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So I found a set of bilstein 5100’s for all four corners on amazon for $356. I was looking through the add and came across a Q&A section. There were a few posts saying that if the truck has a 2”, 2.5” or a 3” level the only way the fronts will fit is if they’re on the lowest setting. Does anyone know if this is a fact? I’ve got a 14 Ltz Z71 with the 2” rough country level and I really want to go with the bilstein 5100’s on the setting one up from the lowest. 

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So I found a set of bilstein 5100’s for all four corners on amazon for $356. I was looking through the add and came across a Q&A section. There were a few posts saying that if the truck has a 2”, 2.5” or a 3” level the only way the fronts will fit is if they’re on the lowest setting. Does anyone know if this is a fact? I’ve got a 14 Ltz Z71 with the 2” rough country level and I really want to go with the bilstein 5100’s on the setting one up from the lowest. 


Just add the 5100’s without adding any height, you don’t have to put leveling settings on them.
I and thousands of other had 5100’s without the leveling clip installed as front shock strut replacement.


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3 minutes ago, TXGREEK said:

 


Just add the 5100’s without adding any height, you don’t have to put leveling settings on them.
I and thousands of other had 5100’s without the leveling clip installed as front shock strut replacement.


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But I want a little more height then what the leveling kit is giving me. I would rather just go with the bilsteins and put them on the setting one up from stock height with my leveling kit I already have. I want about another half inch height up front(2.5”) and the bilsteins don’t go that high. 

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But I want a little more height then what the leveling kit is giving me. I would rather just go with the bilsteins and put them on the setting one up from stock height with my leveling kit I already have. I want about another half inch height up front(2.5”) and the bilsteins don’t go that high. 

 

Couldn’t help you there, I hated having block leveling on my truck, it rode really rough and that was with new 5100’s front and back. The higher you go the worse the angles are and rides rougher than stock especially with E rated tires on. I do not recommend you going at 2.5” without new UCA’s and then possibly a diff drop. There are a couple kits out there that’ll give you a level Diff drop with uca’s for low budget minded people.

 

 

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So I found a set of bilstein 5100’s for all four corners on amazon for $356. I was looking through the add and came across a Q&A section. There were a few posts saying that if the truck has a 2”, 2.5” or a 3” level the only way the fronts will fit is if they’re on the lowest setting. Does anyone know if this is a fact? I’ve got a 14 Ltz Z71 with the 2” rough country level and I really want to go with the bilstein 5100’s on the setting one up from the lowest. 
I had a 2015 that I put the bilstein 5100 all the way around in with the ride height adjustable in the front. I had the fronts on the highest setting with a .5" spacer and then changed out the stock back block (1") out with a 2" block to keep about 1/2-3/4" rake in it. I was very pleased with the ride quality. It still rode better than stock, smoothe as butter

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I had a 2015 that I put the bilstein 5100 all the way around in with the ride height adjustable in the front. I had the fronts on the highest setting with a .5" spacer and then changed out the stock back block (1") out with a 2" block to keep about 1/2-3/4" rake in it. I was very pleased with the ride quality. It still rode better than stock, smoothe as butter

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I’ve got about 1.5” of rake with my 2” level kit installed. I want to take about .5-.75” out of that 1.5” of rake. Since I am in the market for new suspension in all four corners, I figured I could go with The bilstein 5100’s and go up one notch from stock up front to give me what I want with my 2” kit installed. But I have read on amazon reviews that if you have any sort of leveling kit already installed, the only notch the bilsteins can be set on is stock and was hoping to see if that was true or not. My goal is to just buy the bilsteins and get the height I’m looking for with my leveling kit and not buying another leveling kit and suspension. 

