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Michael - 19 Aug 2005 21:56 GMT

I have about 60,000 on my 1999 trooper. I was thinking of upgradeing the shocks for better performance, a little less floaty feel. I was thinking of Rancho RS5000 pretty much because they are availible. I'll be putting them on myself. Will upgradeing the shocks make a difference?. Is there a better shock I should be looking at?

The Trooper has been a great truck except for the exessive oil burning, 1 quart every two tanks of gas. Hopefully it will last anouther 5 years.

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Wesley - 20 Aug 2005 00:34 GMT

I should hope it would last another 5 years...60,000 miles isn't even broken
in good yet... ;-)

Wesley

> I have about 60,000 on my 1999 trooper. I was thinking of upgradeing the shocks for better performance, a little less floaty feel. I was thinking

of Rancho RS5000 pretty much because they are availible. I'll be putting
them on myself. Will upgradeing the shocks make a difference?. Is there a
better shock I should be looking at?

> The Trooper has been a great truck except for the exessive oil burning, 1 quart every two tanks of gas. Hopefully it will last anouther 5 years.

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miles - 20 Aug 2005 01:19 GMT

> I have about 60,000 on my 1999 trooper. I was thinking of upgradeing the shocks for better performance, a little less floaty feel. I was thinking of Rancho RS5000 pretty much because they are availible. I'll be putting them on myself. Will upgradeing the shocks make a difference?. Is there a better shock I should be looking at?
>
> The Trooper has been a great truck except for the exessive oil burning, 1 quart every two tanks of gas. Hopefully it will last anouther 5 years.

If you offroad then the RS5000's are a good shock. They can take alot
of pounding without softening. If you do only a little light offroading
then I'd opt for something else. Possibly the Monroe Sensa-trac or
Rancho RSX. They will give a much better on pavement ride.

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Peter - 22 Aug 2005 08:44 GMT

>I have about 60,000 on my 1999 trooper. I was thinking of upgradeing the
>shocks for better performance, a little less floaty feel. I was thinking
>of Rancho RS5000 pretty much because they are availible. I'll be putting
>them on myself. Will upgradeing the shocks make a difference?. Is there a
>better shock I should be looking at?

I put KYB Monomax on my 98 Trooper - imho best bang for the buck.

> The Trooper has been a great truck except for the exessive oil burning, 1
> quart every two tanks of gas. Hopefully it will last anouther 5 years.

I have 135K miles on the clock, and still going strong. Suspension didn't
need any fixes in last 3 years (except for the shocks). Oil usage is
approximately the same as yours, though ;)

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