Bilstein 5100 Ride Quality

[Atlantic Blue]

You misunderstood my post completely but I don’t want to discuss it with you anymore. I’ll just put you on the ignore list

Oh ok. I misunderstood your post. Yeah that's it. Lololol.

 

[Bubba33]

Thank you for the information, that is a known. Trying to see if the person I quoted used the Daystar rear lift.

Sorry didn't know it was known by all. I'll wait till.I'm.spoken to before i say anything. LMAOOOOO.

 

[RebelWraith]

Sorry didn't know it was known by all. I'll wait till.I'm.spoken to before i say anything. LMAOOOOO.

Appreciate it.

 

[moparleo51]

quick ? when installing these 5100 do you have to remove the spring itself to put these on and if so do you have to have the truck realigned?

 

[rob989_69]

Yes to both questions.

 

[rob989_69]

I just picked mine up last night. Bilsteins up front at max height setting. 1" ebay spacer in the back. Normal highway driving feels pretty close to stock. Bumps and potholes are still handled smoothly. Cornering feels slightly improved. Hard for me to compare to stock as I've had the helwig sway bar installed for about 6 months. I will say, this is how the truck should be stock. Just my opinion, but looks more "burly."

 

[PorBoy]

^^^. Now of course you know we want to see photos lol.

 

[rob989_69]

I'm going to take some pics tonight when I get home. I'll post em up.

 

[Rampat]

To me they feel the same... ok they feel better but mostly the same. However the stock shocks are easier to push down when I had them removed Vs the Bilstein you gave to give it some more muscle, definitely a difference in compression. Only reason I went with the Bilstein is for the level. I have the ORP on my truck. I been looking for the Bilstein stock shocks that comes on the Rebel but no luck. Only found the rears and installed those.

I just finished installing a 1” spacer in the rear to give my truck a 1” ish rake in the truck for cargo and towing. Looks great and the ride feels like factory.

Pics of your setup? What setting did you go with?

 

[rob989_69]

Here ya go.

 

[Rampat]

Here ya go.
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Standard coil springs?

 

[rob989_69]

Bilstein 5100 adjustables up front. 1" eBay spacer in the rear and upper ucas from the Mopar 2" lift.

 

[smckelvey89]

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What aheightdid you set the 5100's to?

Here ya go.
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What height did you have the 5100's set to?

 

[rob989_69]

Max height.

 

[Scjon03]

Pics of your setup? What setting did you go with?

with the ORP I went with #5. No pictures yet. I haven’t been on a flat surface yet. Everywhere I parked on was like on a hill or uneven. Even my driveway is uneven. Try to get some tomorrow. Now the stock UCA angle isn’t bad. But I went ahead and got the Readylift UCA. Going to install those Friday.

 

[Scjon03]

Got pictures. Bilsteins 5100 leveling shocks, setting 5 and Motofab 1” rear spacer.

 

[Atlantic Blue]

Got pictures. Bilsteins 5100 leveling shocks, setting 5 and Motofab 1” rear spacer.

You should have taken those pics of the right side of the truck since that's where the light was.

 

[Rampat]

Got pictures. Bilsteins 5100 leveling shocks, setting 5 and Motofab 1” rear spacer.

Shadows kind of ruin it but from what I can tell that looks perfect. Very similar to a Mopar lift with the bit of rake still there (which I like), but much cheaper I bet. Are those still the stock tires?

how does it ride with the stock tires and the lift? Are you going to change tires?

 

[Scjon03]

Yeah I know after I took the picture. But after a 12 hour shift I wanted to go home so bad. Ill get another one with better lighting. The tires are BFG KO2's and with the 1" spacer in the rear the rake is about 1 1/4" ish

 

[Rampat]

Yeah I know after I took the picture. But after a 12 hour shift I wanted to go home so bad. Ill get another one with better lighting. The tires are BFG KO2's and with the 1" spacer in the rear the rake is about 1 1/4" ish

What size tires? How's the ride compared to stock?