Wow! What a difference in ride, control, and sound a set of good shocks makes. My 2009 Express van has low miles for the age at only about 70K miles, but she was weak in suspension for the rear. Sloppy handling and noisy. These shocks were easy to install and made the van ride better than a new one. Towing was a big need for me to have control and these shocks handled the task perfectly towing my 16 ft box trailer over 2000 round trip. I am very pleased with the purchase and highly recommend this set for your van or truck.

Easy install and works like a champ

First, let me state that I had these professionally installed on my 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It started out that the rubber bushings needed to install at the top of the shock was missing. The shop where I had them installed ordered new bushings and completed the install. At first, things were going well. The ride was smooth and it improved the handling. After about 5000 miles, a weird popping sound started when days got really cold. It sounded like it was coming from somewhere in the front, but I never thought it was the shocks. Since the Jeep has 125K miles, I started thinking that it was just old age and it didn't like the cold. After 7500 miles, there was a rattle noise that occurred over on every small bump and pothole. Concerned for the safety of the Jeep, I took it back to the shop. After almost a full day of testing, they finally determined that it was the shocks. All the shocks have developed a 2 - 3 inch dead spot at the top of the compression stroke. I had to buy 4 new shocks (KYB) and pay the installation charges again plus the time to diagnose the issue. I would avoid this product.

We all put off doing shocks and struts too long. In my case, this 2000 TransAm WS/6 still had the factory struts and shocks until a few days ago.These (and new front struts) restored the factory ride and handling! That's all I wanted.Rear shocks are really easy to do.1) Pull the rear carpet forward. Remove the foam shock mount point cover.2) Undo the nut on top.3) Jack the car up, leaving the axle hanging.4) Remove the big nut on the bottom.Putting it back together, you'll attach the bottom nut first. The kit can go 2 ways around. I attached mine so the flanged side and stud was pointing out.When you're ready, you need to cut the wire to release the shock's rod. You have to get it aimed at the hole. If you don't keep it aimed well, it'll catch on the body. When you screw that up (you will at least once), undo the lower mount, put the upper rod through the hole, and muscle the shock up to get the lower bolt back in place. It's doable, it just requires some effort.I didn't seem to be able to keep the boot on the end at full extension. You might be able to get it on with the car on it's wheels, but I didn't try yet. Really, it's a decoration unless you're offroading. A street car like mine won't see dirt unless something goes tragically wrong.

This is my long term durability review. I installed these in 2012 and logged about 93,000 miles on them- one ton truck, none of them easy miles. They are now on life support, and have been replaced with Bilstein 5100’s. Initially the Gabriel’s did fine, not extraordinary, and I consider them to have been a good economical upgrade to the worn stock shocks. In retrospect I think they were “done” at least a year ago, especially the fronts, but they far exceeded the 50,000 mile expectancy. Only one out of four shocks demonstrated slight leakage, mostly the internals have given all they have to give. Good shock at a good price, but recently went to the Bilstein.

Installed on a recently purchased '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Rear Installation was a breeze and it was still a pretty simple process for someone who has next to no experience working on vehicles at all, maybe 1 hour all told (including the test drive after). I can't compare these to the stock shocks as the ones on the Jeep were completely shot... it's been several days now and one of the fronts still hasn't popped back out since I pushed it in while removing it! I haven't yet replaced the steering stabilizer but plan to do that as well and have an alignment to get the work fully done but in the meantime the ride has gone from bouncy and awkward to firm and tight (not quite like my BMW 330xi but it's not supposed to be)! The handling is greatly improved and the included boots should do a great job keeping unwanted moisture and road debris from fouling the shocks. 77683 are the rear shocks I believe...check the Gabriel site before you buy to be sure you order the right part though! Just FYI, You may want to consider buying new bolts before you do the swap, just in case you get halfway through and find out the old ones are too rusted out to re-use!

Shocks seem beefy, but one was missing a rubber spacer. Without the spacer, the shock is useless, and you can't buy them separate. Of course, I realized this after I had my truck torn apart. I called a local suspension shop, who gave me some old spacers they had laying around which I modified to fit - of course had to borrowed a car to go there. I got lucky - if not for the kindness of the local shop, I would've been totally screwed.

good ride

88-98 obs c/k1500Can’t wait to get these on.

Fit perfectly 👌

Solid shock. Perfect fit for rear end of '08 Chev 1500 Silverado WT. Turned the truck from a bouncy ball to a smooth ride, and the truck feels like a new vehicle.

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