Jump to content

Bilstein 5100 adjustable ride height

5RWill

By 5RWill
in Modifications & Accessories

Recommended Posts

5RWill Enthusiast

5RWill

Posted
Posted

Anyone heard any word on the release date for these or do they just keep getting pushed back?

  • Replies 129
  • Created
  • Last Reply
5RWill Enthusiast

5RWill

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Seems like they've delayed and delayed. I'm definitely looking to these to level my sierra. I already have rancho shocks that i like well enough i wonder if i keep rancho rears if it's worth it or go ahead and get a full set of bilsteins and give the rancho's to my brother.

Whiskey Bent Enthusiast

Whiskey Bent

Posted
Posted

I've never had either but from what I've heard, people really like the ride of the bilstiens. I know when I had my jeep, a lot of those guys were running bilstiens as well.

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

Spurshot

Posted
Posted

Seems like they've delayed and delayed. I'm definitely looking to these to level my sierra. I already have rancho shocks that i like well enough i wonder if i keep rancho rears if it's worth it or go ahead and get a full set of bilsteins and give the rancho's to my brother.

 

I took out the Ranchos in the front of my AT and put in the Kings. After a few days of driving, I would say the ride is drastically improved. I have yet to install the rears. Maybe this weekend.

 

My opinion is that the rear factory Ranchos are too stiff and allow the wheels to skip around any irregular surface in a turn...not to mention the harsh ride. My Bilsteins in my 08 were a nice compromise. I say: loose the Ranchos all the way around.

junkyardz Enthusiast

junkyardz

Posted
Posted

I've got the 5100 rears waiting on install...still waiting on the release of the non adjustable front 5100s...

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

Spurshot

Posted
Posted

I've got the 5100 rears waiting on install...still waiting on the release of the non adjustable front 5100s...

 

Go ahead and put the rears on. It's a quick job.

5RWill Enthusiast

5RWill

Posted
  • Author
Posted

 

I took out the Ranchos in the front of my AT and put in the Kings. After a few days of driving, I would say the ride is drastically improved. I have yet to install the rears. Maybe this weekend.

 

My opinion is that the rear factory Ranchos are too stiff and allow the wheels to skip around any irregular surface in a turn...not to mention the harsh ride. My Bilsteins in my 08 were a nice compromise. I say: loose the Ranchos all the way around.

 

Might as well get the entire set for about 400$ I like my Ranchos though. I don't have any negatives about them but i also haven't used anything else.

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

Spurshot

Posted
Posted

 

Might as well get the entire set for about 400$ I like my Ranchos though. I don't have any negatives about them but i also haven't used anything else.

 

If you can find a member close by that has something other than the Rancho shocks, ride in their truck. I've had 4 trucks in a row now from 1998 to this one. Each rode differently. The last one was an 08 NHT Vmax with a towing pkg. It had shocks so soft that it bounced along like one of those bobbing head dogs, especially at freeway speeds. The Bilsteins tightened that ride up. The one before was a 99 1/2 2500. It rode stiff and the Bilsteins softened that ride.

 

I noticed the stiffness in this 2014 on the drive home. An irregular road surface in a turn and the tires lose contact.

junkyardz Enthusiast

junkyardz

Posted
Posted

well spurshot, I had all intentions to install em but somebody ran into my truck a few days ago. now I'm just gonna wait until it's back from the bodyshop... I'm ready cause I think the stock ranchos are way to stiff and unforgiving

  • 2 weeks later...
5RWill Enthusiast

5RWill

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Is there anyway to get in touch with them? By Email or phone?

sugarjohnson Enthusiast

sugarjohnson

Posted
Posted

I've got the 5100 rears waiting on install...still waiting on the release of the non adjustable front 5100s...

I put my rear 5100 on and noticed they are different then last model. The Black plastic boot is in the down position. I looked at them for 20m and then called bilstein. They said rule of thumb is to install with the bilstein label in the correct orientation so you can read it which makes the black boot orient down. Can you let me know if yours are the same direction?

