abourgeois

Ok so here is the problem i've picked up old 86 22r pickup with IFS as my winter truck. From what i understand the truck was lifted sometime during its 20 odd years of life. As for the shocks i'm pretty sure they have never been replaced or they are been beaten to death. So i am hoping that someone here can help me to determine if the truck is in factory setup or if anything has been changed. the reason for all of this i that i need new shocks and was thinking about getting a set of rancho rs5000. From my research for the 86 model i can get a 0-1" or a 3+". I just want to make sure i get the right kind of shocks. I've posted some photo below and can post more if its going to help. Thanks for any help you guys can provide.

Jay351

It looks like they just shoved a longer rear shackle on there to fix the rear sag.

What size tires are on the truck?

Can you get a picture of the front end from straight ahead to see if there are drop brackets on the crossmember

abourgeois

well the tires are 265/75/15 and here is a photo of the frontend. Hope this helps. thanks.

Jay351

That looks stock to me.

I would get the shocks for 0-1" of lift.

abourgeois

thanks that kind of what i was thinking but its nice to get a second option.

drguitarum2005

x2. looks like longer shackles in the rear and stock shocks up front. i'd go stockish

ovrrdrive

Looks like a longer shackle in the rear and a mild tbar crank in the front. Definitely stock height shocks for replacements.

The back is probably a 5-6" shackle which provides a 1-1.5" lift. The front they probably cranked up the tbar about an inch.

85toy

looks like you have a bit of rust repairs to do lol.

Jay351

It'l buff out