So I have 52"s up front, and on-road, the truck is ... bouncy. Like going around a corner at 15-20MPH is exciting. 
The rear shocks were inboarded, at ~45* angle, which I know reduces their effectiveness. A lot
... I remounted them today, much closer to straight up, and the back is much stiffer.
In the front I'm running the Gabriel G63438, the 12" travel, on the cast (new-style) Ford shock towers. They're basically vertical, and work nicely ... but the front is wobbly, like if I push the bumper downward, it comes back up, then bounces a bit. And she still waddles going around turns.
Enough background! The questions...
Should I try another set in a dual-shock arrangement, to increase the damping? I usually fear multi-shock setups as ... well, you know, chrome shocks with neon pink boots matching the frame paint job show trucks sort of thing. I think I'm gonna try this as a I have a spare set of shocks of more or less the right length sitting around, so for a few bucks in nuts-n-bolts I can at least try it, see if it helps.
Should I instead be adding a leaf or two to the spring pack so the damn thing isn't so flexy? Seems a shame to do so -- I went to a lot of effort to GET that flex.
Should I instead be getting fancy shocks with adjustable damping or searching out really stiff ones or something?
Opinions welcome.
-- A
The rear shocks were inboarded, at ~45* angle, which I know reduces their effectiveness. A lot
... I remounted them today, much closer to straight up, and the back is much stiffer.In the front I'm running the Gabriel G63438, the 12" travel, on the cast (new-style) Ford shock towers. They're basically vertical, and work nicely ... but the front is wobbly, like if I push the bumper downward, it comes back up, then bounces a bit. And she still waddles going around turns.
Enough background! The questions...
Should I try another set in a dual-shock arrangement, to increase the damping? I usually fear multi-shock setups as ... well, you know, chrome shocks with neon pink boots matching the frame paint job show trucks sort of thing. I think I'm gonna try this as a I have a spare set of shocks of more or less the right length sitting around, so for a few bucks in nuts-n-bolts I can at least try it, see if it helps.
Should I instead be adding a leaf or two to the spring pack so the damn thing isn't so flexy? Seems a shame to do so -- I went to a lot of effort to GET that flex.
Should I instead be getting fancy shocks with adjustable damping or searching out really stiff ones or something?
Opinions welcome.
-- A
