So the Eibach Pro-Truck Sport rear shock is made for stock to 1-inch lifted '04 to '08
F-150s and this is going to be probably the best upgraded shock available for under the
$100 mark.
Eibach is obviously a name that you've probably heard.
They are kind of the gold standard in the world of shocks and struts and overall suspension
components and off-road damping and it's safe to say that this will provide a huge upgrade
over those factory shocks, especially if those shocks are busted or leaking or overall, they're
not doing their job anymore.
Now, Eibach is obviously a name you've probably heard before, especially if you've shopped
around for suspension components and you've looked for upgrades for your truck.
And it's safe to say that the Pro-Truck Sport is no exception.
This is a physically bigger shock, it has bigger rods and pistons on it, has a nice
zinc coating on it, so it's safe to say that this is built to go off-road and handle a
lot more suspension travel than your factory setup.
And on the note of that factory setup, these actually cost about the same as stock replacements
from Ford so it's safe to say if your shocks are busted or leaking, you might as well go
with a good upgrade like this one.
This does install quite easily.
I'd actually give this a very simple one out of three wrenches on my difficulty meter.
You're simply removing two bolts and nuts, one at the top and one at the bottom of the
factory shock and you're reusing them when you install the new ones so there's no customer
hardware that you have to install besides the shock itself.
So again, if you want a good upgrade, you take your truck off-road, and you want to
get some better suspension travel and overall control when you do go off-road, go ahead
and take a look at the Eibach and without further ado, I'm actually going to show you
how to get this installed.
To install your new shocks, you'll need the following tools, standard drive ratchet, a
15-millimeter socket, and an 18-millimeter wrench.
An optional tool includes a cordless impact.
So removing your stock shock is pretty straightforward.
For that, you're going to need that 15-millimeter socket and that 18-millimeter wrench.
Now you can do this on the ground with your suspension under load.
You won't have any issues removing the shock that way, but since we do have our truck up
in the air, we are supporting our rear axle with a pole jack just to take a little bit
of pressure off the shock.
So now, we have our factory shock removed.
You guys can really see the big differences here between the original old and busted and
our new one here.
Clearly, this nice, zinc-coated, polished finish obviously stands out and if you were
curious, you could see that the new shock is physically larger than the factory shock.
Obviously, it has improved damping.
It has stronger pistons and rods inside and that's where you get that added capability
off-road.
It's safe to say that this thing will be able to take a lot more travel, a lot more abuse
than the factory shock.
You won't have to worry about this thing busting out or leaking out and thus losing all that
damping.
Now throwing this shock on is the same exact process as the factory shock.
You're going to reuse those factory bolts and nuts and I'm also happy to say, on a side
note here, the mounting locations on the new shock do use rubber bushings like the factory
shock so you're not going to get any added noise, vibration, or harshness when you do
take this off-road.
Now, installing the Eibach shock is, as you would imagine, the same exact process as the
factory shock so we're actually going to reuse those nuts and bolts so let's go ahead and
throw our new one on, shall we?
So once you got one shock bolted up, you're going to do the same thing for the other side
and that will wrap up our very easy install.
That also wraps up my review of the Eibach Pro-Truck Sport rear shock fitting your '04
to '08 factory to 1-inch lifted F-150.
I'm Travis.
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