Will 1988 Shocks fit a 1993?

[koda6966]

Hey guys, just wondering here since I can get a pair of new shocks that my brother had from his old ranger but never put on from him, will shocks from a 1988 Ranger fit on a 1993?

 

[koda6966]

Bump.

Come on guys, need to know this and it's a simple question.

 

[canyoncritter]

the simplist anwser to a simple question is to anwser it your self.

take a tape meassure or cross ref numbers out of parts stores online catalogs

 

[koda6966]

the simplist anwser to a simple question is to anwser it your self.
take a tape meassure or cross ref numbers out of parts stores online catalogs

My shocks are gone. So I can't measure them.

 

[ILLEGALCONCEPTS]

Alright, here is how I found out. I went to summitracing.com and looked up both years. Then looked at applications and compared part numbers. They say they are different, some shocks list different years though that over lap. I am not sure why though, they say 89-97 all use the same. That would include GenII and GenIII Rangers, I didn't think there was a big change from GenI to GenII suspensions other then the spindle mounts. Some applications cover from 83-2000 so....................I would give them a try for sure.

James

 

[koda6966]

Well, I called Napa, and the guy refused to cross reference the numbers for me. Looks like I won't be buying my oil pan there this spring.

I called Advance, they said that it's the same number. So I guess I'll give them a try.

 

[ILLEGALCONCEPTS]

I actually looked at a good number of the ones summit carries. Not all the details (compressed and extended measurments) are there for all their listings. From what I say, the only difference was length and that was onlt in a few. Others were the smae part numbers. I guess different companies decided differently on what works.

James

 

[koda6966]

Hmm.. interesting.

Could also be a price control thing, keeping newer parts more expensive.

 

[canyoncritter]

dont some of the trucks mount the shocks off the top of the radius arm and some on the side of the radius arm.

I could be thinking some of the f150's.

if you look on rockauto they give you a pretty good list of what fits and what don't.

for napa, look online. napaonline.com