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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 08:51 AM
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What Shock/Strut to get??

Well my 90 Toyota 4WD truck needs new shocks/struts. My truck has a body lift of between 2.5-3 inches on it. When I go to the autozone.com site, they list the shocks and say for either a lifted suspension or without lift. I don't know if I need the lifted suspension shock since I only have a body lift or if I need the regular shock. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 09:23 AM
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Body lift doesn't lift your suspension so you need normal shock lengths.

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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 09:56 AM
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I knew the body lift didn't lift the suspension. I kinda worded it wrong...well autozone has it worded weird. It states for some application:without lift kit, then it jumps to application: standard suspension, then to application: lifted suspension.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par.../N-iu5fdZ8oxxw
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 02:48 PM
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Since yours doesn't have a suspension lift it takes standard OEM length shocks.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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Oh and pre 95 Trucks and runners donot have struts they are shocks and shocks only.

Plenty of people ahve body lifts with OEM suspension set up. Body lift only affects the.... BODY
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 06:04 PM
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Thanks guys for all the help. I was just making sure before I lay down the extra $40-$50 per shock.
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