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Old 01-27-2013, 11:46 AM
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So, after doing some work on the Jeep, the drivers side front shock is toast. The threads on the shaft are stripped. I had bought these shocks used from a forum member, they are Rusty's white bodied shocks. If I just replace the two front shocks with a pair of Bilstien 5100's, is the difference between the front and rear shocks going to affect my handling adversely? Should I just replace all four?
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If you're happy with the rear shocks keep them. You can't go wrong with a full set of bilsteins though.
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X3 and while you at it, get a set of BPEs. Makes future installs easy and get rid of that annoying popping sounds on cold morning, from shocks
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That's what the annoying popping noise is from? I have been trying to figure that out for the longest time.
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remove your rear sway bar, use the mounts as rear BPE's. Win/win
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