Shocks?

[454superDutt]

Well my new Chevy 1500, 2wd, 6,6 box, 4 door with 20" Chrome wheels rides worse than a wagon.  Back end goes sideways, the front and back bob up and down, it is just ridiculous.  Biltsein?

I put Bilstein on the front of my 95 Ford dually in 2016, $200 a shock. Front end lift 2 " , cornered better than a Porsche, coffee stopped splashing.  2 years later they were finished.

I put Munroe sensor tracks on my Ford dually in 2000 (it is a 95'). Ride improve 1000% over stock(10x better). Just changed the back to Bilstein 4 months ago.  No ride improvement over the 19 year old Munroes and I approved $300 for the shocks on my credit on line.  They some how screwed me for another $125 for shipping and handing fees.  Son the receipt was for $425.

The piston rods on the Bistein are twice as big as the Munroes but the Bilsteins only lasted 2 years.  They are telling me about 6 years for the Munroes ($40 each) I just put on the front of my Ford.  The ride is beautiful but can't corner as well as with the Bilsteins.

 

Not sure what I'm going to do with this 2018 Chevy.  

[running_riot]

The rear is steering out on you in the wet or dry?

 

Which trim did you get? You can always do a RC lift, that'll stiffen the ride right up from what I've read. Bilstein are a good option, Ranchos too. You have the add a leaf option. There's plenty you can do.

[Grumpy Bear]

3 hours ago, 454superDutt said:

Not sure what I'm going to do with this 2018 Chevy.  

What's happening is you have a half ton truck sprung like a one ton with the cheapest dampers GM could put on it. That's what's happening. Then what little compliance it might have had was driven off by 20" wheels.

 

It's not your fault. It's the manufacture chasing the composite wishes of the public for a 'do all' half ton. Do the work of a half ton, a three quarter ton and a one ton. Look like a street custom. Haul the "American Dream" family. Be a work truck, a play truck and a driveway, "Hey world look at me" trophy and failing.

 

Mine did the exact same thing. Skip sideways on the rough stuff and extract the fillings from my teeth.  The cure is neither cheap nor easy so the question is how bad do you want it? You can't fix it with dampers alone. You can't raise her center of gravity and make an already too stiff system stiffer. You can't add a sway bar to it and eliminate the walk out. You can't do it without some compromise.

 

You can spent little (relatively) with shocks and get some improvement and sacrifice ride and keep haul/tow. You can spend some money to alter both springs and shocks and get the ride and sacrifice some haul/tow. You can do the second and add air bags and a weight distribution hitch and recapture the haul/tow and sacrifice more cash. 

[diyer2]

This is what I would do.

You tried Bilsteins and were not happy with the longevity, so why did you buy them again?

Put a top of the line Monroe or Gabriel on all four corners.

Get rid of the 20 inch wheels so you have a tire with more side wall.

 

[DMAXNAZ]

I ditched 20s for 18s years ago. Totally worth it imo. Lots less choices for wheels, but oh well.

[gearheadesw]

Big wheels are wrong in so many ways. Weight, lack of sidewall for tire, adds rolling resistance, and weight. What weighs more air and rubber, or metal of the wheel? The absolute worst place you want to add weight is on anything unsung and rolling. The fad of big wheels for looks is killing the ride, period. Then add in stiff suspension for a heavy half ton, and it's going to ride worse then a heavier truck will, that can compress the suspension on the bumps. First part of the suspension is the tires, a taller tire can absorb the irregularities in the road way better than a little sidewall tire can.