Clocked92 Enthusiast

Clocked92

Posted
Posted

Bilstein had the 5100's on display at SEMA for the 2014+ models. I should've asked them for a timeline but I wasn't too interested in them. I'm going with Fox coilovers in the front and Fox 2.0 or 2.5 in the rear when I have enough money saved up.

junkyardz Enthusiast

junkyardz

Posted
Posted

I put my rear 5100 on and noticed they are different then last model. The Black plastic boot is in the down position. I looked at them for 20m and then called bilstein. They said rule of thumb is to install with the bilstein label in the correct orientation so you can read it which makes the black boot orient down. Can you let me know if yours are the same direction?

yep. bilstein sticker legible, boot facing downwards. just looked at mine

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Forum Statistics

    250.5k
    Total Topics
    2.7m
    Total Posts

  • Member Statistics

    342,958
    Total Members
    8,960
    Most Online
    B07
    Newest Member
    B07
    Joined

  • Who's Online   0 Members, 0 Anonymous, 778 Guests (See full list)

    • There are no registered users currently online

  • Latest Articles

  • Posts

    • Grumpy Bear
      Some Assembly is Required

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      Missing pieces of the Assembly   Detergency vs Solvency   Not the same thing. Detergency is the mechanism that surrounds solid particulates preventing amalgamation. Usually accompanied by a Dispersant whose job it is to keep those encapsulated particles in Suspension. Solvency keeps things that can be dissolved in solution.    Salt is a solid that can be dissolved. Pepper is a solid that cannot be dissolved. A detergent/dispersant is effective on pepper but a solvent is more effective on salt. As long as the solids remain in either state, dissolved or dispersed then they can be be removed with the oil upon change.    How many wranglers does it take to herd cats? Depends on how many cats your herding. How much sponge does it take to soak up water? How much water is there to soak up? Point is most oil blends start with some herding ability and next to zero sponge and recently even fewer wranglers are being sent to do the same job.    So you start with a dozen cowboys and zero cows but at the drive progresses you pick up cows along the way, but not cowboys. At some point you have more cows that the wranglers can handle and some leave the herd. Deposits. And the API has an acceptable number of cows they are willing to let loose. In the ideal world zero is the right number for he rancher but to the butcher....a few lost is fine. This cow is beat to death. Let's move on....   Solvency isn't something oils on the Walmart shelf care about AT ALL. Problem is, you motor does. Fuels driven varnish sticks rings and only a solvent can keep them in check. The bet is that the solids driven portion that plug the expander rings and the oil drain backs and VVT screens and AFM screens will be an issue long before varnish is. Not that it wont be but if they market well enough the consumer can be kept ignorant enough to either believe it is "normal" (A quart in 1 or 2K is normal) OR is kept at bay longer than the first owner is likely to hang on to the unit. Solvency cost money.    Now the OEM's have John Q. Public buffaloed into the belief that the number cows accumulated along the trail is a known and predictable CONSTANT. It isn't. Nor is the rate at which they crossed paths with them. Only the number of wrangles is constant. Or was. Each new generation of oil sees fewer and fewer of them.    So what happens when the number of cowboys is lower (lower TBN) with each seasons trail but the trial is longer (OCI) and the number of cows along that trail continues increase? (Conditions that promote deposits).    For awhile the blenders were on to something. Better bases are harder to degrade (fewer cows) but that was overtaken by a longer trail (OCI) and improved breeding (More cows) while continuing to reduce the cowboy staffing levels (TBN/Aniline #).    Marketing has been successful. We've fired most of the staff, cows breed line bunnies, the trail is ten times longer and we've convinced the boss his ranch is in better shape that it ever was.    That kids is just the cleaning side. The side few pay attention to.     
    • davester
      Needing this part.

      By davester · Posted

      hit a junkyard.
    • Z45
      PF63 Oil Filters Going Away?

      By Z45 · Posted

      Mann+Hummel since 1941 per their web site 
    • B07
      Needing this part.

      By B07 · Posted

      Looking for this part for my truck. They don't sell just that one piece and to get it you have to pay over $100 even used for the whole air tube. The piece the hose clamp snaps into that is held on by the screw and nut. If anyone has access to one please let me know.
    • rav3
      2017 Silverado Front Bumper Valence/license plate holder

      By rav3 · Posted

      https://ebay.io/m/cTI46i

  • GM-Trucks.com Clubs

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...