Intense-Dakota
Landscape and Nature Photographer
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2016
- Posts
- 249
- Reaction score
- 105
- Location
- GUNTERSVILLE, Alabama
- Ram Year
- 2017
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
I have a 2017 Rebel with air ride. I started noticing some softness in the rear end, especially after driving down some rough road for a while. There are a lot of times where expansion joints and large cracks in the road (I'm in Illinois, so all roads are crap) will cause the back end to jump to the right. Anyway I dropped the rear axle today ànd disconnected both rear shocks. The driver's side was pretty weak. I could pretty easily compress with much effort. The passenger side was WAY harder to compress. To the point where I contemplated getting the ratchet straps out to recompress and bolt back up.
So, I started looking for replacement shocks and I cannot find anything except the $230 Bilstein OEM Mopar shocks. Has anyone tried any other shocks, or does anyone know if anyone makes rear shocks for the air ride equiped rebels?
Please don't just suggest to replace the air ride. I like it and it works perfectly. I just want to replace the shocks since I have 62K+ miles and the roads near me are horrible.
So, I started looking for replacement shocks and I cannot find anything except the $230 Bilstein OEM Mopar shocks. Has anyone tried any other shocks, or does anyone know if anyone makes rear shocks for the air ride equiped rebels?
Please don't just suggest to replace the air ride. I like it and it works perfectly. I just want to replace the shocks since I have 62K+ miles and the roads near me are horrible.