Bilstein 5100 adj shocks (front and rear)

nadrojcote · May 11, 2015

Interesting thanks for sharing. I would still like to do the same test on our trucks.

5RWill · May 11, 2015

I'll see if I can kind of get a measurement of my coils.

nadrojcote · May 11, 2015

Ok and I'll take a measurement of my friends 2015

WendysOrBust · May 26, 2015

I know they are somewhere in here, but looking through 22 pages seems like a daunting task. Does anyone have the part numbers for the front and rear 5100's? I know most places are out of stock, but I want to make sure I'm not getting the 5100's for a last gen truck.

Edit;

Nvm found the part numbers.

http://cart.bilsteinus.com/pdfs/off-road.pdf

Scroll down to page 7. 4x4 and 2wd also have same part numbers. There is a difference in pn's from last gen to the new gen trucks though.

Edited May 26, 2015 by WendysOrBust

WendysOrBust · May 26, 2015

I know most of you already knew about this but just to reiterate;

nathan.reimers.33 · June 2, 2015

I'm running 5100's on the high-setting... No issues (after about 7,000 miles) and they aren't that bad over bumps and cracks. Im running AT tires and planning on grabbing 33's the next time around. I pull trailers occasionally and they didn't squat the back end... If anything it was perfectly leveled with the trailer attached.

nathan.reimers.33 · June 2, 2015

kortuem1500 · August 7, 2015

I ordered front and rear 5100s from suspensionconnection.com last week. I already got the rears just waiting on the fronts they said they are back ordered until Aug 15th…

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kortuem150001 · September 21, 2015

Just finished my install of a set of 5100s. I set the front shocks at their upper most position and installed a 1/4" spacer under the bottom of the front shocks. I ended up with 2" of lift at the center line of the front wheels and the ride is just as comfortable as it was stock. The truck seems to handle a bit better in the curves and that 57 Buick Special feeling is gone. I had already installed an extra 1" of lift on the rear necessitated when I installed some Firestone air bags for towing my car trailer. Now the top of front fender well is 39" off the ground and the top of the rear fender well is 40". Totally happy with the truck's stance and ride.

Where did you find a 1/4 inch spacer I've been looking all over for one. Do you think a 1/2 inch spacer would be too much to add when running them on max height?

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Last C5 · September 21, 2015

Where did you find a 1/4 inch spacer I've been looking all over for one. Do you think a 1/2 inch spacer would be too much to add when running them on max height?

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I found the 1/4 inch spacers on E-Bay for about $12. I don't think I would have bought the company's lift kit, but their spacers looked OK and they sold them separately.

The 1/2" spacers will probably work fine, there is a lot of travel in those shocks.

Dropsix · September 21, 2015

Just read all 22 pages of this thread. Learned a lot. I was under the impression that at 1.2" with the bilstein's that I would have a very comfortable ride with a dramatic improvement over stock.

Now I'm wondering if I should just go with a 1.5" or 1.0" lift with an ebay spacer?

WendysOrBust · September 21, 2015

Just read all 22 pages of this thread. Learned a lot. I was under the impression that at 1.2" with the bilstein's that I would have a very comfortable ride with a dramatic improvement over stock.

Now I'm wondering if I should just go with a 1.5" or 1.0" lift with an ebay spacer?

In my case I didn't find it a night and day difference from stock to the 5100's. The Bilsteins are an improvement, truck feels better over large dips, and more composed on the highway or towing a trailer, just not the night and day difference that allot of people were describing. I still think they are a solid purchase but if you just want a lift you could do spacers, or if you are really set on improving ride quality you are gonna have to dish out on some Fox/King Coilovers or wait for the Bilstein 6112's which haven't even been officially announced.

Dropsix · September 22, 2015

In my case I didn't find it a night and day difference from stock to the 5100's. The Bilsteins are an improvement, truck feels better over large dips, and more composed on the highway or towing a trailer, just not the night and day difference that allot of people were describing. I still think they are a solid purchase but if you just want a lift you could do spacers, or if you are really set on improving ride quality you are gonna have to dish out on some Fox/King Coilovers or wait for the Bilstein 6112's which haven't even been officially announced.

Yours were on the highest setting right? I wonder how different it feels from 1.8 to 1.2"

nadrojcote · September 22, 2015

I've been running my 4600's in the front for a while now and I'm quite pleased with them. They ride pretty soft compared to the stock ranchos. As soon as I sell my quicklifts I'll buy the matching rears.