I am getting the Rancho 9000 the (9 position switch) installed in a few days....wondering if anyone wanted to offer their opinions on what positions were better for Highway/In town driving, and for Off-Road driving?

Thanks

 

Nine positions? I thought the Ranchos only provide 1-5. I have the 9000's and love them. I did not opt for the remote switch; everyone that I know of has had linking problems.

I run my 9000's set at 4 in the front and 3 in the rear for general use, set at 2 in front and rear on long highway trips, and 5 in front and rear when I'm towing 6500# trailer and horses.

Hope this helps!

 

wings_023:

Similar to BruceScrew, I like to set both the front and rear shocks to position 1 for highway cruising on long trips, and position 5 for off-roading or when carrying a full load in the bed. For unloaded, everyday driving, I set the front and rear shocks to the 3 position.

Good Luck.

Wilk

 

Thanks for the replies, what I am really looking for is people with the new Rancho 9000x which has a 9 position switch as compared to the 9000 and the 5 position switch...

Anyone out there have the NEW 9000x???


Thanks

 

I have the 'new' RS9000X's on the front, and the 'old' 9000's on the rear (long backorder ordeal), so maybe I can help you.

In talking w/ Rancho, basically they said that the 9000X's are like the 9000's but with 'in-between' adjustments. For example, the 9000X settings of 1-3-5-7-9 are roughly the same as the 9000's settings of 1-2-3-4-5. The 9000X settings of 2-4-6-8 are the in-between settings (i.e. 9000X setting of 6 is between 9000 settings 3 & 4). This should help you when comparing settings from those here who have the older model. I do like the additional adjustments, and in fact wish I had the 9000X's on the rear more so than up front.

Right now, I am running '6' on my 9000X's up front, and '3' on my 9000's in the rear - no body roll and a sporty, firm, but tolerable all-round ride.

You should enjoy your shocks! I would start out with '5' on both ends and go from there.

 

So how much do the 9000X's cost compared to the old 9000's??????

 

Thanks for the reply ChrisS....I just got mine installed the other day and I love them...much, much better than factory.

Sears set mine to #3 all the way around, I think I am going to go to at least 4 and maybe 5 for everyday driving.....

sagittarius, I got mine installed at Sears for under $300....I got a little bit of a deal because they originally ordered the wrong ones and quoted me the price of 69.99 per shock....they were actually $79.99 per shock so I got about a $40 savings.....

Sears is/was offering free install of Rancho shocks so I did not even have to mess with it myself...check into it, a great deal.

 

Hi wings_023,

Sounds like you got a good price. I got mine as part of a "buy 3 get 1 free" deal, but the fronts were on backorder so long that they filled the order with the new model. I wish I had the 9000X on the rear, because I think that a setting just between '2' and '3' on the 9000's would be perfect for me, which happens to be a setting of '4' on the 9000X's!

sagittarius :

Since the 9000X replaces the 9000, I think that the prices are very similar, if not the same.