I've used a few different ones too:

I had OEM Boge on the front and Alko's on the back for five years.  The
front end was a bit soft and eventually got really soft, but the Alko's did
a great job.

One of the Alko's developed a leak last summer and wouldn't rebound.  Bus
Depot said that there was no warranty, so I did what I had to and replaced
them with NOS Gabriel Red Riders that I got from Ebay for 99 cents (plus $8
shipping.)

They are very firm.  Very, very, very, very firm.  But with a full load,
they actually ride fairly well.

I have Bilstein HD's on the front now and love them.  I'm not driving the
hell out of them, but they seem to do everything well compared to the
Boge's.  Not too soft, not too firm.  I'm planning on replacing the rear
Gabriels with Bilsteins as soon as the budget allows.

 --
Joe T.
'85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have used several of the shocks that you mention.
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