AnswerID: 142270 Submitted: Saturday, Dec 03, 2005 at 16:54
Member - Jeff M (WA)
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I just put some 9909 Rancho's on the back of the surf, I was quite happy with the stock shocks for ride, however I wanted more travel hence the upgrade. I was running them on 4 out of 9 but have now reverted back to 2 out of 9 for around town and am quite happy with it. I'm the same as you, I find the hard springs with softer shocks are good around town, however on the highway especially with a load the stiffer shocks are much better.
The 9909s are actually for an F100 UTE so I think that's why I have to run them so soft round town as they were probally a bit of overkill for the lil' ol' surf, but so far I've been extremely impressed with the ride, we've only done two off road trips so far with them on (only a couple of thousand k's travelled) but the difference in the ride from the stock shocks is very noticable, now the IFS has a rougher ride than the back live axel (it's still got stockies on the front). Most impressed anyway. Of course having so much articulation that your springs fall out at full drop is kinda cool too! ;-) We'll see how they go after a few more thousand k's, but so far so good. I think they cost me about $170 each so not too bad I reckon.
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FollowupID: 395853 Submitted:
Saturday, Dec 03, 2005 at 18:13
Exploder posted:
Where did you get your Rancho’s from in
Perth if you don’t mind me asking, or did you order them in from a 4WD suppler over east?
I am looking at getting some RS5000 for the front of mine.
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FollowupID: 395855 Submitted:
Saturday, Dec 03, 2005 at 18:42
Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:
Wilkinsons in Bayswater. If you are a member of Perth4x4.net you also get a discount, and
membership is free so might be worth looking into, saved me some $$$ when I did mine.
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FollowupID: 396045 Submitted:
Monday, Dec 05, 2005 at 20:31
Exploder posted:
Good stuff, I gave them a ring today at work, and to my surprise they have a set in the
shop for a explorer I am going in this week to pick them up.
I do hear a few people bagging Rancho’s on this site, and then they supply a list of other shock’s they have been thro, then I start to think maybe it’s not the shock it’s what they do with it that keep’s F***ing it.
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