Finally had my components installed. I been having a hard time getting the time to do this so I paid to have it done and still had trouble getting an appointment that worked with my schedule. Anyways, I went with ORP front springs and Bilstein 5100 on setting 5 with mopar lift OEM UCA’s. In the rear I put bilstein 5100 shocks and Icon dual rate springs. I did not have the ORP originally. I netted 3 inches in the front and 1.5 inches in the rear. The ride has been really good so far. Seems more planted and no more floating feeling. I can feel the bumps just a small amount more but the truck recovers very fast now. Will be getting tires this week. Here is a pic next to a factory height non ORP RAM.
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Bilstein 5100 with Icon springs in rear
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I too am planning to install the bilstein 5100 adjustable shocks. I have a 19 Ram 1500 Lonestar and need the more aggressive look to go with 33.5 in tires.
My question is the same as New Love....do you need the UCA with these shocks. Is there any negative impact if you dont install the UCAs? Also, I wasn not planning to change the stock springs. Can anyone offer their opinions on keeping the stock springs with this shock change or should the springs be replaced as well? Please help, i'm new to the lift thing and learning a lot fast.
My question is the same as New Love....do you need the UCA with these shocks. Is there any negative impact if you dont install the UCAs? Also, I wasn not planning to change the stock springs. Can anyone offer their opinions on keeping the stock springs with this shock change or should the springs be replaced as well? Please help, i'm new to the lift thing and learning a lot fast.
They probably are not needed but the molar uca was $120 shipped. It is added in the molar 2inch lift so I went ahead and threw it in.
You don’t have to do them but for the cost it was so cheap I just went ahead
Finally got tires put on. Nitto Ridge Grapplers 275/60/20 XL load range. After riding around with the lift and factory tires and then putting these in I can confidently say the tires affected the ride way more than the lift. The ride is still good but a much more noticeable difference over the factory ride. The small amount of increase in weight is also noticeable with the 3.21 gears. I will give it a few weeks to determine the mpg loss
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doolin64
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Looks great! I think I'm going this same route but will use a spacer instead of icon springs.
