I am looking for opinion of those who have bought aftermarket shocks for your pickups. I read a lot of good reviews on the bilsteins and others but like others have said I respect NDA opinions
Would do you mean by rework like rebuild or rebuy
I have never replaced shocks on any vehicle I owned, guess I didn't know it was that common.
I used to run Rancho 5000's for years on several pickups when sears offered the lifetime warranty on them which I am glad for because I could never get more than a couple years or 25-30k out of them before they were week, sold the last pickup I had them on and sears quit offering the lifetime warranty so I left Rancho behind.
Switched to KYB on a couple pickups mid grade shocks they rode a lot smoother than Ranchos but still no life from them maybe just a bit more than Ranchos.
Few Years ago switched over to Bilstein shocks and have been impressed as heck, had one leak on me after about 3 years but still rode nice, I think I blew the seals out by bottoming them out a few times so I do not fault the shocks there, might have been some abuse on my part.
My vote goes to Bilstein, buy them through Summit racing and keep the receipt for future warranty if it ever arises.