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Shock absorbers Rancho or OEM Volkswagen
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I put Rancho 7000? Mono tubes on our 2010 and 5100s on our 2012. Both our great and will last 100k miles.
Pros: great, will last 100k miles
Mileage: 160000 km
Well got the Bus back from the shop. Among other things we got the following done.. -New shocks Bus runs quite nicely now.
Pros: Bus runs nicely
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Rancho shocks are for off-road style ride. Will absorb heavy impacts and be stiff on the pavement.
Pros: absorb heavy impacts
Cons: stiff on the pavement
I think it is very likely that your low front end is caused by the wrong shocks being installed for the heavy W8 engine.
Cons: low front end
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
A quick bench test revealed the damping rate of the replacement shocks to feel approximately twice that of the originals, which were way too soft even for daily driving over bad surfaces.
Pros: improved damping rate
Cons: originals were too soft
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Rear shocks are Rancho 9000 nine-way adjustables, set at "3-clicks in" by Mike's son Matt, who's in charge of suspension tuning.
Pros: nine-way adjustables
Vehicle:
Ford Maverick
Mileage: 47000 km
OEM W8 shocks (yes, they work, and have for at least 50k so far and not blown )
Pros: work well, durable for 50k miles
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat B5
Mileage: 80467 km
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
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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