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<blockquote data-quote="Jakenbake" data-source="post: 1799689" data-attributes="member: 25145"><p>I know you didn’t say that, but saying you get what you pay for indicated that the oem shocks are expensive but worth it. In all fairness when I bought replacement oem’s for my truck (gen 1) they were $350 a piece. I know gen 2 has 3.0’s but I can’t imagine they are that much more from say rock auto. To get raptor replacement shocks ,fox or king, you are looking at ~5X that. Meaning if you plan to stay stock, new ones aren’t that expensive.</p><p></p><p>In regards to rebuilding, with the prices that rebuilds go for I would strongly consider oem replacements from rock auto or other. Then learn to rebuild your own shocks and rebuild the originals to pop in there later if needed.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I wouldn’t use raptor specific (upgrade) shocks on a trophy truck either lol. That is what was referred to earlier with the camburg kit. I have not personally ridden in a truck with that kit, but it seems pretty good, especially with the slapper bumps.There are many levels between stock and trophy truck. My truck is/will be better than a stock one in the dirt, but it certainly isnt a trophy truck. Also subjective, but I would barely consider it “built”. So perspective in this case matters a lot.</p><p></p><p>As far as the OP off-roading the truck, if there aren’t any plans to do so or it is mild/moderate, I would agree with you to stick to factory shocks. If the plan is to go out a little harder I would learn the truck then consider going bigger, but that is me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jakenbake, post: 1799689, member: 25145"] I know you didn’t say that, but saying you get what you pay for indicated that the oem shocks are expensive but worth it. In all fairness when I bought replacement oem’s for my truck (gen 1) they were $350 a piece. I know gen 2 has 3.0’s but I can’t imagine they are that much more from say rock auto. To get raptor replacement shocks ,fox or king, you are looking at ~5X that. Meaning if you plan to stay stock, new ones aren’t that expensive. In regards to rebuilding, with the prices that rebuilds go for I would strongly consider oem replacements from rock auto or other. Then learn to rebuild your own shocks and rebuild the originals to pop in there later if needed. I wouldn’t use raptor specific (upgrade) shocks on a trophy truck either lol. That is what was referred to earlier with the camburg kit. I have not personally ridden in a truck with that kit, but it seems pretty good, especially with the slapper bumps.There are many levels between stock and trophy truck. My truck is/will be better than a stock one in the dirt, but it certainly isnt a trophy truck. Also subjective, but I would barely consider it “built”. So perspective in this case matters a lot. As far as the OP off-roading the truck, if there aren’t any plans to do so or it is mild/moderate, I would agree with you to stick to factory shocks. If the plan is to go out a little harder I would learn the truck then consider going bigger, but that is me. [/QUOTE]
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