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On 1/22/2019 at 4:29 PM, Yondu said:

I had considered removing them to cut the bumpstops back some, so there is a gap. In the past I did this when I lowered a car. I ended up throwing weight in the bed (started with 240lbs, I think - terrible memory) and my highway bounce got significantly better and the ride was a lot nicer.  This told me the front wasn't the issue, so I kind of forgot about the front struts and their bump stops.  

 

I'm not sure if I have the energy to disassemble everything to see if it ride any better after taking an inch or so out of the stops.  Unless of course you tell me how great it rides after...hahaha

 

This is a terrible idea, bump stops are there for a reason...to keep your suspension from bottoming out fully.  

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I’m guessing the bump stop you all are taking about are on the front suspension? If this is the case, my truck doesn’t have any. Don’t think it even came with any. Assuming these are the rubber stoppers on the frame to prevent the upper control arm hitting it.


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No... I think they are talking about the bump stop located on the shaft of the front shock near the top. Picture attached for reference.

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10 minutes ago, Fasthotrod said:

No... I think they are talking about the bump stop located on the shaft of the front shock near the top. Picture attached for reference.

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That's the one.  The truck is testing on them though, so it's less of a bump stop. I've cut them on cars when lowering them because if you don't, the car will ride terribly.  

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4 hours ago, aaronarf said:

 

This is a terrible idea, bump stops are there for a reason...to keep your suspension from bottoming out fully.  

The point was, the aren't being used as a stopper, it's already sitting on them.  

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9 hours ago, Yondu said:

The point was, the aren't being used as a stopper, it's already sitting on them.  

In the event that the suspension stroke is fully utilized - guaranteed that bump stop compresses much more than you think while still protecting the internals from over-compression.

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I understand what the point of a bump stop is. I also understand that by the truck resting on it, it will make the truck ride stiffer, that's why I brought it up.  The Bilstein struts have a different stroke length to deal with their adjustable height settings which would make would make it much more difficult to bottom out, especially on the top setting vs the bottom. 

 

Think of the front suspension as a system not one individual piece. 

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i installed 5100's on the front yesterday and when disassembling them that bump stop on the shock was the opposite way you have yours in the picture is it installed wrong

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Good day guys,

 

i have a question regarding the bilstein 5100s i love the looks of the silver ones but i have read somewhere that the stock setting on rear shock wont be exactly oem as slight lift will be there, unlike the 4600s which will give exact oem height settings. Is that correct? Anyone tried checking on this?

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1 hour ago, Khalid123 said:

Good day guys,

 

i have a question regarding the bilstein 5100s i love the looks of the silver ones but i have read somewhere that the stock setting on rear shock wont be exactly oem as slight lift will be there, unlike the 4600s which will give exact oem height settings. Is that correct? Anyone tried checking on this?

Rear shocks are not adjustable. 

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26 minutes ago, MBSierra17 said:

Rear shocks are not adjustable. 

Oh im sorry, but considering i replaced my oem shocks with 5100s, will it be exactly same as oem shocks height? 

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4 hours ago, Khalid123 said:

Oh im sorry, but considering i replaced my oem shocks with 5100s, will it be exactly same as oem shocks height? 

They can accommodate 0-2" of lift if I remember correctly. They'll be fine at stock height, that's what I used. 

 

Rear shocks don't give you any lift, there would be blocks or extra leafs for that. The shock length just needs to be able to accommodate it (which the normal 5100s can do at stock height). 

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On 1/23/2019 at 9:29 AM, MBSierra17 said:

Could you take a picture of the contact you have? I've also got Bilstein 5100 at stock height with zone 4.5. I don't think I've got any contact like you're describing. 

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MB -- the bump is under the rubber boot 

 

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On 2/3/2019 at 3:59 PM, Khalid123 said:

Good day guys,

 

i have a question regarding the bilstein 5100s i love the looks of the silver ones but i have read somewhere that the stock setting on rear shock wont be exactly oem as slight lift will be there, unlike the 4600s which will give exact oem height settings. Is that correct? Anyone tried checking on this?

Rear 5100’s provide zero lift. 

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