I have a 97 Yukon, it came with a 4" Rough Country lift with Rough Country shocks. The lift and shocks are like one year old I think.
Anyway, the suspension is absolutely horrific. I solved the steering issues with a new gearbox, makes a world of difference. So now the front end is tight. Alignment is off but whatever. But now the biggest problem is the ride quality is a joke. You can feel every little bump in the road. The shocks are not damping anything. If I had fillings in my teeth they would have fallen out by now LOL! However when you are driving over like 20mph and change lanes or something or go over a dip in the road it wobbles side to side for a long time. My coworker was driving behind me once and asked me what I was doing it's really that wallowy. I have owned a dozen GMT400s and they've all had a nice, smooth ride, with composed handling. Not like this. Now, I understand lift kits make everything worse but I wouldn't expect it to be this bad.
I'm wondering if the problem is the shocks. That's what it sounds like to me I just am surprised they're already bad? Has anyone else experienced premature failure/horrible ride quality with Rough Country shocks?
I had KYB MonoMax on a previous truck, they were amazing. I'm thinking of going that route again. The ones supposedly compatible with a 4" lift are about $65/each though. So that's like $250 for all four and money is tight right now. So I'm hesitant to buy new shocks if that won't fix the problem.
Anyway, the suspension is absolutely horrific. I solved the steering issues with a new gearbox, makes a world of difference. So now the front end is tight. Alignment is off but whatever. But now the biggest problem is the ride quality is a joke. You can feel every little bump in the road. The shocks are not damping anything. If I had fillings in my teeth they would have fallen out by now LOL! However when you are driving over like 20mph and change lanes or something or go over a dip in the road it wobbles side to side for a long time. My coworker was driving behind me once and asked me what I was doing it's really that wallowy. I have owned a dozen GMT400s and they've all had a nice, smooth ride, with composed handling. Not like this. Now, I understand lift kits make everything worse but I wouldn't expect it to be this bad.
I'm wondering if the problem is the shocks. That's what it sounds like to me I just am surprised they're already bad? Has anyone else experienced premature failure/horrible ride quality with Rough Country shocks?
I had KYB MonoMax on a previous truck, they were amazing. I'm thinking of going that route again. The ones supposedly compatible with a 4" lift are about $65/each though. So that's like $250 for all four and money is tight right now. So I'm hesitant to buy new shocks if that won't fix the problem.