What have you done to your Silverado ZR2 this week? 🛠️

[jruck]

Drove a buddy down to FL to check out a boat and bring it home. First time hauling anything with it. Smooth as can be and loving the trailering features.

Also had my first (and second) Buccee’s experience. Had a big time.

Nice boat!

 

[KLA]

Nice boat!

Very nice boat! Nicer than mine.

 

[jruck]

Very nice boat! Nicer than mine.

Mine too . I’m working towards a bigger boat. But in the meantime my 17’ bay boat has caught A LOT of fish.

 

[KLA]

Mine too . I’m working towards a bigger boat. But in the meantime my 17’ bay boat has caught A LOT of fish.

Mine is a 2009 19.5Ft Fourwinns open bow with a 260hp I/O motor. It's not a bad boat, but that center console is very nice. I mainly just take mine out on the river by Pittsburgh for a day of fishing and sometimes we like tubing. Have skis but don't use them. I have bad knees and the outcome of me on water skis wouldn't be too good.

 

[jruck]

I live on the coast in Florida. On a nice day my son and I will go 20 miles offshore with my little boat. I have a really good radio and we watch the weather intently. I would like something a little bigger so I can make it out more days than dead calm. But I just bought a truck. Hahah

 

[AXE]

Every time I got a bigger boat, I caught less fish and burned more gas! But I looked better at the boat dock!

 

[B Hertz]

This one is a 25’ 2015 Sea Fox Commander 256 with 2 Yamaha 150s. He’s getting into doing more off shore fishing. I’d be terrified to own a boat that nice but it’s fun to pull and have a friend that owns it instead.

 

[securityguy]

Just replaced my stock Ranchos with the 9000XL and WOW...what a difference! The ride has smoothed out very nicely and followed a few recommendations on the DMAX forum related to damper settings and it now rides like my 1500. Very happy with the results and will probably play with the adjustments slightly to find my sweet spot.

 

[B Hertz]

I live on the coast in Florida. On a nice day my son and I will go 20 miles offshore with my little boat. I have a really good radio and we watch the weather intently. I would like something a little bigger so I can make it out more days than dead calm. But I just bought a truck. Hahah

I just noticed you’re in Melbourne! That’s literally where we went to get the boat. Friggate’s was delicious.

 

[jruck]

I just noticed you’re in Melbourne! That’s literally where we went to get the boat. Friggate’s was delicious.

Yes it is! Nice place right on the water. They have some delicious oysters. Did you get your boat from one of the dealers here?

 

[securityguy]

I just noticed you’re in Melbourne! That’s literally where we went to get the boat. Friggate’s was delicious.

I'm right up the road in St. Augustine!

 

[B Hertz]

Yes it is! Nice place right on the water. They have some delicious oysters. Did you get your boat from one of the dealers here?

No, my buddy bought it direct from the previous owner. Took it for a little sea trial out of Ballard park, went to Friggate’s for dinner then headed to the beach for a rocket launch out of Patrick to end the night. Had a great time.

 

[B Hertz]

I'm right up the road in St. Augustine!

Nice! Home of my favorite Buc-ees. Of course I’ve only been to that one. Twice.

 

[jruck]

No, my buddy bought it direct from the previous owner. Took it for a little sea trial out of Ballard park, went to Friggate’s for dinner then headed to the beach for a rocket launch out of Patrick to end the night. Had a great time.

Nice little park to launch. Sounds like a great day.

 

[AXE]

Just replaced my stock Ranchos with the 9000XL and WOW...what a difference! The ride has smoothed out very nicely and followed a few recommendations on the DMAX forum related to damper settings and it now rides like my 1500. Very happy with the results and will probably play with the adjustments slightly to find my sweet spot.

I ran the Rancho 9000 XLs on my first Duramax with a 6 inch lift. The compression adjustability was a nice feature and was especially helpful when towing heavy. I also ran air bags.

I wouldn't say they were on par with the 2500HD Multimatics, but for $400-500, they are a good option that adds a lot of flexibility to adjust ride for different conditions.

 

[jruck]

I ran the Rancho 9000 XLs on my first Duramax with a 6 inch lift. The compression adjustability was a nice feature and was especially helpful when towing heavy. I also ran air bags.

I wouldn't say they were on par with the 2500HD Multimatics, but for $400-500, they are a good option that adds a lot of flexibility to adjust ride for different conditions.

Would you go rancho over multimatics on the 1500 going forward?

 

[AXE]

Would you go rancho over multimatics on the 1500 going forward?

I would have to try them to compare, but wouldn't expect the same ride quality. So I'd say, Muktimatics or Fox 2.5 or Elka.

The Ranchos primarily have 9 levels of compression adjustability, but you have to adjust manually using a dial on the shock. I would primarily run them in the middle for daily driving and full compression towing. It worked on that rig, but the Multimatics hsve a broad range of dampening without the need to make adjustments and thats the beauty.

The Ranchos are nitrogen filled and have a huge shock tube, so they do well and don't fade much when your working them. Very good shocks for the money. Shock Surplus has a decent review.

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[securityguy]

I ran the Rancho 9000 XLs on my first Duramax with a 6 inch lift. The compression adjustability was a nice feature and was especially helpful when towing heavy. I also ran air bags.

I wouldn't say they were on par with the 2500HD Multimatics, but for $400-500, they are a good option that adds a lot of flexibility to adjust ride for different conditions.

100% AXE. They cost me $400 on Amazon and my buddy's dealership installed them. Very happy with the difference and they definitely smooth out the ride a lot.

 

[Chevyman2022]

Since I got the truck back, I added the black and red 6.2L, black and red ZR2 on the grill and the black flow tie.

I was thinking about doing mine in blue to match my glacier blue truck like yours. What do you think?

 

[Byrds8]

I was thinking about doing mine in blue to match my glacier blue truck like yours. What do you think?

I thought about doing that myself at one time. I think it would look nice if you got the same paint color as the truck to do it in.