some of them like 18132 and 5415 were additional ones he mentioned - it may have been the specific vin I provided, but he couldn’t even pull those parts or the equivalent for the front assembly, only the rear. Or maybe vice versa.
The "assembly" is just the shock itself. I'd have to get a few HOSS VINs to look at HVBOMs to look up the front spring, insulator and other numbers. The catalogue shows the front two shocks but none of the other stuff yet. Cat shows the rear breakdown so you will still need the insulator, spring, top bushing, spring hat and retainer nut. The top retainer is a new number but works on all previous setups (when it first changed the only difference was the 3 studs changed from a coarse to fine thread). Spring is different as well as the rod insulator.
I’m going to assume that most folks want them because of the on-road and off-road ride quality. Personally, I haven’t seen any direct comparisons between the HOSS 3.0 suspension and an aftermarket coilover suspension. What you hear a lot of is comparisons to the Bilsteins. Also, a lot of folks like sticking with OE equipment for warranty purposes.
What's the difference in a warranty application if you have Bilstein 6100's/Eibach coilovers or Fox OE?
Is that accessory shock kit PN for the 2-door, non-SAS Ford M-18000-B1A?
There are so many reasons I and others want the 3.0 over after market coil overs.
Fair enough. I was looking mainly at the cost vs. gain side of it. If budget isn't an issue then I would definitely recommend using OE when possible for several of the reasons you laid out. Having not driven anything with 3.0, I can't speculate on the difference in ride between this and 2.0. I think Ford wants too much for their stuff which sucks because I really think we could sell more of the performance stuff if it was about 25% less.
