Rancho RS9000XL full suspension

Anyone else have these installed? I saw that Rancho had a gift card rebate on rockauto.com and the price for all four wasn't too bad, especially after the $100 off, so I pulled the trigger. I've had them installed for about two weeks now and like them quite a bit. Much better than the stock suspension on my 08, and the adjustability is pretty cool.

Rancho claims a 400% difference between the lowest setting and highest setting, but it feels less than that to me. 1 is pretty spongy and soaks up lots of bumps, but has body roll like crazy and the brakes feel a bit less effective as the front end dips. 9 is a bit too stiff for me (right now) on a truck like this, but the braking is awesome and body roll is way, way less noticeable. The install was pretty easy overall as it's still at stock height.

I've never been in a Tundra (or anything, for that matter) with the "normal" Bilstein upgrades but the Rancho set I have seems like it'll work good for my needs. I have yet to off-road or tow with them, though. Might get a chance to do some light off-roading soon so I can update then.

 

I'm actually really curious about the quality in these. I've always used rancho in my jeeps, but they have years of R&D with the jeep. It makes me curious as to how they'll hold up on our Japanese designed trucks. Keep us updated.

Also, how "on the fly" is the adjustment? Is the knob easy to turn or do you need an adjustment wrench of sorts?

 

You can turn them by hand without a tool, but going up requires more force then going down. I can change all of my corners by getting on the ground and reaching under the truck, but I need a glove to get a better grip on the fronts with some of the extra parts in the way. The build quality of them seem pretty top-notch, and so far there haven't been any issues, but they're still fresh.

 

Well. They've always done well for me on my other weekend rides!

Glad to see them dip their toes into the Japanese truck market.

 

I just bought a pair of 9000 rancho 2.50 quick lift 9 position adj and 5000 for the rear on e bay 457.00 and I’m going with platinum 20” rims with 275 65 20 Nokkian tires 700.00 on e bay all new.
This set up will put my front at 41.5 and rear at 42” ..I see the best setting is in the middle between 0-9 as you mentioned...

 

How have the Rancho shocks treated you so far? I am thinking about a set for my 18. Have a set on my f150 with over 120k miles and still function fine, also have an extra air kit to control from cab. Hard to go with Rancho when I dont see much on the threads about them vs bilstein.

 

Don’t buy them.. the 9 position adj is worthless I keep them on 9 I’ve tried setting at 6 it’s like driving a Hoopty
When they ware out I’ll put back my Bilsteen

 

Good to know, thanks. Bilstein it is.

 

I installed 5100 B8 Bilstien I transferred my 4600 springs to the 5100 set at 2.28 with gives 5/16 higher in front also have
275 65 r 20 tires on 20" rims that alone gives me 2" lift then with the 2.28 lift wit bilstiens I'm at 4" lift 41 front back