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I use my 2006 Silverado 1500 E/C for towing a 3500lbs. Trailer a dozen times a year, once in a while I load to the bump stops with material (Firewood, Top Soil, Mulch), and as a daily driver. It now has 62,000 miles on it and i think it may be time for shocks. Looking for reccomendations that won't break the bank & handle what I need it to do....what do you think guys :jester:

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I use my 2006 Silverado 1500 E/C for towing a 3500lbs. Trailer a dozen times a year, once in a while I load to the bump stops with material (Firewood, Top Soil, Mulch), and as a daily driver. It now has 62,000 miles on it and i think it may be time for shocks. Looking for reccomendations that won't break the bank & handle what I need it to do....what do you think guys :jester:

 

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I would say you would be a good canidate for a set of Air bags, and stick with you stock shocks. I recently installed a set on my dad's GMT-900, and they work great, and are a fairly straightfoward install

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I use my 2006 Silverado 1500 E/C for towing a 3500lbs. Trailer a dozen times a year, once in a while I load to the bump stops with material (Firewood, Top Soil, Mulch), and as a daily driver. It now has 62,000 miles on it and i think it may be time for shocks. Looking for reccomendations that won't break the bank & handle what I need it to do....what do you think guys :jester:

 

+1 put the HD's on a couple months ago.... highly recommended

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I'll look into the Bilstein HD.......Wife won't let me go with Air Bags or Air Shocks, afraid I'll overload the truck more...Thanks :dunno:

dlewis1111 Senior Enthusiast

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I'll look into the Bilstein HD.......Wife won't let me go with Air Bags or Air Shocks, afraid I'll overload the truck more...Thanks :dunno:

 

I got all mine from www.shockwarehouse.com

They often have good sales and the shipping is free.

asilverblazer Senior Enthusiast

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I just put bilsteins on my truck at 70,000 miles, I can't tell much difference with the new Bilsteins compared to stock, at least the price wasn't to much more than the Autozone brand.

 

On a side note, you'd think they would start getting more parts in for the GMT-900, but my choices for shocks and brakes were limited to the most basic and cheap replacements available.

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I got Rancho 9000xl's this past week. Install is not very difficult (although rather time consuming)

I really like them. Everything feels so much tighter and secure. I dont know how well they will handle a lot of weight but they are adjustable from 1 to 9. On 9 the ride is really damn stiff!

 

On the other hand, i know from first-hand experience that bilstein makes a good shock...but no matter what you get as long as you dont go cheap you will have a nicer setup than stock :fume:

 

As far as price I got all 4, front and rear, for about $320 with a $100 mail-in-rebate from Rancho

also free shipping on them.

 

truckaddons.com has the best price for the Rancho 9000xl's that i have found

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