Derek Dredger
Active Member
So I installed the Bilstein 6112's and 5160s (and Total Chaos UCAs) on my 19 Rebel but am experiencing some serious bottoming out.
I ride quite aggressively and almost exclusively in the desert. Ironically, the best ground conditions our group always looks for is virgin sand were no one has made tracks. This can often be as smooth as tarmac to drive on.
However, I do alot of side-sloping on the dunes so my truck regularly gets up to speeds between 40-60mph...then you hit a bump or the dune tightens and there's a kind of ridge/abrupt angle change. The worst is when you go over large vehicle tracks/ridges at speed in the sand...bang, bang, bang, bang! The shocks just bottom out front and rear 5+ times per second.
The Bilsteins have performed really really well but I can feel, and hear!, that they just cant handle this type of abuse.
My No.1 choice is the FOX 2.5 Factory Series with DSC (longer version up to 3" lift).
Perhaps KINGS...yeh they're good but 9/10months wait?
Bilstein 8112; internal hydraulic bump stops for compression and rebound..yes please but not adjustable
Old Man Emu BP51s...good reviews but the adjustment mechanism is via a wrench which you have to fit between the springs to access the adjusters mounted to the shock body
Has anybody tried any of these..any feedback. Appreciate it may not be the exact same conditions but can obviously be comparable to track, whoops and g-outs at high speed.
Check out my videos on my instagram page 'ramrebelchiefs' to get an idea of the terrain...no need to follow..this isn't a marketing tactic but I can't seem to post videos on the forum.
Stay safe, full send
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I ride quite aggressively and almost exclusively in the desert. Ironically, the best ground conditions our group always looks for is virgin sand were no one has made tracks. This can often be as smooth as tarmac to drive on.
However, I do alot of side-sloping on the dunes so my truck regularly gets up to speeds between 40-60mph...then you hit a bump or the dune tightens and there's a kind of ridge/abrupt angle change. The worst is when you go over large vehicle tracks/ridges at speed in the sand...bang, bang, bang, bang! The shocks just bottom out front and rear 5+ times per second.
The Bilsteins have performed really really well but I can feel, and hear!, that they just cant handle this type of abuse.
My No.1 choice is the FOX 2.5 Factory Series with DSC (longer version up to 3" lift).
Perhaps KINGS...yeh they're good but 9/10months wait?
Bilstein 8112; internal hydraulic bump stops for compression and rebound..yes please but not adjustable
Old Man Emu BP51s...good reviews but the adjustment mechanism is via a wrench which you have to fit between the springs to access the adjusters mounted to the shock body
Has anybody tried any of these..any feedback. Appreciate it may not be the exact same conditions but can obviously be comparable to track, whoops and g-outs at high speed.
Check out my videos on my instagram page 'ramrebelchiefs' to get an idea of the terrain...no need to follow..this isn't a marketing tactic but I can't seem to post videos on the forum.
Stay safe, full send
Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
