Well I got the Rancho RS9500 installed today. Once the mechanic took the oem shocks off. I compared the two sets. The oems are much Much MUCH stiffer than the Ranchos. The oems have a positive pressure that wants to keep them fully extended where as the Ranchos are just plain oil filled dampers. I did accomplish getting a softer rear end but at the same time making the front end too plush where it'll dive more than before. Heinsight perhaps I should've forked up the extra cash for the 9500's or Bilsteins.
Does anyone know what the fatique life of the front torsions bars are? I'm curious to know if the extra motion of the front end is going decrease the life of the torsion bars.
Front shocks were hard as rocks. I was barely able to use all of my 155lbs body to compress it more than 1 inch at most. When it did compress it was quite slow to extend back.
Rear shocks, passenger side still good take alot to compress but extends out really quickly. However driver side wont extend any further than shown and compression is very hard. One thing I did notice was the driver side shock was still warm when it was removed from being next to the exhaust. Perhaps that had an effect on the life of the shock.
Side by side. My VX has about 120K miles.
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