Yeah, they do ride much, much better over bumps. It was one of the reasons I changed them from stock. It was embarassing to take passengers in it with the stock springs...I kept apologizing for the ride which was not expected in a "SUV." The Porsche (Boxster S, pictured on left, Sprey. The other's a Lotus Elise) was actually a more comfortable ride. But part of me still misses riding something "special," which the stock VX was. It handled like a car in the corners, and now it's like any other truck in a lot of ways. Whatever, it just takes getting used to.

The thing is, I got frustrated trying to change the shocks to the rancho 9000s I ordered. I couldn't get the top bolt off on either side. Putting it all back together, I like the stock shocks, really, I don't know why I thought I should change them. The new springs softened the ride enough so that I'm not hurting on bumps anymore; I no longer see the need to get softer shocks. I'm thinking of selling the rancho set, or just keeping them for when the stock ones go bad much further down the road...