs? Different mounting hardware I assume?

jdgleason · Oct 3, 2011

Different mounting hardware, and a radius arm or link set up. I wasnt thinking about your truck having leafs at first. Im not 100% on the ins and outs of swapping leafs for a coil set up.

G Racing · Oct 3, 2011

DieselheadJake said:
What would I have to do to get coil overs? Different mounting hardware I assume?

For the fronts?

DieselheadJake · Oct 3, 2011

G Racing said:
For the fronts?

Yes for the fronts.

G Racing · Oct 3, 2011

The best thing is to get everything off an 05 and up donor truck. Axles front and rear, radius arms and brackets, sway bar and end links, coils, and the buckets for the frame. The buckets you can get from the dealer so you don't have to cut the old ones off.

DieselheadJake · Oct 3, 2011

Ok what if I want to go the cheaper route and just stick with my stock 03 suspension. What can I do other than shocks and not upgrading to 05 suspension?

jdgleason · Oct 3, 2011

Other than shocks... you could probably find some softer leafs, maybe a different shackle, and drop tire pressure a few psi

Erikclaw · Oct 5, 2011

Does that year have the shackle in the front? If it does, I know there are kits out there to make the solid mount in the front and shackle in the rear. That is suppose to improve the ride a lot and is on the cheaper side.