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I had a 2015 that I put the bilstein 5100 all the way around in with the ride height adjustable in the front. I had the fronts on the highest setting with a .5" spacer and then changed out the stock back block (1") out with a 2" block to keep about 1/2-3/4" rake in it. I was very pleased with the ride quality. It still rode better than stock, smoothe as butter

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I find that interesting considering you’re the first to ever say doing a level with blocks actually gave you a better ride than stock considering your angles change once you add a leveling kit and more so with Bilsteins and we’re all doing it just to add larger tires which then with E rated tires immediately stiffens the ride so back to your “smooth as butter” that’s a far stones throw but kudos to you for achieving something never been done before. Be safe


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I find that interesting considering you’re the first to ever say doing a level with blocks actually gave you a better ride than stock considering your angles change once you add a leveling kit and more so with Bilsteins and we’re all doing it just to add larger tires which then with E rated tires immediately stiffens the ride so back to your “smooth as butter” that’s a far stones throw but kudos to you for achieving something never been done before. Be safe


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Believe me, I was skeptical as well, especially with the spacer on the front, but the shop that did it is an off-road shop that deals with stuff like it all the time, guy pretty much guaranteed me it wouldn't affect it and that the bilsteins would still have plenty of travel both ways. I did it partly because I like the level look on trucks but also to put 33x12.5s on there on my stock wheels. I was thoroughly impressed with it. I've since traded it in for a 2500hd and put a cognito level kit on the front with uca's and bilsteins all around on it, it's also a night and day difference. South east Houston is where I'm at and there's good roads and rough roads I travel on the way to work and like I said, I was very impressed with both trucks. That being said, to each their own and I realize people have different experiences, just thought I'd share mine.

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I’ve got about 1.5” of rake with my 2” level kit installed. I want to take about .5-.75” out of that 1.5” of rake. Since I am in the market for new suspension in all four corners, I figured I could go with The bilstein 5100’s and go up one notch from stock up front to give me what I want with my 2” kit installed. But I have read on amazon reviews that if you have any sort of leveling kit already installed, the only notch the bilsteins can be set on is stock and was hoping to see if that was true or not. My goal is to just buy the bilsteins and get the height I’m looking for with my leveling kit and not buying another leveling kit and suspension. 
Oh ok, I read over the part about you already having a leveling kit. I'm not sure how that would work as I just used the bilsteins for my level. The thought that goes through my head in your situation would be that you could just leave it on the stock setting since you're already 2 inches up. If I remember correctly the bilsteins travel is made for 0-2" of lift so you should be fine, maybe add some spacers on them for the extra .5"-.75". I had a .5" spacer and the truck rode great, never once hit the bump stops and I drive the occasional rough road

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58 minutes ago, Tx_operator87 said:

Oh ok, I read over the part about you already having a leveling kit. I'm not sure how that would work as I just used the bilsteins for my level. The thought that goes through my head in your situation would be that you could just leave it on the stock setting since you're already 2 inches up. If I remember correctly the bilsteins travel is made for 0-2" of lift so you should be fine, maybe add some spacers on them for the extra .5"-.75". I had a .5" spacer and the truck rode great, never once hit the bump stops and I drive the occasional rough road

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That’s just it, I don’t want to add another spacer. I just want to put the setting on the bilsteins one up from the lowest level. But on amazon in the comments part, it says the bilsteins can’t be used with a 2” leveling kit. And I don’t understand why that’d be. 

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Where are you located? I'd call a local off road shop that does lifts, they should be able to say for sure, because those Amazon reviews look conflicting and you never know if they know what they're talking about

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So I found a set of bilstein 5100’s for all four corners on amazon for $356. I was looking through the add and came across a Q&A section. There were a few posts saying that if the truck has a 2”, 2.5” or a 3” level the only way the fronts will fit is if they’re on the lowest setting. Does anyone know if this is a fact? I’ve got a 14 Ltz Z71 with the 2” rough country level and I really want to go with the bilstein 5100’s on the setting one up from the lowest. 
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Remember to get a front end alignment if installing bilsteins on anything other than stock setting. I installed mine at 3rd from bottom for 1.75” of front lift. My toe was way out in the front. Seems to drive fine but would have chewed the front tires. 

 

Got it an alignment and it’s strait as factory. 

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