Bilstein 5100 - Front-end alignment?
#1
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Bilstein 5100 - Front-end alignment?
If I install a set of Bilstein 5100 shocks on the front and lift 2" will I need to get a front-end alignment? This is on a 2018 F150 XLT. Also adding rear shocks. Thanks.
#2
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Yes you will have to get one.
#4
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The toe post-leveling is pretty impressively out-of-whack:
There was no pull in either direction, no twitchiness, no noticeable difference... but I saw the wear on the outer edge of the tread a few thousand miles after installing the leveling kit. I was planning for wheels and tires anyway.
There was no pull in either direction, no twitchiness, no noticeable difference... but I saw the wear on the outer edge of the tread a few thousand miles after installing the leveling kit. I was planning for wheels and tires anyway.
#5
As I recently posted elsewhere... alignments are cheap, tires are not. Get the alignment. Best case, you verify that you're good. Worst case, you save yourself from buying a set of tires.
#6
Mark
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You can just have them check your alignment... not perform one.
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#8
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Funny thing, I did a torsion crank on my Ranger (so almost 2" lift up front). Immediately took it in for an alignment and they didn't even have to adjust it.
#9
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As others stated. Get an alignment. I recently went from the 2nd setting up the the 2.1in max setting on the Bilstein and required a alignment on both instances.
I will note that the ride got significantly stiffer after setting it on the Max setting.
I will note that the ride got significantly stiffer after setting it on the Max setting.
#10
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Not to high Jack but I have heard about the ride getting stiffer many times. I am about to invest in the 5100 all around and lose the front spacers. What exactly do you mean by stiffer? Less body roll or harsher over the bumps ect?