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Update So far - with no inquiry from me, just received a personal email from the owner that they should ship out later today and will give me a tracking number soon, and thanked me for my order.
 
looking good so far


This is good news! Would save me some money if I order the shocks separately for the camburg kit


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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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16 hours ago, jgraves13 said:

Anybody else see that the 6112 is available on MRT's website?


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I thought the same thing... then I realized that the reason the full part number wan't listed was because they are only taking preorders now.  They mentioned in their blog on January 3 that since Bilstein released the Tahoe/Yukon versions that they expect the pickup 6112's to be available soon.  Still waiting.

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I thought the same thing... then I realized that the reason the full part number wan't listed was because they are only taking preorders now.  They mentioned in their blog on January 3 that since Bilstein released the Tahoe/Yukon versions that they expect the pickup 6112's to be available soon.  Still waiting.

Oh okay this would make sense. Interesting that they released the SUV versions before the truck versions, seems like the truck would be more popular

 

 

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Yesterday, had the 5100's installed on all fours and today a new set Goodyear DuraTrac 275/60/20's.

(believe it or not I limped the SRA's to 59.6k miles...yes I was into the wear bar quite a bit..:( )

 

Plenty of clearance IMHO even given that it has all the factory installed mudguards

(which may eventually disappear as I sure like the looks of the truck without them.....stupid cheap paint)

 

I certainly noticed the truck firm up, but with 60k on the old shocks no surprise.

I must admit I miss a little of the softness of the worn out shocks but the roll is gone

and the steering wheel and front end feel so much more nimble.

 

I know the tires are new but are a lot more quite than I expected given the treat pattern.

(I know they will get louder, but a heavy rotation will help) 

 

Overall happy for the cost.  Alignment tomorrow.

 

This purchase hopefully will keep the evil 4" BDS kit at bay.....

(for a month or two....lol)

 

Now on to the P&P AMP power boards

and air bags for aiding in pulling the travel trailer...

 

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So I have a 2015 1500 HC with 2.5 RC kit and the 3in block in the rear ( I tow a boat ). The sway and roll is getting borderline ridiculous (i have a sloped rail road track by my house and it dam near throws my passenger out of the truck every time i hit it doing more than 5mph)  and im looking to smooth that problem out. id like to keep the "level kit" if possible and just do shocks all the way around what are my options? tires 295/55/20's AT2s 

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1 hour ago, wheezy said:

So I have a 2015 1500 HC with 2.5 RC kit and the 3in block in the rear ( I tow a boat ). The sway and roll is getting borderline ridiculous (i have a sloped rail road track by my house and it dam near throws my passenger out of the truck every time i hit it doing more than 5mph)  and im looking to smooth that problem out. id like to keep the "level kit" if possible and just do shocks all the way around what are my options? tires 295/55/20's AT2s 

I kept my level kit on and just did the Bilstein 5100s at stock setting.  Corners and rides so much better!

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1 minute ago, 14BlackSilverado said:

I kept my level kit on and just did the Bilstein 5100s at stock setting.  Corners and rides so much better!

what did it cost you out the door?

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On 2/14/2018 at 12:48 PM, jgraves13 said:

 


Let us know how it works out, if everything goes well I'll order from here too as he is much cheaper than other options


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Arrived in 2 days, no tax, free shipping, doesn’t get much better than that.

 

 

 

 

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This happened to my 5100 Bilstein while installing. Went to tighten and shaft snapped. I was able to put broken shaft in vise and the nut came right off. I am a little worried that the quality isn't once it once was. Sent request to Distributor for replacement and was told I had to buy a new one and then send the old one back to see if they would warranty it. Don't feel real good about it.

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11 minutes ago, 6.2_GMC_DEN said:

This happened to my 5100 Bilstein while installing. Went to tighten and shaft snapped. I was able to put broken shaft in vise and the nut came right off. I am a little worried that the quality isn't once it once was. Sent request to Distributor for replacement and was told I had to buy a new one and then send the old one back to see if they would warranty it. Don't feel real good about it.

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Literally had the exact same problem a couple months ago. Who was the vendor? They took mine back no issues, and I ended up buying a replacement from a different distributor. 

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