[hemi604]

Hey guys I have the nivomat shocks from factory and one blew, went to dodge and they said hard to get, anyways 2 months almost pass and they finally call me and I go and get it done, I noticed after that the one side was still lower than the other, took shocks out and found this, What should I do? Are these Holstein the proper replacement?

 

[Hal H]

Hey guys I have the nivomat shocks from factory and one blew, went to dodge and they said hard to get, anyways 2 months almost pass and they finally call me and I go and get it done, I noticed after that the one side was still lower than the other, took shocks out and found this, What should I do? Are these Holstein the proper replacement?

The "new" shock is a standard Bilstein. I can tell by the yellow/blue band sticker on the shock.

The old shock (the fatter one) is a Sachs Nivomat (self leveling). Nivomat equipped R/Ts sit higher due to the function of those shocks.

The Bilstein is not the correct application for your car.

They didn't get the correct one. What will work better is use the part # off the white label from your old shock - there was a change in part # for the '11+ cars vs. the '09/'10.

There's a substantial difference in price as well - Nivomats cost more $$.

 

[Go Goody]

Hal. You rock with the knowledge you share here. THANK YOU

 

[hemi604]

So should I throw this through the service department window? The bilsteins are readily available and they knew what shock was supposed to be in it. I told them when they said the nivomat is hard to get that I don't mind regular shocks but I would want both tears done as it is utterly stupid to have 2 different shocks in the rear especially one that is load levelling

 

[Hal H]

So should I throw this through the service department window? The bilsteins are readily available and they knew what shock was supposed to be in it. I told them when they said the nivomat is hard to get that I don't mind regular shocks but I would want both tears done as it is utterly stupid to have 2 different shocks in the rear especially one that is load levelling

What you could do is switch out both shocks to Bilsteins - the Nivo's were spec'd to mitigate the wheelhop tendencies on 6-speed cars on hard launches [not all that successful at doing that].

Anytime someone want to lower their 6-speed R/T the Nivomats have to go, since those shocks won't allow the suspension to lower. So you can switch over to conventional shocks.
(I swapped over my suspension two years ago, so I've been running a non-Nivomat rear shock).

Note: in the later years, Super Track Pack optioned 6-speed R/Ts would have Bilsteins in the rear, so its fine to use them...the SRT 6-speeds came standard with convetional Bilsteins as well from '08-'11.

The '12+ SRTs have the 3-mode ADS Bilsteins (those won't work on R/Ts - don't have the wiring or the software flashes to operate the ADS).

PS - I just swapped over to the billet rear tension arms - no more wheelhop!

 

[cannonballcobb]

PS - I just swapped over to the billet rear tension arms - no more wheelhop!

Hal, where did you get them if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Hal H]

Hal, where did you get them if you don't mind me asking?

You can get these through Speedlogix (support CT vendor) - these are the ones made by Razors Edge.

IIRC, there may still be a sale going on - I had an email the other week...