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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 02:26 PM
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i know there have been plenty of questions asked about air ride....but, does anyone have some good recomendations on companies that sell shocks that will be atleast 1-3 inches shorter than stock? im bottoming out my shocks on my air ride, a problem i know everyone knows about....and i wanna get a shock to fix it....any recomendations? anyone? please!! lol


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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 04:53 PM
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Spider13 turned me on to these...

Monroe Part Number 5870

I think he had to run some additional washers at the top mount because the stud length was a little long.
Old Apr 17, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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Those are the ones, they work great and they are only around 65$~ from Napa!

As far as the washers, i didn't have to use any additional hardware ... i have pics of installing them as well.
Old Apr 17, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by RTon20s
Spider13 turned me on to these...

Monroe Part Number 5870

I think he had to run some additional washers at the top mount because the stud length was a little long.
I put these on last weekend (no bags just short springs) I did not need ant washers or anything extra, ride is amazing!
Old Dec 21, 2006 | 04:22 AM
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Bump for correct information. Great shocks, but don't exspect to get them right away. After checking 3 places, i had to settle for one ordering them from chicago. Took 3 days to get in and cost me $71 with shipping. The box had a good ammount of dust on it so these must not be very popular. They work great so thanks to those who did the research before me. You must use washers if you use the stock scion upper mounting hardware. I found that (6) 3/8" washers worked nicely. Here are some pics of the install (camera phone - sorry).



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Monroe is the only way to go!
Old Dec 24, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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Yep those are the ones - almost two inches shorter than stock. I just used the supplied hardware and have had no problems. Money well spent.
Old Dec 24, 2006 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by moonray
Yep those are the ones - almost two inches shorter than stock. I just used the supplied hardware and have had no problems. Money well spent.
whatever dude, you stood there with a coors light and a marlboro, while i put them on.
Old Dec 24, 2006 | 08:38 PM
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Old Dec 24, 2006 | 10:51 PM
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Someone had to supervise Randy. If he hadn't kept an eye on you, his car would have pulled out of your garage with the lower thirds of the doors cut off and so much troll hair hanging from the headliner he couldn't see out the windows.
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Originally Posted by randode
Originally Posted by moonray
Yep those are the ones - almost two inches shorter than stock. I just used the supplied hardware and have had no problems. Money well spent.
whatever dude, you stood there with a coors light and a marlboro, while i put them on.
Ya what ever-- Unless you have some sort of monkey arms I think I did help with this!!

Merry Christmas Randy -- And oh ya -- Put a smouch on my white backside ....................

Old Dec 27, 2006 | 07:27 PM
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