Bilstein 5100 with leveling kit.

[papalousdad]

On 4/8/2019 at 5:22 PM, TXGREEK said:

You’re going to seriously damage your front ends going into anything 2.5” or taller without new UCA’s and Diff Drops. Many have reported that their ball joints and CV’s had to be replaced due to bad angles. If you guys want a lifted look you can get a 3.5” and taller kits that will actually lift your front ends over 3” along with new uca’s and diff drops. Most of will agree that you’ll be running into serious issues not switching out your uca’s especially because of the newer stock stamped steel uca’s which will cause rubbing without all the above installed. Depending on your budget, you can even do a Coil Over from CST or KING just needing new uca’s with 2.5”-3” lift but with badass coil overs


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With that being said will I run into any issues if I have the upgraded control arm and differential drop if I decided to go with the 5100s set at 0 with my 1 5/8" strut spacer? The spacer is giving me a solid 3-4" once I take into account my 33/1250r22.. Im having trouble figuring out what struts to go with without having to spend 1300-2k

[Travis1024]

On 10/27/2019 at 2:24 AM, papalousdad said:

With that being said will I run into any issues if I have the upgraded control arm and differential drop if I decided to go with the 5100s set at 0 with my 1 5/8" strut spacer? The spacer is giving me a solid 3-4" once I take into account my 33/1250r22.. Im having trouble figuring out what struts to go with without having to spend 1300-2k

I’ve got bilstein 5100 front/rear

- front is set at the 1.25” setting (3rd setting if I remember correctly), with 1.25” top spacer, totaling 2.5”

- 1 inch larger block in rear (2.5” replaced the factory 1.5”).

- still have about .75” of rake in rear

- 33x12.50r20 toyo MT on factory snowflakes. 

I rubbed on the UCA pretty bad due to the 12.50 tires, so I added 1.75” bora Wheel spacers, and now I rub slightly on fender liner in reverse. 
 

That said, I feel pretty confident that with 1.25” wheel spacers instead of 1.75”, I probably wouldn’t rub anywhere. 
 

I've got about $500 or so in the suspension, and it rides MUCH better than stock. 

hope this helps with decision making for anyone debating.