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need help finding shocks

dpeebs

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manitoba canada
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1991 ford explorer
im looking for shocks for my truck, the rear shocks have kyb gr-2 and the front are painted over so i cant tell what shocks they are. in the rear its a soa and has a plate where the shock does up and the shocks in the front are longer than the back i ws told my truck has a 6 inch lift and auto part stores cant find any shocks can anyone point me in a good direction, also i fund somw skyjacker shock that are 44.38 per shock they say they fit but need options thanks
 



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I have a 5.5" superlift on my explorer. It came with Rancho RS5000 (not sure which model) but I didn't know how many miles were on them so I bought new Superlift Superride 85280 shocks for the front which you can get from SummitRacing for $33.56 each. For the rear shocks, since I went SOA and I kept the mounting position in a similar length as stock, I run stock length Gabriel Ultra G63607 shocks. Your application may be different depending on where you have your shocks mounted to on the axle.
 






mine are mounted on a plate on the top of the leaf spring
 






Do you have any pictures?
 






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here are some pictures of my shocks
 






I believe the rear is stock length.
And that red paint must be annoying.
 






i like the red on my truck but who ever painted it did a crappy job, im assuming they did it to help sell it because it nt the whole frame thats painted
 












i need help with the front though will any explorer 3-6 inch lift shocks fit the front? or will i run into issues down the road with them?
 






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