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jrob56 Enthusiast

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Finally got mine installed, highest setting and used an autozone spring compressor with no issues. I had a 2 inch spacer on bottom with stock shocks before. Rides better now and feels much more controlled. The height doesn't seem much different from the eye test.

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I put the bilstein 5100s on the rear of my 14 High Country with a new 2" block a few weeks ago. Ride is unbelievable compared to stock. Liked it so much I got the adjustable 5100s for my front, remove

schloppy
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Hello, I'm not new to the forum but I just joined and figured I'd contribute to the community.   2016 Silverado 1500 "Z71" removed rancho's and swapped with Bilstein 5100's all around. So after d

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I just got done with installing my 6112's on my 2014 GMC Sierra Crew Cab.  Reading some install guides on here really helped, along with printing some Chilton Repair guide torque specs that I got from

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Lgetz Senior Enthusiast

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Been reading the comments and was curious if I could add a 1/4" spacer to the top of my Bilstein 5100"s for a total height of 2.38"... So I called Bilstein and their answer was no... it will void the warranty...Then I asked if I could keep them the stock setting and do a 2.25" lift kit on it...That would void the warranty on them also...! Needless to say I'm not very happy right now...

 

 

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How are going to find out you stacked the shocks and level???

Have a 2.5 inch level kit with Bilstein 5100's set at stock height and no issues for me.

jrob56 Enthusiast

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How are going to find out you stacked the shocks and level???

Have a 2.5 inch level kit with Bilstein 5100's set at stock height and no issues for me.

Multiple people have had negative comments on the ride when combining. Not saying all do though.

 

That said your right if you put a spacer on top there is no way they would know. Since it doesn't touch the shock no witness marks of any kind. Even bottom ones they wouldn't be able to tell.

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Lgetz Senior Enthusiast

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I feel the 15 AT with 2.5 inch leveling kit and 5100's set to stock rides 20% firmer than the 14 AT with the 5100's set at max lift. However it's not a fair comparison because the 14 had Toyo AT2 tires and the 15 has the Toyo RTs.

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Multiple people have had negative comments on the ride when combining. Not saying all do though.

 

That said your right if you put a spacer on top there is no way they would know. Since it doesn't touch the shock no witness marks of any kind. Even bottom ones they wouldn't be able to tell.

 

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Multiple people have had negative comments on the ride when combining. Not saying all do though.

 

That said your right if you put a spacer on top there is no way they would know. Since it doesn't touch the shock no witness marks of any kind. Even bottom ones they wouldn't be able to tell.

The tech guy at Bilstein did say it would take up to 30k miles for any ill effects of the shock to show up...I think I'm going to go ahead with it but would like to hear from some others that have personally done the top spacer...

 

 

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At max setting the 5100's raise the front end 1.85" right?

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Grjfer Enthusiast

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Finally got the front Bilsteins installed. Went pretty well except for the high dollar pos spring compressor from autozone. Had to go rent the cheap version from O'Reillys and that did the trick. I removed the rough country 2.5 level lift and installed the Bilstein 5100 adjustable shocks set on the max setting. Quick test drive felt good need some more miles on them to make a real determination on how the ride is, but so far so good. RC level /lift was 38.5". After the Bilstein 5100's 38.5". Now just need to get an alignment.

 

 

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mookdoc6 Senior Enthusiast

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Finally got the front Bilsteins installed. Went pretty well except for the high dollar pos spring compressor from autozone. Had to go rent the cheap version from O'Reillys and that did the trick. I removed the rough country 2.5 level lift and installed the Bilstein 5100 adjustable shocks set on the max setting. Quick test drive felt good need some more miles on them to make a real determination on how the ride is, but so far so good. RC level /lift was 38.5". After the Bilstein 5100's 38.5". Now just need to get an alignment.

 

 

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Leveled it out son! NICE I went with the lower setting didn't have the balls for full extension left me with slight rake......I can live with that!

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Leveled it out son! NICE I went with the lower setting didn't have the balls for full extension left me with slight rake......I can live with that!

Since it previously had the Rough country 2.5 level/lift, I knew I wanted full extension.

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Finally got the front Bilsteins installed. Went pretty well except for the high dollar pos spring compressor from autozone. Had to go rent the cheap version from O'Reillys and that did the trick. I removed the rough country 2.5 level lift and installed the Bilstein 5100 adjustable shocks set on the max setting. Quick test drive felt good need some more miles on them to make a real determination on how the ride is, but so far so good. RC level /lift was 38.5". After the Bilstein 5100's 38.5". Now just need to get an alignment.

 

 

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I'm surprised you got the same height out of the bilsteins as the 2.5" RC. I have the 2.5" RC in mine now and have a pair of bilsteins, but wasn't sure what I was going to do as I do not want to lose any lift height, plus I need to clearance for my tires.

 

 

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Jimmy W Enthusiast

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I just can't make myself install a shock upside down on my truck!!Bilstein should make the rear shock with boot on top.

mookdoc6 Senior Enthusiast

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I just can't make myself install a shock upside down on my truck!!Bilstein should make the rear shock with boot on top.

Yeah, tell me about looks upside down the correct way or bilstein way!

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