Ordered my new Bilsteins

[bowtiefreak]

So I pulled one of the front shocks off to check the compressed and extended lengths...good thing I did, both wear blown on that side and all the better reason to order them. Ordered four 5125s for the front and two 5100s for the back. I am hoping they show up by this weekend when I get back in town to put them on.

 

[99COOP]

very nice

 

[bowtiefreak]

they should be here on monday. I had to order a different length for the front since the others were back ordered for three weeks.

 

[clean454]

Bilsteins ftw!

 

[AtomicHoe094]

keeping your red boots? and damn i need new shocks too. i blew one the other month and its been leaking ever since. lol

 

[bowtiefreak]

not sure about the red boots, I need to see what they look like with and with out.

 

[bowtiefreak]

they came with black boots. And when I say they...I mean the 2 rear and the TWO (2) fronts....yup, that is a problem for me since I ordered 4. I hope the other two are here by Friday. They are going to ride so nice. I had no idea the others were blown.

 

[cmcarr85]

What is the difference of the ride quality of these?

Truck looks beautiful. How does the 2 shock front make a difference?

 

[Chevyrider619]

Big difference.. I have 3 but mine r FOX w/ resv.

 

[99COOP]

nice lookin tahoe chevyrider. Not only did you steal my old screen name from the old tahoe forum (minus the #'s) but you also joined on my birthday? stalker ? j/k good to see more lifted trucks here.

 

[clean454]

LOL hey how are those new shocks workin out did u get them all on? im curios if u felt a difference in the ride? ive always heard great things about bilsteins

 

[bowtiefreak]

not yet, the rears on on and it all ready feels a bit better. The other two front shocks are due here on monday

 

[bowtiefreak]

finally got them yesterday and put on the front. The ride is so much better, I am very pleased with the 5100 series shocks. I am going to put a longer shock on the rear though, I'll be selling the ones off the rear now, now any one out there with a couple inches lift looking for some rear shocks hit me up (Bilstein BE5-6137-H5)

 

[99COOP]

didnt you just replace the rears, wrong size ?

 

[992door]

the ones that he is selling are for a 2-4 lift

 

[bowtiefreak]

I kind of ****** up. I read 6" lift for the front and missed the rear 2-4. They fit with some travel but my truck has new springs and all it they can travel a lot more than the shocks at this point. I am going to run a 5125 in the rear too and that will fix that.

The 6" springs I think actually sat the rear up 7+ inches over where it was anyway. I need a good bit longer. I talked with the techs at Bilstein and they understood the problem...just not their fault.