We get this question quiet often, what are the best shocks to run on my truck? In this post, we’ll break down each shock brand we carry—covering what they offer, how they perform, and our honest take based on both our experience and customer feedback.
Ride quality starts with having the right shock for your setup. Just as important is choosing the correct shock height for your specific application, ensuring optimal performance and comfort on every drive.
Bilstein Shocks:
The Bilstein shocks are a great improvement over your stock shocks. These shocks will come valved specifically for your application and they are also a huge benefit for towing or hauling along with daily driving. Bilstein shocks are a great replacement at an affordable price and depending on the series you go with they also offer a limited lifetime warranty. Although these shocks are not serviceable or rebuildable, you should still see between 50,000 to 100,000+ miles out of these shocks depending on your driving conditions, vehicle loads and driving habits.
Bilstein B6 4600 Series
- 46mm monotube design with a floating dividing piston separating the gas and oil, provide consistent, fade-free performance
- Optimum grip and enhanced lane stability in day to day and extreme situation
- High gas pressure and a longer service life even when pulling trailers or driving off-road
- Durable vulcanized neoprene rubber bushings
Bilstein B8 5100 Series
- 46mm monotube design ensures consistent, fade-free performance in all conditions
- Patented digressive valving instantly rears to changing surface condition
- OEM certified mounting hardware allows for easy installation
- Durable vulcanized neoprene rubber bushings
- Zinc plated for resistance against harsh elements
Bilstein B8 5160 Series
- 46mm monotube design ensures consistent, fade-free performance in all conditions
- Self-adjusting deflective disc valving reacts immediately to surface changes enabling maximum vehicle control
- Zinc plating and increased oil capacity dissipate more heat assuring long-term durability
- Designed to easily install in vehicle's stock mounting locations
- Unique swivel banjo fitting on reservoir allows for 360° rotation
- Increases wheel travel on most applications
Fox Shocks:
Fox Shocks are a huge improvement over your stock shocks. Fox Shocks are seen on multiple type of applications. Whether its a daily driver, SXS, trophy truck or mountain bike more than likely you will see it comes with Fox Shocks. Fox has done a lot of engineering and testing when it comes to valving their shocks to meet certain specs. These shocks are a great upgrade for daily driving and for off road use. Their OE replacement shocks are valved specifically for your application to make sure it meet their proper specs without sacrificing ride quality. These shocks are also serviceable, you can have them shipped to the manufacturer to get serviced. Their service includes genuine Fox parts and fluid.
Fox 2.0 Performance Series
- Performance tuned for vehicle specific application
- Aluminum body dissipates heat faster than steel
- IFP separates oil from high pressure nitrogen gas
- Race-developed high-flow piston design
- Black anodized CNC machined aluminum components
- Clear-anodized for a durable finish
Fox 2.0 Performance Series w/ Reservoirs
- Performance tuned for vehicle specific application
- Aluminum body dissipates heat faster than steel
- External reservoir system dissipates heat fast
- Race-developed high-flow piston design
- Black anodized CNC machined aluminum components
- Clear-anodized for a durable finish
Fox 2.5 Performance Series
- Performance tuned for vehicle specific application
- 2.5" impact extruded 6061-T6 aluminum shock body
- Type II clear-anodized body plating
- High-flow velocity-sensitive damping
- 5/8" hard chrome shaft
- Internal floating piston (IFP)
- Hydraulic top out (HTO) piston
Fox 2.5 Performance Elite Series
- 2.5" impact extruded and CNC machined 6061-T6 hard anodized aluminum body resists rust over time
- Aluminum body dissipates heat faster than steel
- External reservoir system dissipates heat fast
- 7/8" hard chrome plated heat-treated alloy steel
- Race-developed high-flow piston design
-
External compression adjusters allow you to quickly adapt the shocks to a wide variety of terrain and vehicle loads
King Shocks:
King Shocks is a manufacturer and servicer of custom made adjustable and rebuildable automotive shocks absorbers and performance racing products for utility vehicles, OEM replacements and professional racing use. These shocks are usually a special order but some of their basic kits are usually available. Kings offer multiple customization to their shocks to make them your own. Multiple colors, custom valving, with or without adjusters and many more options. King shocks are a good replacement over your stock shocks. Like the previous manufacturer mentioned, their shocks are valved specifically to your vehicle. They also step it up a notch and offer adjusters on their reservoirs at an additional cost to have even more adjustment on your dampening whether you are daily driving on the pavement or taking your truck off road.
King 2.5 Performance Series:
- 100% bolt-on performance.
- Increased wheel travel.
- Large 2.5” shock bodies increase fluid capacity for smoother, cooler running shocks.
- Factory tuned for optimal ride quality.
- Extensive dynamometer lab testing and punishing real world testing to develop the optimal damping curves for your Chevy.
- Built from the same quality materials and to the same precise tolerances as King’s top of the line Pure Race series shocks.
- Fully rebuildable, serviceable and tunable.
- External reservoirs dramatically increase fluid capacity, heat dissipation and provide sustained damping performance even under the most punishing conditions.
- Optional Wide Range Compression Adjuster that gives 20 precise clicks of compression damping adjustment to further refine your ride quality.
If you have made it this far and are still deciding on what shocks are made for you, you can always give our sales team a call at 877-469-3629.
We offer other shocks on our webpage, but we would say these are our top 3 shock brands. At the end of the day you want the right shock for your set up. Stock, leveled, or lifted, we offer a shock for you.
