These are original equipment replacement shocks on my 2003 F150. They work as Ford designed the truck with these as original equipment. There are many more expensive shocks of better quality out there that will do a better job. That said, these work fine and ride fine for a daily driver and won't not break the bank. If your on a budget, I would recommend these over other entry level replacements.
I have kyb shocks in my truck in the front now . im going to change the front end in my truck so I like the kyb shocks so I will replace the shocks with new kyb shocks. my old shocks have 100.000 miles on them & the still work well so why change .