Shocks Question
 

Dont know if it was asked

Are all 4 shocks the same ?

found some Rancho RS9000XL for 80$ Each but dont specify if its for front or rear

Are these good or should i go with Eldelbrock or even the Bilstein

Thanks

Not sure of your question if front & rear shocks are the same. But as a rule they are not on most vehicles. As for good shocks I have ran Rancho shocks the 9000s are pretty stiff the 5000 series is a great shock for the Ranger, Blazers, S-10, & Explorers. I think they still make a 5000 series. I ran a set on a 90 Ranger 4x4. They were great on dirt roads at high speeds & on the paved road as well. They worked great in real rough stuff also. But the very best shock I ever ran was the orange factory GM Blazer 4x4 shock. I'm not sure who made it for GM but I had a set on my 97 Blazer 4x4 & they are still going after I sold the Blazer with about 180,000 miles. I ran the crap out of that Blazer both on & off road. It went anyplace I wanted to go. The rode great, handled great, they took a beating.
Other than that depending on how you use your rig I have had no trouble with plain ole cheap Monroe gas shocks. In fact I have a set on my 98 Jeep GC 5.9 Limited.

Orange GM shocks may have been Delphi* made in France. What I took off my Bravada, ... no idea whether they were OE or not but still relatively clean and still full of gas and no squirks when depressed. That said, Monroe Sensatracs ride significantly better.
Delco once actually made shocks. I worked in the shock plant for a week. Shock plant closed down in Dayton before the rest of ops were turned into Delphi.

Front and rear are not the same. Even if the mounts were compatible, which they aren't, they would need different working specs.

should i just wait and get the rough country kit with the 2.5" lift total with new gas shocks and control arm ?

better option ?

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ROUGH-COUNTRY...d=330626731983

I don't understand lift kits. I have been off roading since the 60s & I never saw any advantage to lift kits unless you were going for full competition & building strictly a race or climbing vehicle.
So I'm the wrong guy to advise on that. I have taken my stock height 4x4 in places trucks with lift kits couldn't go for fear of rolling them over because their center of gravity was higher. Just my two cents.

that's why im only going for a 2.5" lift max, i just want to run 31" tires at most and need new shocks anyways :P

Yea that is great. I just have never had the need for either big oversize tires or lift kits. Like I said I have been four wheeling in the Nevada & Arizona deserts since the 60s & in all the hard running I have done over the years neither big tires or lift kits would of ever helped me get into or out of anything I ever faced. I have even run with guys over the Rubicon Trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with stock height Jeeps. All that was added was LT tires to handle the rocks etc. If your not familiar with the Rubicon Trail you might Goggle it. It is one of the toughest off road trails in the Country. Again just my opinion. Us old guys had to learn how to drive & get the max out of our rigs because back in the day we didn't have all this expensive stuff.

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You don't understand lift kits? Well since our darn frame hangs so low, you will understand why you need some kind of lift when you get high centered like Thog did awhile back. The frame hangs so low on a stock blaze you hit a lot of obstacles off road. Without a lift, bigger tires aren't possible. Without bigger tires, you'll get stuck on more obstacles. It's just that simple. With the blaze's fairly long wheelbase and pretty even weight distribution, even with a lift, you don't stand a lot of a chance of rolling one. You must be talking about rolling a jeep. Now that's easy! =P

Edit: Sand isn't crap compared to mud. You'll appreciate bigger, more meaty tires in mud.

yeah here is really more Rock / Mud trails... no sand stuff :P

Rancho 9000 shocks
 

I have a 1999 Chevy blazer ls 4/4 I need new shocks, I found some new rancho 9000 shocks that were for a blazer with a 4 in lift. Will these work on my blazer? I can get them cheap. The seller also said all 4 are the same, but the rear should have a two bolt on the top, would I need some other hardware?