What Size Shocks?

georgerosen06 · September 27, 2008

im looking at the bilstein 5100 series and i found ones for the front and rear that say there for my truck with 2 inches of lift front and rear so im wondering what size exactly do i need...and i was just thinking in my head..i dont need 2 inches in the rear do i? just the front because the torsion keys dident affect the ride height in the back right? i dont know just throwing ideas around so yall start throwing some back

onac255 · September 28, 2008

Yup two inch longer shocks would do just fine.

Majorleaguebass · September 28, 2008

Yup two inch longer shocks would do just fine.

i agree 100%

georgerosen06 · September 28, 2008

lol but what size is the stock shock?

onac255 · September 28, 2008

Um...I don't remember to tell you the truth. Just call Checkers, Autozone, O'reillys or any other parts store and get the stock length from them.

georgerosen06 · September 28, 2008

I was reading on 4wp and the part number for the front shocks with 2 inches of lift and the rear shocks with no lift is the exact same shock and part number? I thought they were different front and rear or is that not the case...dont they both have different mounting styles(i guess is what you would call it) well anyway if anyone knows the correct style or part number it would be greatly appreciated....4wp's sale ends on monday so im trying to order them before then...so yeah...any help?

forgot the shocks I'm looking at are bilstein 5100 monotube shocks

2000DV4.8 · September 28, 2008

http://www.shockwarehouse.com/index.cfm?mo...ected_year=2003

Scroll down to where it has the 5100 series. It doesn't look like they make any rear 5100s for stock ride height, so you may end up with 5100s in the front, and the BST HDs in the rear.

georgerosen06 · September 28, 2008

i dunno i looked over the truck this morning and confirmed that there is no way in hell they can be the same shock from 4wp but im gonna head there and my friends shop on monday and see what they can do i really like the 5100 series my friend has them on his 06 i think and there awesome! sure the bst hd's are good too but two yellow shocks in the rear and two silver up front...weird imo lol but thanks for the help dan..is that where you got your shocks from?