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Shock absorbers Rancho or Monroe
Ride quality isn’t noticeably different. Bilstein or Fox are great upgrades for the stock rancho badged shocks either way.
Pros: great upgrades
Cons: not noticeably different
I love my rancho 5000s but used bilstiens on bigger trucks in the past and those do their job well still
Pros: do their job well
I got some Ranchos on my 88 which have been great so far. Had them about 2 years, but I don’t go off-road, or at least hardcore anyway. They’re nice and firm
Pros: nice and firm
I'm really happy with them. They have eight adjustable settings both the front and the rear for preload and dampening. Otherwise my feelings about the Rancho shocks have been very favorable and the ride quality is at least equal to original factory with some adjustability for when I want to tow or go off-road and I like that.
Pros: adjustable settings, favorable ride
Vehicle:
Ford
Mileage: 195000 km
New Monroe (factory supplier, found their stampings on the shocks) front shocks en route.
Pros: factory supplier
Vehicle:
Audi A4
Monroe OE Spectrum. It had better valving than what comes stock. Where I live it’s about 70-80 a pair so easy on the wallet and produces a nice smooth ride.
Pros: nice smooth ride
Cons: better valving needed
Rancho gets a lot of hate on the roads. I don't know what they are worth but they seem decently built from here !
Pros: decently built
Cons: gets a lot of hate
I put these Rancho RS9000XL Shocks on in 2018 on my 2007 Xterra. I've only put about 20K miles on since. Very disappointed in both the quality and the soft ride they provided. I put on Bilstein 5100s, so far they feel much better.
Cons: soft ride, poor quality
Vehicle:
Nissan
Mileage: 32186 km
In my house we have two Passat CC, one from 2008 and one from 2010. Both have DCC suspension. Both have the same kilometers (120,000 km) and the same engine, but one of them has a different behavior than the other. It seems that the DCC, the \"active\" part, does not work. When I change from \"Comfort\" to \"Sport\" I do notice that they get harder, but when I enter a roundabout it seems that the outer shock absorbers do not harden. I have changed the 4 shock absorbers for new \"RideSense\" from Monroe, like the originals and the same thing continues to happen. The change between \"Comfort\" and \"Sport\" is also noticeable, but I do not perceive that the active function that regulates the suspension when cornering is working.
Pros: noticeable change Comfort/Sport
Cons: active function not working
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat CC
Mileage: 120000 km
Bought my truck new and my ranchos were already leaking. So my opinion on them are not high.
Cons: already leaking
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