Topic: bought new springs, what shocks you recommend?

[Zane]

I just bought the allpro 4inch front springs, and i was wondering what shocks you guys think are good.

[Dingman.]

I like the bilsteins that came with my kit...

[83 Crawler]

bilsteins i love mine

[Zane [OP]]

what series you run?

[Dingman.]

12" 5125.

Id like to try the 5150's though

[83 Crawler]

i have 5125 series

[Zane [OP]]

ok cool thanks guys. come the 10th ill probably buy some. i can mount these to my stock towers with no problems right?

[bigarms23]

i have the 12" 5150 been good had them on my 4runner since 2005

[yoshaleng]

bilstein 5125....works great and easy on your pocket

[Zane [OP]]

it seems like the 12" is a good length, but what about the longer ones? does it matter really? is it preference? would I benefit from the 14"? or would i not utilize all the travel?

[yoshaleng]

I'm on a 5" lift and I'm using 12" shocks. had 14's to begin with but it was too long, didn't want to cut any holes into the bed and fender wells to fit propperly.

[79coyotefrg]

it seems like the 12" is a good length, but what about the longer ones? does it matter really? is it preference? would I benefit from the 14"? or would i not utilize all the travel?

most likely you'd never use those extra 2 inches.  I had 14's on my rear for a while and I later fell into some 12's and thought i'd see how they did, I really liked the 12's better and plan on keeping them.

[Zane [OP]]

ok thanks. ill most likely pick some up.