Posted By: D_C
Shock Choice for '74 Dodge W200 PwrWgn - 03/16/15 09:58 PM
Looking to buy New shocks absorbers for my '74 Power Wagon.
Factory Leaf Springs all around, so fairly harsh.
For now at least, I am looking for Highway Ride and Light Towing (at most an 18-foot boat or smallish car trailer.)
It will rarely if ever be hauling anything heavy in the truck bed and rarely be off-road (at least for the next year or two.)
I upgraded the shocks on my '79 Factory V8 Jeep CJ5 a few months back with Rancho 9000 shocks, which definitely improved the ride quality on that vehicle.
In any event, what would be a good Shock choice for my '74 Dodge Power Wagon? I realize that the ride quality will not be in any way car-like, but it would be nice to not need a kidney belt.
In the future, there may well be spring and suspension upgrades, but a fair distant time from now.
Thanks
Factory Leaf Springs all around, so fairly harsh.
For now at least, I am looking for Highway Ride and Light Towing (at most an 18-foot boat or smallish car trailer.)
It will rarely if ever be hauling anything heavy in the truck bed and rarely be off-road (at least for the next year or two.)
I upgraded the shocks on my '79 Factory V8 Jeep CJ5 a few months back with Rancho 9000 shocks, which definitely improved the ride quality on that vehicle.
In any event, what would be a good Shock choice for my '74 Dodge Power Wagon? I realize that the ride quality will not be in any way car-like, but it would be nice to not need a kidney belt.
In the future, there may well be spring and suspension upgrades, but a fair distant time from now.
Thanks