New Shocks for 3" lift

[WoodyB2]

Hey I am putting together a lift for my 88 B2. The front end is from JD and is a 3" lift. The rear is shackles and explorer leafs.

I was wondering what shocks to run to compensate for the lift...now this whole this is on a budget and cant afford to spend a lot of money.

Any help is much appreciated as I do not know much of anything about shocks.


Thanks in advance.

 

[strvger]

Bilstein, Rancho, Superlift, and Fox are the better ones. KYB, Monroe, and Gabriel are the less expensive shocks. if money is the issue, i'd probably go KYB as i've always liked their gas shocks' ride for the money.

 

[WoodyB2]

thanks, do you happen to know the stock length and know how long in need to the 3" lift?

 

[strvger]

i don't but there may be some good info in the tech library here and also, try the individual shock websites. another good place would be www.summitracing.com
they have lots of good info and great tech support for the products they sell.

 

[The_Dealer]

i have rough country shocks for a 4" kit on my 2", also skyjackers website can give u shock lengths for whatever size lift u got, and u can use those lengths to find what u want. i would use shocks from a 4" kit to give u more droop

 

[WoodyB2]

Thank you very much i really appreciate the help

 

[The_Dealer]

Thank you very much i really appreciate the help

why dont u get the 3" 70/30 shocks from jd? i heard they are really good shocks

 

[RacinNdrummin]

Woody, I was just at the parts store doing research on shocks for my lift, and I found that the Forward shock of a Quad-Shock 1980-96 F150/Bronco is right at 4" longer than stock (~18.5" ext, 14.5" is stock) and it has the right ends. I stopped by Autozone and they had them in stock for $35 a piece, you could probably find cheaper versions if you looked, but that is the shock you want.

 

[The_Dealer]

or a ranger edge stock length shock(take out the bar pin thingy) right at 18" ext 13.5" collapsed