Front Quad Shocks

[mattrains]

How rare was the Quad Front Shock option for the Blazers and Suburbans? Every time someone sees it they ask where I bought it but it's on my build sheet as a factory option.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Relatively common, if I had to take a shot in the dark I'd say 1 in 4 trucks from the 80's has them.

 

[paratrooper307]

My 87 burban parts truck had them. Relatively gimmicky, and not necessary.

 

[dyeager535]

Way more common than they should have been lol.

 

[MrSchaeferPants]

1/4 sounds right. I'm on my 4th Blazer. Only 1 had them. From what I've read here in the past, they're not needed and serve no real purpose. Today's shock technology/quality or whatever you want to call it removes any need the quad shock even provided.

 

[swettysblazer]

Mine has it as well.

 

[Deuling]

Yup. I took those stiff whores off

 

[bigred88]

Mine had them, ditched them recently when I finally replaced the shocks.

 

[Blue85]

In theory, there's an advantage to splitting the valving in half and each shock having half as much heat. But anymore you have to really search for lightly valved shocks. If you found the light-valve twin-tubes like came on it stock, you would spend as much on 4 as a pair of Bilsteins would cost - so why would you ever do it? Generally now you only find lighter valving in mid-to-high end shocks, which you will probably never overheat on a stock rig.

If you made a sweet suspension that could use double 5100-type shocks you would have already made some shock hoops or something. Then, for the cost of 2 5100/5150 shocks, you're getting into the nicer rebuildable shocks, which would be a better option.

So in short, there's a reason you don't see 2 shocks per corner anymore.

 

[MrSchaeferPants]

But they sure do look cool