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Old 10-09-2014, 11:53 AM   #4
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Re: New shocks

It depends on how much you lifted it. sometimes the stock shocks are fine, sometimes they have a problem at full extension like when you go over a speed bump, curb or large hole. when I leveled my 1500hd 1.5" with just tightening the keys I would hear a hard clunk sound when ever I went over a speed bump. If you have this problem you have 2 options, first you could buy some extenders from summit that lift the lower mounting point so a stock shock works or do what I did and buy a longer travel shock. Bilstine was the only shock I could find that made a shock for our trucks with a torsion key lift. When I inspected them, they were pretty shot, the new shocks being Bilstine are awesome and the clunk went away.

That being said I have heard that stock shocks should work just fine, they just didn't work for me.
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