Just picked up a '95 F150 4.9L 6 this past weekend, and noticed that it was clunky and brakes were shot. Well this afternoon I put some new shocks all the way around on it and all of the clunking went away and it rides 100% better.

Tomorrow I'm putting new brakes on it and then on the weekend maybe I'll start looking if anything needs to be done to the engine.

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sounds good, which shocks did you go with?

 

I went with the Autozone special Gabriel Gas Ryder LTs. I know they're not Bilsteins, but considering this truck still had stock Ford shocks at 110000 mi, it's a significant improvement.

 

Glad your getting that truck back into shape.

 

You say it rides 100% better - How do those shocks feel? Is the ride stiffer than it was? Well, I guess it is stiffer, but is the ride "stiff" or "harsh", or does it feel, well, 'like it should'? That question didn't exactly come out sounding right, but, what I want to know is, are you happy with the Gabriels? If you don't mind me asking, how much were they ea at AZ? My truck needs shocks in a bad, bad way, but I don't want to drop a huge amount of cash on them.......

Wade

 

Before I got new shocks the truck was floaty and bouncy which affected the handling and it was difficult to keep it going straight on a bumpy road. But these are the stock shocks that have been on the truck since new (110 k mi) After putting new shocks in the ride got alot better. Now the driving is much more controlled, but the shocks are not too stiff. The only truck that I have driven was my friends Dakota with RT springs in the rear and bilstein shocks all the way around. His truck feels alot stiffer than my.

Oh the shocks were about $22 a piece, and it took whole 45 minutes to put them on.

 

So what do you have planed for it next.