Which shocks for ride and handling

[Rodeo Joe]

The shocks are pretty much done on my 97. I'm looking for something that will give a half decent ride plus improve the handling. I'm thinking about Bilsteins, Edelbrock or Monomax. I'm looking for opinions, good or bad on any of these. LMK.

Joe

 

[aldive]

I have used Edelbrocks for a couple of years, they handle great and I thought I liked the rife until I recently replaced them with Rancho 9000X.

 

[Rodeo Joe]

So Al, the Rancho is a nice riding shock? Thanks.

Joe

 

[Rhett]

The Rancho 9000X rides better than an Edelbrock IAS on a TTB truck. Now you guys with the torsion bars, (such as your truck) there seems to be less difference between the two shocks. But on a 1st gen truck the difference is like night and day. Keep in mind the Ranchos are adjustable so you can set them to how you want it to ride.

 

[aldive]

The difference on my 99 is significient.

 

[Rhett]

That's good to know.
The thing about the Edelbrocks on my truck was that they did reduce body roll; however they rode very poorly, worse than OEM shocks, or a $20 Gabriel.