Rancho RS5000 vs Rancho RS9000XL

[Navigator]

Avoid the hoses and the fancy in cab controller, I hear nothing but bad things about that in cab set up. The Ranchos are really good shocks, set them once by hand to 9 (max stiffness) and forget about it

I 'test' the Ranchos daily over the same stretch of road that killed a stock KYB aluminium shock with expansion chambers, The road has gotten worse over time, but the Ranchos continue to overcome the torture. Avoid the in in cab device.

BTW I've heard good things about the Billi's, but have not tested them.

[garfull]

i would not recommend getting the 5000 series ranchos. they are way too soft compared the the oem shocks. i changed all four shocks to the 5000 series thinking all my shocks were bad. ends up only my left rear was blown. the rancho front shocks were way way way too soft and the vx would dive and dip alot so i ended up putting the oems back on. i kept the rancho 5000 on the rears but i suspect that they wont last very long. i will prob go with the 9000 or bilsteins once they blow. unlike the oem shocks the rancho 5000 does not have any positive force pushing the wheels to the ground. it just is a resistive damper where as the oems are more like a gas spring.