No offence taken.
It's all good.
If the OEMs cost the same as the Arnotts then the OEMs would be my first choice.
But since I have driven both on first gen EXT's and I felt no seat-of-the-pants difference in the two, I will opt for the Arnotts primarily due to cost.
Your second gen truck it most likely laid out differently than my first gen so we are comparing apples to oranges.
I am glad you found a configuration you are happy with.
That is all they really matters.
But I don't think it is fair to make a blanket statement that the Arnott products should be completely avoided in all cases just based upon your preferences.
There are members here that may opt to not even get their trucks repaired because the cost of OEMs makes that prohibitive, but the lower cost and good performance of the Arnott products might just get their rig functioning correctly again.
I understand and concur with your statements, but I think the Arnotts make a good choice for some people and keep them from trying to jury-rig something to deal with DIC errors and sagging rear ends.
We see people here all of the time that have simply replaced their Auto-Ride gear with plain old shocks and they come here trying to figure out how to turn off the error in the DIC.
Not everyone is going to be able to shell out the dough for the OEMs.
Maybe the Arnotts would at least get things working properly again.
The Arnotts serve their purpose for me and I plan to stick with them until either I need to replace them with lower cost OEMs or another set of Arnotts.
I'm cool with either scenario.
As a side note, I was turned on to the Arnott product line by a good friend of mine that owns an exclusive repair shop that specializes in high-end European sports cars and luxury sedans.
Many of those cars, as you can imagine, have some pretty exotic suspensions.
This shop uses Arnott products to repair many of these vehicles.
Some of which cost more than my house.
I'm good with Arnott.
